VarageSale: Montreal-founded VarageSale acquired by VerticalScope

VarageSale, the Toronto-based buy-and-sell website and mobile app, has been acquired by VerticalScope, a Canadian digital media company. No financial terms were released While VarageSale is currently based in Toronto, the company was founded by Tami Zuckerman, an elementary school teacher living in Montreal, Quebec. While pregnant with her first child, she asked her husband Carl Mercier, a programmer, to improve on the experience of buying and selling items over social networks. In May 2012, VarageSale launched its first community, “Vaudreuil-Dorion and Surrounding Areas”. The company has since moved its headquarters to Toronto, Ontario. VarageSale was named 2014 Startup of the Year in the Canadian Startup Awards. In March 2015, it was included as part of Canadian Business’s list of Canada’s Most Innovative Companies.