Vendasta acquires search, display & social advertising technology leader MatchCraft
Vendasta today announced the acquisition of MatchCraft from Advance Local. MatchCraft is a leading global software company specializing in search, display, and social media advertising solutions for digital marketing agencies and resellers who serve small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) at scale. Bringing MatchCraft’s technology—including its flagship AdVantage™ platform—together with Vendasta’s end-to-end platform will extend new offerings to each company’s customers. With the complementary technology, channel partners can manage thousands of clients’ search engine marketing, display, and social advertising campaigns in an efficient and effective way while utilizing Vendasta’s platform tools built to market, sell, bill, fulfill, and deliver critical solutions to SMB clients.
Vendasta COO Jacqueline Cook among Canada’s Top 40 Under 40®
Vendasta is pleased to congratulate Chief Operating Officer Jacqueline Cook, who has been honoured as a recipient of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40® for 2021.
Jacqueline Cook named to Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 2021
Jacqueline is the COO at Vendasta. She is responsible for the development and execution of Vendasta’s revenue and go-to-market strategy, with the core mandate of empowering Vendasta’s Channel Partners to leverage its platform and marketplace to help over 5M small businesses transition to digital. She played an instrumental role in Vendasta’s $40M capital raise in 2018, and more recently, helped lead its IPO process which resulted in an oversubscribed $120M private investment.
Saskatchewan leaders in profile: Vanguard
Brendan King is the innovative force behind Vendasta. Responsible for providing the vision, thought leadership, and business strategy, it is Brendan’s ability to focus on the big picture while maintaining quality on the finest details that drives Vendasta’s success.
Paul Martin Commentary: Head Office Power
We should never underestimate the power of head offices. This province is not exactly head office central in the country. In fact, our history would suggest the opposite … a successful company started here is more likely than not to be taken over by a larger fish from a bigger pond.
Vendasta Acquires CalendarHero
Canadian digital solutions platform Vendasta has put some of the C$119.5 million (about US$97 million at the current XR) it raised this spring to use, acquiring Toronto-based CalendarHero for an undisclosed amount. The deal adds another Vendasta owned and operated solution to its stack. The deal also brings 100,000 into Vendasta’s platform, many of them small business owners.
Vendasta acquires CalendarHero in ‘Made in Canada’ deal
Vendasta, the leading end-to-end platform for companies selling digital solutions to local businesses, today announced an agreement for the strategic acquisition of AI-powered meeting and appointment scheduler CalendarHero.
Vendasta mentioned in State of the Province address
Vendasta is among western Canada’s most notable technology companies. So much so that we are frequently being cited as an innovation leader by federal and provincial leaders. Such was the case for Premier Scott Moe’s annual State of the Province address. Watch the speech here.
‘The world is looking at our talent’: How will Canada fare in the global competition for tech workers?
Vendasta has long looked for new hires beyond its home turf in Saskatoon. “We have a ton of raw talent at the junior level —the [University of Saskatchewan’s] got a fantastic comp-science department,” said CEO Brendan King. But the Prairie city is less stocked with candidates with product management and marketing expertise, or executives with experience scaling companies. So pre-pandemic, Vendasta brought in foreign workers via Canada’s fast-track program for tech talent, and hired senior staff in Seattle, Chicago and other U.S. cities who flew in regularly.