This spring, Blossom is rethinking growth. The Vancouver startup was conceived in 2021 with the idea to combine day-trading technology with social elements. However, sliding markets and intense capital demands spurred Blossom to pivot away from establishing its own trading platform, and instead to focus on the synergy the app can add to existing platforms. […]
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Fintech Blossom Exceeds Target with Successful Crowdfunding Campaign
A Vancouver-based startup is crowdfunding capital from the community. Blossom, a B.C. fintech firm, is using FrontFundr to raise capital from Canadians—and is seeing strong early success. The fintech, which claims to be growing by more than 10,000 users per month, has already raised more than $2 million previously from investors such as LOI Venture […]
Social Brokerage Blossom Snags Second at National Fintech Competition
Nearly 200 applicants were whittled down down to 12 finalists. After three months of competition and mentorship, four financial technology startups won this year’s Digital Commerce Calgary Fintech Award. The second-annual award, this year expanded nationwide, recognized Vancouver’s Blossom alongside DealPoint, Propra, and Elev as the top four winners—taking home prizes worth almost $400,000 in non-dilutive […]
Meet and Connect With Canada’s Top Business Leaders in Vancouver
The Peak’s Bet on Canada Summit is coming to Vancouver on October 25th. The inaugural, one-day summit will shine a light on the most important topics, trends, and tools for businesses in 2024, with some of the country’s top business leaders will sharing practical advice on conquering timely business challenges and offering step-by-step actions business leaders can use […]
Two Vancouver Startups Reach Top 12 For National Fintech Award
From an initial batch of 150 standout applications from startups across Canada, the 2023 Digital Commerce Calgary Fintech Award has announced their Top 12 startups. With a focus on everything from revolutionizing the housing and renovation industry to streamlining credit applications and optimizing the capital raising process, the finalists are redefining the financial landscape across […]
10 Homegrown B.C. Startups to Watch in 2023
2022 is in the books and despite what we’ve all been through, it was a pretty good year for the Vancouver tech community and the provincial scene as a whole. Tech companies specializing in everything from capturing carbon dioxide to social investing, and from background screening to non-fungible people have been leading an unprecedented tech […]
5 Vancouver Fintechs Ready to Perform in 2023
The province of Ontario, and more specifically the region of greater Toronto, is Canada’s ultimate financial technology hotspot. In fact, it’s one of the biggest fintech hubs in the world. And as Canadians, we are proud of that. However, often living in the shadow of Canada’s financial epicentre are tech-forward startups hustling hard in areas […]
Blossom Builds on Pre-Seed Funding to Blur Line Between Social, Financial Apps
Three months after closing a pre-seed investment round, Vancouver fintech startup Blossom publicly launched on the App Store in May. The social network for retail investors, the first of its kind available to Canadians, received its pre-seed investment round from Pareto Holdings, a venture fund co-founded by Shutterstock founder Jon Oringer. The BC fintech has since raised an additional $750,000, […]
Blossom Among Three Canadian Startups Selected for Latest Google Accelerator
In the startup ecosystem, women founders are less likely to receive financing than men, says Google, which is the reasoning behind its Accelerator for Women Founders. There are 12 startups comprising the 2022 cohort of Google for Startups Accelerator: Women Founders, now in its third run. The dozen women-led fledglings hail from across North America, […]
Vancouver Startups Ready for Collision in June
The Collision Conference is returning to its first in-person event in two years, marking Toronto’s Enercare Centre June 20 through 23. The tech event will be the largest international gathering of its kind in Canada since prior to the COVID-19 Pandemic, with more than 30,000 attendees expected to convene in our nation’s fintech hotspot. “While we’ve successfully […]