Canadian startup news of the week (12/13/20)
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Shopify Balance to be powered by Stripe, Evolve Bancorp
On Thursday, it was revealed that payment processing giant Stripe and Evolve Bancorp will power two products within Shopify…
Toronto venture funding in Q3 rebounds following disappointing first half of 2020
Following two disappointing quarters for venture funding of startups in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), funding in the region…
Chime the latest US tech company to expand to Vancouver
Chime, a consumer FinTech firm headquartered in San Francisco, has opened an office in Vancouver and legally incorporated in…
Wealthsimple set to launch new ETF for Muslim investors in 2021
Toronto-based Wealthsimple has revealed plans to launch an exchange-traded fund (ETF), which the startup says will offer investors…
Wealthsimple announces $114 million investment led by TCV, claims $1.4 billion valuation
Toronto-based FinTech startup Wealthsimple has raised $114 million CAD in equity financing. Following the raise, Wealthsimple…
F|T: The FinTech Times – Pandemic plutocrats
Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read…
Symend, Drop, ApplyBoard named among LinkedIn’s top startups to work for in 2020
LinkedIn has published the Canadian edition of its 2020 Top Startups list, featuring emerging startups to work for in Canada.…
SkipTheDishes co-founders look to shake up banking as Neo Financial hits the market
Neo Financial, the new Canadian FinTech startup focused on challenging the status quo in banking, has begun rolling out its…
F|T: The FinTech Times – Losing a generation of women in finance
Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read…
F|T: The FinTech Times – Financial health checkup
Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read…
OneEleven to return under OCE control in next few weeks
OneEleven, the once shuttered Toronto incubator, is set to return in the next few weeks under Ontario Centres of Excellence…
Out-collaborate your competition: The growth formula for FinTechs
This is the decade where businesses must take on large societal problems. From healthcare, education, climate change, to finance,…
Financial Data Exchange launches in Canada looking to create industry standard for financial data sharing
Financial Data Exchange (FDX), a United States-based non-profit organization dedicated to developing an industry standard for…
MaRS officially launches program developed using federal Scale-Up Platform funding
MaRS Discovery District has officially launched Momentum, a new program designed to support high-growth Canadian companies…