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S&P Global Market Intelligence Enters into Strategic Alliance to Transition IR Webhosting Business to Q4 Inc.

New York/Toronto, January 7, 2019 – S&P Global Market Intelligence (S&P), a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI) and provider of data, essential insights, and powerful analytics, and Q4 Inc. (Q4), a leading global provider of cloud-based investor relations solutions, announced today a strategic alliance to transition S&P Global Market Intelligence’s Investor Relations (IR) webhosting business to Q4.  The strategic alliance…
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7 January 2020
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Sensibill deepens UK market expansion with Metro Bank partnership

Sensibill announced today that it will partner with Metro Bank, the first high street bank to open in the UK in over 100 years, to power its mobile receipt management offering. The partnership supports the bank’s mission to transform the digital experience for its small business banking clients. Metro Bank has invited select small business customers to join a free…
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12 December 2019
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ScribbleLive acquired by Brazil based Rock Content

Brazilian content marketing startup Rock Content has announced the purchase of US sector player ScribbleLive, creating one of the largest companies in the segment in the Americas. The buyout, announced exclusively to Forbes, is the continuation of the company's international expansion, which began in 2017 with the launch of operations in Mexico. With the addition of ScribbleLive (SL), which has…
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11 December 2019
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CIBC Innovation Banking Provides First Ascent Ventures with a Capital Call Line of Credit

Innovation Banking today announced that it has provided a capital call facility to First Ascent Ventures. The capital call facility provides First Ascent Ventures with the flexibility to make investments in portfolio companies prior to calling capital from the fund’s limited partners.Since the firm’s founding in 2015, First Ascent Ventures has invested in emerging Canadian technology companies that are building…
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5 December 2019
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Digital receipt player Sensibill raises $31.5m

Sensibill, a Toronto-based AI-powered digital receipt startup targeting freelancers and small business owners, has raised US$31.5 million in a Series B funding round joined by National Bank of Canada. The round, led by AI-focused venture fund Radical Ventures, and joined by Information Venture Partners and First Ascent Ventures, brings Sensibill's total financing to $46.5 million. Founded in 2013, Sensibill works…
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4 July 2019
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Dialogue concludes a $40-million round of financing

Dialogue, the leading virtual healthcare platform in Canada, today announced the closing of a $40-million round of financing led by Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) and Holtzbrinck Ventures. The company will use the funds to maintain its leading position in Canada and continue its expansion in the European market. Also participating in the financing round were First…
FirstAscentVenturesHammer
17 June 2019
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BusinessWire partners with IR provider Q4

SAN FRANCISCO: Business Wire has partnered with investor relations cloud platform Q4. The exclusive partnership is combining Business Wire’s distribution and newswire services with Q4’s communications and intelligence platforms, according to a statement from the companies. "Business Wire and Q4 have known each other for a long time," said Richard DeLeo, COO at Business Wire. "We’re both preferred providers to…
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3 June 2019
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Q4 announces new IR Success Platform

New York and Toronto - February 21, 2019 – Q4 Inc., a leading global provider of cloud-based investor relations solutions, announced today the launch of its “IR Success Platform.” The platform combines Q4’s market-leading IR product suite, with a new white-glove customer experience model that partners with IROs to help them achieve both their tactical and strategic objectives, from daily…
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21 February 2019
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ThinkData Works selected as an approved vendor for the Canadian Government AI standing order

Toronto - January 23rd, 2019 - ThinkData Works Inc. (ThinkData) has been pre-qualified by the Government of Canada to deliver contracts worth up to $9M related to Artificial Intelligence (AI) services, solutions, and products. The list of qualified providers was announced on January 15, 2019, and was the result of an Invitation to Qualify published through Public Services and Procurement…
FirstAscentVenturesHammer
23 January 2019