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American investors are pouring millions of dollars in new venture capital into a Saskatoon technology startup — cash the company’s founder says will make its shift-scheduling application more efficient through machine learning.

7Shifts Inc. recently raised $13.3 million (US$10 million) from four U.S. investors. That is more than twice what the company had raised to date, and brings its total outside investment to $19 million.

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The money is significant because it will help 7Shifts give the restaurant industry a “long overdue” technological overhaul, and because it represents another vote of confidence in Saskatoon’s tech sector, according to the company’s CEO.

“All in all, it really validates what we’re doing and why we’re doing it,” said Jordan Boesch, who founded the company in 2011 and has spent the last eight years expanding it to 80 employees, 65 of whom are in Saskatoon.

“It says a lot in terms of what we’re able to accomplish despite being located where we are. I think we have had to work exponentially harder to raise money, given where we are. That’s the first barrier that I have to overcome,” he added.