Link Investment Management revs up to take on insurance, banking incumbents with $2.5 million
FinTech startup Link Investment Management has received a $2.5 million CAD Series A strategic investment from the Canaccord…
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F|T: The FinTech Times – Wealthsimple expands crypto portfolio
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Pocketed secures $1 million CAD to help more companies access grant funding, power US expansion
Vancouver-based FinTech software startup Pocketed, which offers a platform that helps businesses find and apply for grants…
Fraction raises $20 million to bring home equity solution to US market
Vancouver-based FinTech startup Fraction Technologies has raised $20 million CAD in a Series A funding round led by QED Investors.…
Wealthsimple launches crypto investing for group retirement funds
Wealthsimple has launched a new cryptocurrency investment product, allowing for crypto investments through its group retirement…
Following $61 million TSX IPO, Propel Holdings eyes US expansion
Toronto-based FinTech startup Propel Holdings closed its IPO on the Toronto Stock Exchange, raising $61 million. The shares…
CapIntel signs partnership with IG Wealth Management
CapIntel, which provides a management platform for wealth management firms, has penned a partnership deal with IG Wealth Management,…
Axis Auto Finance lands $15 million to roll out digital loan product
Axis Auto Finance Inc., a Mississauga-based lender that describes itself as a FinTech servicing the alternative auto finance…
Following refocus and rebrand, Lydia AI secures $10 million CAD to make health insurance more inclusive
Insurtech startup Lydia AI has raised $10 million CAD ($8 million USD) to launch the first series of insurance products using…
Tokens.com purchases 50 percent of virtual real estate group Metaverse
Canadian cryptocurrency startup Tokens.com has closed its acquisition of a 50 percent stake in Metaverse Group for $1.68 million…
FinTech startup Propel Holdings aims to raise $60 million in TSX IPO
Toronto-based FinTech startup Propel Holdings is launching an Initial Public Offering (IPO) on the Toronto Stock Exchange,…
Thomson Reuters launches $100 million corporate venture capital fund
Thomson Reuters has unveiled a new, $100 million USD corporate venture capital fund, through which it intends to back innovative…
EnPowered launches new payments platform to boost cleantech adoption
Kitchener-Waterloo-based cleantech startup EnPowered has unveiled a new payments platform designed to make it easier for its…
Top Hat founder Mike Silagadze shifts from EdTech to crypto investing with new DeFi fund
Top Hat founder and former CEO Mike Silagadze is turning his attention from digital education to crypto investing with the…
Kevin Durant’s Boardroom enters multi-year brand deal with Dapper Labs
Boardroom, a media network company founded by two-time NBA champion Kevin Durant and entrepreneur Richard Kleiman, has entered…