PlentyofFish CEO Markus Frind leads Grouplend’s $10.2 million funding round
Vancouver-based Grouplend announced this week that it has closed a new $10.2 million funding round, led by PlentyofFish CEO,…
FinTech
MaRS adds Interac to its FinTech cluster
Six months after the launch of its FinTech cluster, MaRS announced today that it has added one of Canada’s most venerable…
Mogo CEO David Feller on Big Data and Busted Banks
Mogo is in the money. The Vancouver startup recently raised $50 million via IPO for its innovative online credit lending platform,…
Canada will look to overhaul its payments infrastructure in 2016
Finextra is reporting that Canadian FinTech companies may soon have the benefit of building their services on top of a new…
Vancouver’s PHEMI closes $12.2 million round to tackle public sector and finance
PHEMI, a Vancouver-based big data warehouse that allows organizations to access and mine any variety of data to drive insights,…
Nymi completes first biometrically authenticated wearable payment in new pilot
Toronto-based wearable startup Nymi announced this morning that it has completed something that, just a few years ago, would…
#FinTech startups: win a chance to meet with RBC’s Gabriel Woo at #GROWconf next week
Last week, BetaKit announced that we’re sending one lucky person to GROW Conference in Whistler, BC next week for one-on-one…
Toronto-based Digital Retail Apps snags $1 million in funding
Digital Retail Apps, a Toronto-based startup focused on mobile shopping and payments, announced that it has raised $1 million…
UGO Wallet has doubled its user base this year
UGO Wallet was announced back in 2013 before being released last November. Dubbed as “Canada’s First Open Mobile Wallet,”…
BattleHack Toronto 2015 winners move on to San Jose finals
After 24 hours of designing, coding and sleeplessness at the MaRS Discovery District, the winners of Toronto’s BattleHack…
Wealthsimple now allows Canadians to open investment accounts from their mobile device
Toronto-based Wealthsimple recently received a $30 million investment to follow its mission to “to make smart, simple,…
UGO thinks payments aren’t enough for mobile wallet adoption
Tech journalist and TV personality Amber Mac was all over Dx3 2015, interviewing founders and senior execs from some of Canada’s…
Kathryn Loewen shares Control’s funding strategy
Vancouver startup Control recently announced $1.5 million in seed funding for its online payments management and analytics…
Vancouver-based Mogo raises $50 million after completing its IPO
When it comes to IPO news, there’s a good reason the past couple of months have been dominated by Shopify – Canada’s…
Today in funding: Vogogo, Gladius Pharmaceuticals, and Mojio
Canadian FinTech, Healthtech and IoT companies are all receiving new funding. Here’s the latest on who raised how much, from…