Shopify

Shopify

The first Shopify store was our own - it did what it was supposed to, and it did it well. After seeing its success, we realized that we could provide this tool to others, and help them sell their products online. At Shopify we stand for simplicity, elegance, and common sense, and we hope to infuse those qualities in everything we do.

Website:
http://www.shopify.com
Categories:
E-Commerce
Address:
Byward Market
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Blog Posts About Shopify

Shopify gets shopping and acquires Select Start Studios
Shopify announced this morning that it acquired award-winning Select Start Studios Inc. (S3), also based in Ottawa. This strategic acquisition will allow the company to rapidly execute on their... [more]
Shark Tank's Daymond John Joins Ottawa's Shopify as Brand Ambassador [VIDEO]
It's always nice to have a Shark Tank star as your brand ambassador. And that's exactly the case for successful Ottawa startup Shopify, who's gathered the impassioned support of FUBU founder... [more]
Ottawa Startup Index - January 2012
Rank CompanyAlexa Rank 1   Shopify 3,149shopify.comAlexa: 3,149  2   TravelPod 4,467travelpod.comAlexa: 4,467  3   FluidSurveys... [more]
As M-Commerce Continues to Boom, Ottawa's Shopify Eyes Expansion to Mobile
Ottawa startup Shopify is doing well. The successful company has raised millions of dollars in venture capital financing and has rapidly expanded its headcount to a whopping 80 employees, more than... [more]
Ottawa's Shopify continues to load up with star talent
Last September Ottawa's Shopify hired Craig Miller away from Kijiji to become their VP of Marketing. Miller had joined Kijiji in 2006 when it was a 3 person startup team and over the course of... [more]
Ottawa's Shopify closes $15 Million Series B round
Ottawa's Shopify announced today that it closed a $15 million Series B round from Bessemer Venture Partners, FirstMark Capital, Felicis Ventures, and Georgian Partners. This new investment adds to... [more]
Canadian Entrepreneurs can still join Shopify’s Build-A-Business Competition
Ottawa based e-commerce platform Shopify is halfway through their 2nd Build-A-Business competition that awards a $5,000 Apple Gift Card, a VIP trip to New York City to have lunch with Seth Godin,... [more]
Techvibes TV: Shopify Founder Tobi Lütke
Earlier this week Shopify's Harley Finkelstein penned a guest article over on Fast Company about his new role of Chief Platform Officer. Finkelstein tells the story of joining the Ottawa startup... [more]
Shopify responsible for $220 Million in sales in past 18 months
Last week Ottawa's Shopify announced they were donating $100,000 to the Acumen Fund to mark they're 5th anniversary. The Acumen Fund is a nonprofit venture fund that invests in social enterprises,... [more]
Shopify's Build-A-Business Contest is back - and Canadians can enter this time!
Shopify's Build-A-Business contest last year was so successful they’ve decided to do it again, only way bigger and way better with over $250K in prizes. But this year Canadians can enter as... [more]
Digital Media People to Watch in Ontario in 2011
It's that time of year again where Techvibes singles out 10 Digital Media People to Watch in Ontario in the coming year. We did a pretty good job in 2010 with Facebook Managing Director Jordan... [more]
Why necessity motivated Harley Finkelstein to become an entrepreneur
Some entrepreneurs start businesses out of passion, or a great idea. Not Harley Finkelstein. ”I always had a certain natural gravitation towards entrepreneurship,” he says, but... [more]
Ottawa's Shopify raises $7 Million Series A Funding from Bessemer, FirstMark, and Felicis
Ottawa-based online-retail SaaS platform Shopify announced today it has secured $7 Million in Series A funding from Bessemer Venture Partners, FirstMark Capital and Felicis Ventures. "Shopify... [more]
Ottawa's Shopify adds bricks to clicks
Ottawa's Shopify announced today that they have hooked up with online point-of-sale provider ShopKeep to create the first point-of-sale system for brick-and-mortar retailers that is fully... [more]
PROFIT HOT 50 List announced - Shopify, Syncapse, and Cakemail included
The 11th Annual PROFIT HOT 50 List was published today and more than a handful of the companies recognized as Canada’s Emerging Growth Companies have been covered here on Techvibes over the... [more]
Selling Your Art Online – Which Site Is Best?
Gone are the days when we had to invent wheels and shopping carts from scratch. Now, anyone can simply click-click and sell items for minimum to no fees. Through conversations with designers, I... [more]
Ottawa startup Avitu incubates in Shopify's new office, plans vlog detailing experiences
Shopify, which makes starting an e-commerce store ridiculously simple, snagged up a fancy new office a couple months ago. Now, Shopify is letting Avitu, a fresh startup run by three University of... [more]
Shopify gives away $100K to DODOcase
Late last year Ottawa's Shopify announced that they were teaming up with Tim Ferriss of 4-Hour Workweek fame to run a pretty cool contest with a very large prize. $100K to the entrepreneur who's... [more]
Shopify hits $100 Million in Sales on E-commerce Platform
Ottawa's Shopify announced today that retailers on their platform have netted $100 Million in total sales since the company’s shopping cart system launched in 2007. There's no doubt... [more]
Shopify adds to their team in Ottawa
We just heard that Techvibes guest contributor and serial entrepreneur Harley Finkelstein is returning to Ottawa in July to join Shopify's team as their Director of Business Development &... [more]
Shopify offers $120,000 in prize money to start your own business
  2010 is already 12 days old.  And many of you have “starting my own business” as one of your goals for 2010 and this new decade.  And Shopify wants to help you get... [more]
Shopify acquires the developers of StoreSync
  One of our "digital people to watch in Ontario" has recently given us a reason why they were included in this list.  TechCrunch is reporting that Shopify has aquired the makers of... [more]
Digital Media People to Watch in Ontario in 2010
2009 saw the further introduction of the Techvibes brand in the Toronto tech community.  In the coming 12 months we will be highlighting many insightful people, innovative companies and... [more]
Shopify teams up with 4-Hour Workweek guy to offer $100K prize
Tim Ferriss of 4-Hour Workweek fame has partnered up with Tobi Lutke of Ottawa e-commerce platform Shopify to run a pretty cool contest with a very large prize. $100K to the entrepreneur who's NEW... [more]
Personal reflections on VCs and the future of high-tech in Canada
It is sad news that Nortel Networks, a national icon, has disintegrated into many smaller fragments that have already been swallowed by foreign high-tech companies.  Nortel's demise was almost... [more]
Shopify partners with VersaPay to complete the transaction
Vancouver's VersaPay Corporation announced today that they've struck up a partnership with Ottawa-based Shopify in conjunction with the highly-anticipated launch of VersaPay’s eCommerce... [more]
Ottawa Startup Index - January 2009
Rank CompanyTTR 1   TravelPod 6,156travelpod.comTTR: 6,156Compete: 6,329Alexa: 5,983  2(1) Shopify Marketplace 43,123shopify.comTTR: 43,123Compete: 21,280Alexa:... [more]

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