Data exchange platform MuleSoft filed last Friday for a $100 million Initial Public Offering. Mulesoft provides a type of integration by shuttling data between appilcation systems.  This makes it somewhat competitive with Customer Data Platforms, although it doesn’t create a persistent database or unified customer view. As it happens, CRM vendor Pegasystems announced a MuleSoft integration the day before the IPO announcement. This will make it easier for Pega to access external data.

Closer to home, Toronto-based AdParlor develops social and video advertising technologies.

The U.S. Senate has passed a bill that could potentially ban TikTok in the U.S. if its Chinese owner, ByteDance, does not sell its holdings within a year. The bill now goes to the President Biden, who has said he will sign it. Court challenges are likely to follow.