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| Industry | Software as a Service |
|---|---|
| Founded | November 19, 2010 |
| Headquarters | 1000 Innovation Centre Kanata, Ontario K2K 3E7 |
| Products | Electronic signatures |
| Website | signority |
Signority is a cloud-based [1] electronic signature provider based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada that provides web-based public and private cloud electronic signature solutions. The company was co-founded in 2010 by Jane He and Qingbo Jin. [2]
Signority has its headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It was incorporated as a federal and a provincial (Ontario) corporation on November 19, 2010 by two Canadian entrepreneurs: Jane He and Qingbo Jin. At inception, the company name was EPEink (Electronic Pen/Paper Electronic Ink) and the product name was GreenSignatures. [3] In January 2013, the company and the product were re-branded to Signority.
In May 2024 Signority was acquired by FileCloud, a content collaboration platform. FileCloud is a content collaboration platform (CCP) that offers compliance, data governance, data leak protection, data retention, and digital rights management capabilities. [4]
Signority has had two applications filed to United States Patent and Trademark Office:
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