by Chris Massot | Nov 8, 2017 | Entrepreneur, SaaS, Trends
It’s not uncommon for founders to be pulled in multiple directions and find themselves immersed in a variety of areas, ranging from taking care of employee issues, payroll, accounting, marketing, and more. While these demanding tasks are often natural byproducts of...
by Ania Wysocka | Oct 12, 2017 | Analysis, Innovation, SaaS, Service Providers, Technology, Trends
Innovation in the world of computing is constant. Each day, new ideas drive the development of apps, products, and services. This consistent progression, especially in the last fifty years, has relied on different centralized and distributed models of computing to...
by Chris Massot | Oct 5, 2017 | Global Partners, Portfolio Company, Technology, Trends
Alacrity Canada was happy to be able to contribute to the latest issue ‘Q’, Wesley Clover Quarterly Update. Download this issue to see our take on current data security issues and the strategies we can employ to avoid them, and to check out updates on the...
by Ania Wysocka | Sep 28, 2017 | Analysis, Technology, Trends
The boom in advertising during the Golden Age of Radio sparked a focus and investment into market research which has continued to thrive and expand until today. Back in the 1920’s — 50’s radio advertisers revelled at the wealth of information that listener...
by Ania Wysocka | Sep 8, 2017 | Analysis, Innovation, Service Providers, Technology, Trends
Shopify is quickly becoming one of the biggest e-commerce platforms in the world. The Canadian company, headquartered in the nation’s capital of Ottawa, processed over $5B in sales last quarter. This is second only to Amazon’s retail sales, outside of the Chinese...
by Chris Massot | Aug 28, 2017 | Analysis, Financing, Global Partners, Investor, Tech Hubs, Trends
Late this July Alacrity Canada welcomed Mike Manson, Gireenda Kasmalkar, and Saurabh Lahoti from Alacrity India. Our visitors enjoyed a full day in Victoria packed with meetings with our portfolio companies, Alacrity Chairman Owen Matthews, & Managing Director...
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