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“As you take on money, the goal is to grow a little more aggressively,” 7Shifts’ founder and chief executive said. “The fact is, between 80 and 90 per cent of restaurants still use paper, are without technology and especially if you’re a rapidly-growing quick service restaurant you’re going to be looking for solutions.”

Boesch taught himself to code and started 7Shifts in 2013 with the aim of helping his family’s Quiznos franchise. The company does not disclose its finances, but he said revenues have tripled over the last year, and that its app is used to schedule around two million restaurant worker shifts each month — up 100 per cent from six months ago.

The new capital — Boesch declined to say how much equity it bought, but noted that it is not an acquisition — will be used to hire yet more new developers and salespeople. The firm currently has more than 40 employees, and has been hiring about six per month, so it’s poised to triple in size this year, he said.

“I’m just excited to just conquer the industry, and really help restaurant operators get the tools they need to do their jobs efficiently and also empower the restaurant workers.”

7Shifts is not the only local technology firm attracting capital. Saskatoon’s tech sector has generated a series of high-profile investments over the last year, among them the acquisitions of SkipTheDishes Restaurant Services Inc. ($200 million), International Road Dynamics Inc. ($63.5 million) and Noodlecake Studios Inc. ($6.3 million).