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 […]
Vancouver Tech Experts on How to Navigate Layers of the Digital Realm
The digitization of everything is well underway, with an increasing percentage of everyone’s lives—both personal and work—being online. Today, “online” can mean a lot more than it used to. There was a time when we might have a computer at work, and maybe one at home, and even then, we were not always online. Now […]
Summer Outlook: Five Tech Execs On What To Expect From The Canadian Ecosystem
The Canadian tech industry has attracted eyeballs from all over the world this year, earning itself the nickname “Silicon Valley North.” Canadian tech has shown resilience, however, talks of mass layoffs and a possible downturn have resulted in inevitable conversations as the industry’s unpredictable future gets closer. As we head into the summer, Techcouver spoke […]
Q+A with CEO of FrontFundr, Canada’s Leading Equity Crowdfunding Platform
Peter-Paul Van Hoeken is the CEO of FrontFundr, a Canadian crowdfunding platform. When he moved from the Netherlands to Vancouver in 2010, he worked closely with startups to help them raise capital–this is where he noticed a gap in the Canadian market. An opportunity to enable everyday Canadians to invest in the private market. Peter-Paul […]