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Assent Compliance Receives Over $100 Million (CAD$130 Million) Growth Equity Investment from Warburg Pincus

OTTAWA – October 23, 2018 – Assent Compliance (“Assent” or “the company”), the Ottawa-based leader in supply chain data management software, today announced the receipt of an over $100 million (CAD$130 million) investment from Warburg Pincus, a leading global private equity firm focused on growth investing. The investment will enable Assent to enhance its proprietary software and supply chain data…
FirstAscentVenturesHammer
23 October 2018
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Q4 Inc. Raises $38 Million in Series C Funding Round Led by Napier Park Financial Partners

Toronto and New York – September 12, 2018 – Q4 Inc., a leading global provider of cloud-based investor relations and capital market solutions, announced today the closing of a USD$38 million Series C financing round. This round was led by Napier Park Financial Partners (Napier Park) with participation from existing investors including OpenText Enterprise Apps Fund (OTEAF), Information Venture Partners…
FirstAscentVenturesHammer
12 September 2018
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ThinkData partners with the Vector Institute to provide AI research platform

TORONTO, ON - ThinkData Works, Inc. (ThinkData) has announced a partnership with the Vector Institute (Vector) that will provide Vector AI researchers and partners with a platform for fundamental and applied AI research. “There is a lot of potential to apply AI techniques to gain insight and create new business solutions using publicly available data,” says Bryan Smith, Co-Founder and…
FirstAscentVenturesHammer
24 April 2018
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ThinkData closes investment from OTEAF to fuel global expansion

TORONTO, ON - ThinkData Works, Inc. (ThinkData) has announced an investment from the OpenText Enterprise Apps Fund (OTEAF). The funds will be used to support ThinkData’s global expansion. The transaction will also see Tony van Marken, General Partner at OTEAF, join ThinkData’s Board of Directors. ThinkData’s platform allows organizations to access data from hundreds of public sources and helps enterprises transform…
FirstAscentVenturesHammer
20 March 2018
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Rubikloud Expands AI Presence in Toronto With 60 New Jobs

One of the biggest AI companies in Canada is expanding their reach and bringing more talent in. Rubikloud has unveiled that they will be adding 60 new jobs in Toronto following their $37 million Series B round of funding in early January. The new roles will span several fields and industries such as data science, engineering, sales, operations, finance and…
FirstAscentVenturesHammer
7 February 2018
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Q4 releases iris™, a new artificial intelligence engine for investor relations

NEW YORK, NY, January 17, 2018 - Q4 Inc., a global leader in cloud based investor relations announced today the release of iris™, the company’s new AI engine designed to revolutionize the IR services space. By integrating machine learning, big data analytics and NLP to analyze and process high volumes of fragmented market data, iris is empowering public companies across…
FirstAscentVenturesHammer
22 January 2018
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Rubikloud scores $37 million investment to bring intelligence to retail industry

TORONTO, Jan. 3, 2018 -- The retail industry is one that’s rife for disruption by technology. Under intense pressure from giants like Amazon and Walmart, retailers are often stuck using legacy systems and are ill-equipped to compete using the latest tools. Rubikloud announced a $37 million investment today to help retailers attack the modernization problem with cloud tools built with…
FirstAscentVenturesHammer
3 January 2018
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Royal Bank of Scotland partners with Sensibill to give business banking customers greater control of their finances

TORONTO, Oct. 17, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and Sensibill have partnered to alleviate a major pain point for small business banking customers: receipt management. Sensibill’s digital receipt solution will bring convenience to small business owners, allowing them to manage their cash flow, and streamline their administrative efficiencies directly from their mobile banking app. The service—which…
FirstAscentVenturesHammer
17 October 2017
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ScribbleLive acquires ion interactive

TORONTO, Sept. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ - ScribbleLive, the leading content experience platform, announced today that it has acquired interactive content platform provider, ion interactive. With this acquisition, ScribbleLive further strengthens its ability to help companies manage the full lifecycle of their content by bringing new interactive capabilities to its platform. ion interactive is an enterprise SaaS platform that empowers modern…
FirstAscentVenturesHammer
21 September 2017
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Sensibill closes $17.3 million Series A to scale digital receipt data service for banks

TORONTO, ON - March 02, 2017 - Sensibill has raised a sizeable $17.3 million Series A led by Information Venture Partners and OpenText Enterprise Apps Fund (OTEAF). Sensibill offers a suite of value-added services for mobile banking apps centered around the everyday receipt and enabled by machine learning. Last year, the FinTech company, which is headquartered in Toronto, launched its…
FirstAscentVenturesHammer
3 March 2017