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 […]
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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 […]
Vancouver Fintech Blossom Launches Social Investor App
Three months after closing a pre-see investment round, Vancouver fintech startup Blossom is publicly launching on the App Store. The social network for retail investors, the first of its kind available to Canadians, received the investment round from Pareto Holdings, the venture fund co-founded by Shutterstock founder Jon Oringer. Blossom bills itself as unique from existing social networks because […]
Vancouver Fintech Blossom Lands Investor For Retail Investor Social Network
Vancouver fintech startup Blossom is building a social network for retail investors, the first of its kind available to Canadians. “Investing is inherently social. The new generation of investors learn about stocks from group chats, Reddit, and Discord. Blossom aims to displace these channels by creating a platform built specifically for investors,” says Maxwell Nicholson, a […]