Calgary-based learning technology company Absorb announced this week the acquisition of Toronto’s Together, which develops mentorship software. Historically, mentoring platforms and learning management systems have been siloed, according to Absorb, which now claims to be “the first learning technology provider to bring mentoring and coaching into its ecosystem with the goal of delivering a truly […]
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Absorb Software Founder Joins Silversmith Capital Partners as Senior Advisor
Absorb Software founder and former CEO Mike Owens has joined Silversmith Capital Partners as a Senior Advisor. As an entrepreneur who successfully transitioned a bootstrapped Calgary-based company into a scaled global enterprise, Owens will provide strategic support to the growth equity firm and its portfolio. “We were fortunate to partner with Mike as Absorb Software’s […]
Absorb Software Highlights Competitive Advantage of ‘Closing Training Gaps’
Last year, Communitech unveiled the first ever Team True North. The Kitchener-Waterloo hub for entrepreneurship created the list to spotlight “the best of Canadian tech”—which by their measure is defined as high-performing tech firms tracking to $1 billion in annual revenue with growth rates that match the top 1% of companies in the world. Communitech recently added 26 […]
Three Calgary Startups Ranked Among ‘Top 1%’ of Canadian Tech
Earlier this summer, Communitech unveiled the first ever Team True North. The Kitchener-Waterloo hub for entrepreneurship created the list to spotlight “the best of Canadian tech”—which by their measure is defined as high-performing tech firms tracking to $1 billion in annual revenue with growth rates that match the top 1% of companies in the world. The list—determined through […]