
Ten simple ways to upgrade your finance function in 2022
Most entrepreneurs are not thinking strategically about the merit of their finance function. Here’s some tips on how to change that.
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Ten simple ways to upgrade your finance function in 2022
Most entrepreneurs are not thinking strategically about the merit of their finance function. Here’s some tips on how to change that.

Click Armor reels in BDC as financing partner for ‘gamified’ anti-phishing training platform
Founded in 2019, Ottawa startup trains workers how to spot so-called phishing attacks – that is, fake emails and text messages that fraudsters use to

Shopify teams up with Chinese online retail giant to ease access to world’s largest market
Shopify said the new sales channel with JD.com, which launched on Tuesday, opens the door to 550 million customers in China.

Online home auction platform Unreserved raises $34M to fund expansion bid
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Rental platform Ruckify shuts down after bid to acquire U.K. firm fails
Ottawa-based online marketplace has burned through nearly $20 million in capital since it was founded in 2017.

C-COM Satellite sees sales uplift
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‘Synthetic data’ software maker Replica Analytics bought by New York firm
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Rapid ascent: Assent Compliance hits unicorn status with $445M VC raise
Ottawa software firm’s fourth venture capital deal in the past five years boosts its total fundraising haul to $640 million.

RBC dethrones Shopify as Canada’s most valuable publicly traded company
Ottawa-based e-commerce darling’s reign ends amid recent stock slide.

Napkyn Analytics acquired by New York-based digital services firm
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