Webware.io, a Toronto-based company focused on helping small businesses achieve online success, today announced that it has received $2 million in strategic financing from an elite group of investors led by renowned industry veteran Moss Kadey.

As Founder and CEO of Mossco Capital Inc., Kadey is a strategic investor specializing in consumer goods, real estate and technology companies. Among the brands he has been involved with from start-up to exit are Bumble and bumble and BECCA Inc. (each sold to Estée Lauder Companies), Oribe Hair Care (sold to Kao USA Inc.), and the North/South American Brita business (sold to The Clorox Company). Also providing funding are Ira Gluskin and Gerald Sheff, founders of Gluskin Sheff + Associates, one of Canada's top wealth management firms.

The investment will allow Webware.io to build upon recent momentum, including the launch of a strategic, bricks-and-mortar partnership with Staples Canada. It will also help grow the company's rapidly expanding presence with small businesses across North America searching for a powerful, easy-to-use website platform.

"An investment of this size from some of the industry's pre-eminent financiers underscores their confidence in our vision. It also gives us the ability to further strengthen our platform and provide small businesses with a solution that will take their operations to the next level," says Cory York, Co-Founder and CEO of Webware.io. "We're excited by what we have achieved so far, and this brings us even closer to realizing our strategic goals."

"To succeed, small business owners must harness the power of online technology to build deeper connections with their customers and establish a robust e-commerce channel," says Kadey. "The Webware.io digital toolkit is uniquely suited to help them do this, and we look forward to helping the company enter the next stage of growth."

About Webware

Webware.io is a complete digital toolkit designed to help small businesses easily navigate the online world. Webware's technology and services are used by IBM, Kernels Popcorn, Staples Canada, and over 10,000 businesses across 400 cities in North America. With Webware.io, a business has access to the technology and support required to get online and become successful. The toolkit includes a website and e-commerce platform, social media management, email marketing, blogging, search engine optimization (SEO), reputation management, and more. Visit webware.io for more information.

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For further information: Cory York, cory@webware.io; Shalynn Mortillaro, (437) 349-5314, shalynn.mortillaro@citizenrelations.com

Article Courtesy: https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/webware-secures-2-million-in-funding-to-fuel-growth-and-expansion-833895503.html

Webware has landed in Lisbon, Portugal, for Web Summit 2018!

Web Summit is the largest technology conference in the world, featuring 60,000 attendees from more than 150 countries.

Among all the action with thousands of global media publications and broadcasters, investors, policymakers, heads of state, Fortune 500 companies and smaller tech companies, Web Summit focuses on asking one simple question: “Where to next?”

This year, Webware is attending Web Summit, from November 5th to 8th,

To answer that question.

Webware is located at booth C-101, on November 8th, next to Collision Lounge in Pavilion 3.

Webware’s fully integrated software as a service currently has customers in over 400 cities across the world and is focused on expanding internationally.

Most recently,

Webware formed a groundbreaking partnership with Staples Canada.

View the Staples Webware Website Here

Webware will be meeting at the “global meeting place for the world’s most disruptive technology companies”,

To show how we lead the tools for success -

For business owners and entrepreneurs.

If you would like to get in touch with Webware, regarding our attendance at Web Summit, please email media@webware.io.

Partnership provides bricks and mortar presence for Webware’s do-it-for-me website platform

View the Staples Webware Website here

TORONTO, October 31, 2018 – Today, Webware.io announced a partnership with Staples Canada that promises to disrupt the Canadian website market and make it easier than ever for small businesses and entrepreneurs to leverage the digital world to build their business. As part of the partnership, Webware will have staff onsite in Staples stores to educate and counsel business owners how they can enter the digital space and market to a broader audience.

Starting today, Webware staff will be onsite in four Staples stores in the GTA, including University Avenue, Front Street, Yonge and King Street, and Midtown Toronto. Over the next 18 months, Webware’s in-store presence will roll out in many Staples locations across Canada.

“For businesses to be successful online, they need more than a website. They need a robust online strategy that does not require a large investment of their time,” says Cory York, founder and CEO Webware. “In the last three years, Webware has helped more than 10,000 small business owners enter and grow a successful online presence. Extending our expertise in-store at Staples will enable us to help even more business owners lever the digital space to take their business to a new level.”

“We are very excited to welcome Webware as our digital partner,” says Gogi Grewal, Senior Vice President of Business Services, Staples. “We’re committed to providing Canadian business owners with business solutions that will make running their business as easy and successful as possible. Giving our customers, in-store access to Webware’s state of the art digital expertise and all-in-one technology platform will enable small business owners to stop worrying about their online presence and focus on their business.”

Webware’s full offering is available through Staples.

About Webware

Webware.io is a complete digital toolkit designed to help small businesses easily navigate the online world. Webware’s technology and services are used by IBM, Kernels Popcorn, Staples Canada, and over 10,000 businesses across 400 cities in North America. With Webware.io, a business has access to the technology and support required to get online and become successful. The toolkit includes a website and e-commerce platform, social media management, email marketing, blogging, search engine optimization (SEO), reputation management, and more. Visit webware.io for more information.

About Staples Canada/Bureau en Gros

Staples Canada/Bureau en Gros was founded in 1991. The company operates over 300 locations across all Canadian provinces. Through its world-class retail, eCommerce, mobile and delivery capabilities, Staples helps customers shop every day, however and whenever they want. Staples is dedicated to offering customers the latest products and expertise on everything from technology to school supplies, facility, breakroom, as well as business services and print production through Staples Print & Marketing. The company invests in a number of corporate giving programs that support environmental, educational and entrepreneurial initiatives in Canadian communities. Visit staples.ca for more information, or visit get social with @StaplesCanada on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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Media Contact:

Katherine Clark Beacon Strategic Communications

416-453-3288

media@webware.io

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POWERSTORES FUELS NORTH AMERICAN LAUNCH WITH REBRAND TO WEBWARE.IO AND NEW ROUND OF FUNDING

Asia’s leading web building platform and service provider to disrupt North American DIY website market with do-it-for-me model 

December 5, 2015 (TORONTO, ON) - PowerStores Ecommerce Ltd. is ready to take on North America with a new name and a fresh round of capital investment to fuel its rapid growth. Rebranded as Webware.io, the company has closed a new round of funding led by Toronto-based Extreme Venture Partners and William Bissell, who made the investment in his personal capacity through his family office. Webware offers a DIY website platform that is now complemented with robust do-it-for-me set up and support services to ensure businesses become competitive in the online world.

“There are four billion-dollar web platform companies in the market, yet according to a joint Google and Ipsos survey in 2013, 55 percent of businesses in North America are still not online,” says Cory York, co-founder and CEO of Webware. “We know why. Small businesses are looking for a reasonably-priced, do-it-for-me platform and service company to take care of their online needs. And that’s what our company offers.” Founded in India by Cory York and Indrajit Chowdhury in 2012 as PowerStores, the company established a Toronto office this past summer and already has 10 employees and 500 customers there.

“The name change to Webware.io reflects the company’s ability to serve more than just the e-commerce market with a shopping cart solution,” says York. “We know small businesses have limited time and resources, and an easy all-in-one system that covers everything they should be doing when it comes to the internet is what Webware is all about. We offer a complete digital tool kit that covers everything a business needs to be doing online - website, web store, social commerce, blogging, and more.

” The new round of funding will support Webware.io’s aggressive expansion across North America as it targets more than 30 million small and medium businesses that can benefit from its services. "There is a great opportunity for digital services within the small business market right now. We're investing in the proven team at Webware to bring a new dimension to the SaaS platform marketplace." Sunil Sharma Extreme Venture Partners ( www.evp.vc )

“Small- and medium-sized businesses know they need to be online, but so many of them just don’t know where to start,” says York. “They’re hair stylists, or chefs, or plumbers. You name it. But they don’t want to be web developers, nor should they be. That’s where Webware.io can help.” Webware.io will dramatically increase hiring for it's sales and marketing team in Toronto in the coming months to support its growth plans. Qualified candidates can apply at http://www.webware.io/pages/footer/careers

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About Webware.io: Webware.io is a complete tool kit designed to help small businesses easily and affordably navigate the digital world. Webware.io’s technology platform provides everything small businesses need to manage and grow a successful online presence, from designing and building websites and online stores, to SEO marketing services and creating loyalty programs. With services embedded into the Webware.io platform, businesses can access all the tools they need from one easy-to-use workspace.

MEDIA CONTACT: Cory York, Co-founder and CEO, Webware.io (formerly PowerStores) 416.931.9330

Cory York, CEO Webware tell his inspiring story of ambition, determination and success against all odds. Read and be inspired!

http://yourstory.com/2013/06/from-ice-hockey-in-canda-to-selling-books-door-to-door-in-india-to-setting-up-a-mini-incubator-goa-based-entrepreneur-cory-york/