At the ninth annual Clio Cloud Conference, Jack Newton, CEO and Founder of Clio, unveiled the new Clio Payments platform, a foundational payments technology built for the legal industry’s most advanced legaltech solution. Clio Payments enables lawyers to facilitate client-centered payment options, easing the billing and collections process while offering secure and compliant online payment […]
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The Battle for Top Talent in Canada’s Booming Tech Scene
If someone asked you to guess which city in North America has the fastest growing technology market, you might guess San Francisco or Austin. But you’d be looking too far south. According to a recent Tech Talent Report, Toronto is actually North America’s fastest-growing technology market, and Vancouver isn’t far behind. Vancouver is currently one […]
Clio Acquires YC-Backed Legal Document Automation Company, Lawyaw
Vancouver unicorn Clio has acquired Lawyaw, a San Francisco-based company developing innovative digital workflows for legal documents. Lawyaw and Clio have had a long-standing data integration and Lawyaw was the first document automation company to offer an app inside of Clio’s app store. As part of the acquisition, Lawyaw’s team, along with CEO and Co-founder […]
Connecting The Dots: July 2021
Each month, Kathleen Reid (Founder + Managing Director at Switchboard Public Relations) connects the dots between the trends, headlines and narratives that are informing the BC tech sector. Following a two-month hiatus, she resumes CTD’s regular monthly schedule by shedding light on BC Tech’s New Economy Report, recent acquisitions by BC’s biggest tech companies, and […]
Unmarketing Strategist Scott Stratten Announced As Keynote Speaker at the 2021 Clio Cloud Conference
Burnaby’s Clio has announced that Scott Stratten—co-author of six best-selling business books, award-winning speaker, and expert in social marketing—will be a keynote speaker at the ninth annual Clio Cloud Conference, held virtually from October 26–29, 2021. At this year’s event, Stratten will discuss both online and offline methods to building client-centered relationships in a legal market […]
Unicorn Clio Acquires CalendarRules In Second Acquisition
B.C. Unicorn Clio has acquired the automated court-calendaring company CalendarRules. The acquisition is Clio’s first since becoming the first law practice management company to achieve unicorn status earlier this year and its second acquisition ever. “This acquisition is an important one as we continue to help law firms navigate a changing legal landscape,” cofounder and CEO Jack Newton […]
Clio Wants To Hire More Than 250 Employees In 2021
Vancouver’s own Clio has become a company to watch on a global scale. After raising a Series B investment back in 2012, to the tune of $6 million, they followed up two years later with a sizeable Series C investment of $20 million. Then, in 2019, a monstrous Series D round—valued at more than a […]
Unicorn Clio Valued At $2 Billion After New Funding Round
Eighteen months after raising USD $250 Million in the largest growth-stage transaction in Canadian history, Burnaby’s Clio is at it again. This morning Clio announced a new valuation of $2 billion after raising USD $110 million in its Series E. The funding round was led by funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates, […]
Council of Canadian Innovators Expands Nationwide, Adds B.C. Representation
The Council of Canadian Innovators (CCI) is expanding nationwide with the addition of government relations experts in Alberta, Ontario, and British Columbia, to supplement their existing focus on federal public policy regarding innovation. CCI is a national business council representing more than 130 of Canada’s fastest growing companies in the innovation economy, including leading firms […]
Clio Places Third on Elpha’s Top 10 Workplaces for Women
Burnaby-headquartered Clio has placed third on Elpha’s Top 10 Workplaces for Women. Clio was recognized for prioritizing learning and development and creating a space where women feel empowered to grow their careers. Elpha is a popular women’s technology professionals network with over 35,000 members, offering a variety of resources to make it easier for women in […]