When Meta announced its plans to hire 2,500 Canadians over the next five years, the Canadian tech sector was worried about its ability to compete for Canadian talent. The Canadian tech talent pool is already strapped without these tech giants setting up shop on Canadian soil. Meta joins Microsoft, Pinterest, Google, and Klarna, who have […]
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Victoria’s Assembly Digital Acquired by St. Joseph Communications
Victoria’s Assembly Digital has been acquired by St. Joseph Communications, Canada’s largest privately-owned print, media, and content marketing company. Through its acquisition of Assembly, St. Joseph is furthering its investment in the digital publishing space. Launched in 2015 by Redbrick, Assembly is a digital publishing company that currently reaches over 25 million visitors, monthly across the brands […]
Companies Redefine Role of Office as Hybrid Work Takes Over Canada
As Covid-19 mandates are finally lifted across Canada, many companies are in the process of having employees return to physical offices—in some cases, for the first time in two years. The process is expected to be gradual, with companies testing the waters through a wide variety of approaches. But one thing seems certain: everyone is […]
Victoria’s Redbrick Acquires Email and Marketing Automation Leader
Victoria’s Redbrick has acquired Delivra, a provider of advanced email marketing automation that helps businesses engage in meaningful conversations with customers through email and SMS marketing strategies. The announcement marks Redbrick’s second major acquisition in the past two years, with Delivra becoming the fifth company within the Redbrick portfolio. Redbrick has acquired Minnesota’s Leadpages in 2020. Leadpages is […]
Fostering Emerging Talent Can Be The Key To Bucking Tech’s High Turnover Rate
You are no doubt already aware that the technology industry (specifically software) has a notoriously high turnover rate. In fact, according to one oft-cited statistic, tech actually has a higher employee-turnover rate than any other industry, at 13.2%. It’s not hard to explain why this is the case. For one thing, compensation is a major […]
An Founder’s Advice: Attracting Top Talent In BC’s Tech Industry, Now
Access to top talent has long been one of the biggest constraints for founders looking to grow and scale a tech company in B.C. With the current shift towards a digital economy, skilled tech workers are in higher demand than ever. Tech job postings in Canada were up 30% from pre pandemic levels in early […]
BC’s Fastest Growing Company To Build World’s Largest Digital Health & Wellness Publication
Launched in 2015 by Victoria’s Redbrick, Assembly Technologies is a digital publishing company that currently reaches 25 million visitors, monthly across the brands it has developed in-house: Facty Health, Heywise, Automaatic, The Getaway, The Habitat, and Critter Culture. Five year later Assembly was named B.C.’s fastest-growing company for 2020 by Business in Vancouver. Reporting growth […]
Redbrick Acquires No-Code Website Builder Leadpages
Victoria’s Redbrick has acquired Minnesota’s Leadpages. Based in Minneapolis, Leadpages is a marketing-focused, no-code website builder enabling entrepreneurs and small-business marketers to easily build and publish websites with a focus on generating leads and transforming clicks into customers. The acquisition marks the addition of another digital company to Redbrick’s growing portfolio, bringing Redbrick’s annual revenue […]
Victoria’s Shift Closes $1 Million Seed Round and Appoints a CEO
Victoria’s Shift today announced the close of a $1 million seed round and the appointment of former General Manager, Nadia Tatlow, to the role of CEO. The financing round was led by Panache Ventures and includes $500,000 in debt financing from Shift’s parent company Redbrick. Shift is a productivity platform that enables a beautiful and […]