101 Top Finance Startups and Companies in Canada

August 7, 2021
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This article showcases our top picks for the best Canada based Finance companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Finance industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.

We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.

We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:

  • Innovation
    • Innovative ideas
    • Innovative route to market
    • Innovative product
  • Growth
    • Exceptional growth
    • Exceptional growth strategy
  • Management
  • Societal impact

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Top Canada Finance Startups

Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.

Wealthsimple

Wealthsimple

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Wealthsimple offers financial tools to help investors grow and manage their money.

Trulioo

Trulioo

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Trulioo is an online verification company that operates a digital identity network deploying security and privacy standards.

Trulioo

Financeit

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Financeit simplifies complex sales transactions for businesses and their customers.

Trulioo

Nuvei

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Nuvei is a financial service company that provides its clients with payment technology solutions.

Trulioo

Bench

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Bench is a fintech company that provides online bookkeeping services for small businesses.

Trulioo

Mogo

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Mogo is a consumer finance company that helps in managing and controlling finances.

Trulioo

KOHO Financial

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KOHO Financial provides an application based banking platform intended to simplify financial products available to everyone.

Trulioo

Vena Solutions

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Vena connects people, existing systems, and data to power finance-led business planning and real-time reporting.

Trulioo

Neo Financial

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Neo Financial is a FinTech company that provides spending, savings, and rewards programs.

Trulioo

Borrowell

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Borrowell offers free credit scores, education, and weekly credit monitoring, as well as innovative financial digital tools.

Trulioo

Verafin

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Verafin offers a fraud and AML detection platform that helps detect, investigate, and report money laundering and financial fraud.

Trulioo

TIMIA Capital

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TIMIA Capital is a specialty finance company focused on providing growth capital to B2B and SaaS companies.

Trulioo

Innovacorp

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Innovacorp, an early-stage venture capital firm, helps knowledge-based startups commercialize their technologies in the global marketplace.

Trulioo

Finn AI

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Finn AI provides AI-powered conversational banking technology for personal banking and finance.

Trulioo

Newton.co

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No-fee cryptocurrency trading platform for Canadians

Trulioo

Moka

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Moka (previously Mylo) is Canada’s #1 saving and investing app.

Trulioo

Great West Lifeco

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Great-West Lifeco is a financial services holding company with interests in life insurance, health, retirement, and investment services.

Trulioo

Fairfax Financial Holdings

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Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited is a financial services holding company

Trulioo

Bitaccess

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Bitaccess Inc is a Canadian Fintech startup focusing on Blockchain technologies.

Trulioo

Salt Edge Inc.

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A leader in providing banks, fintechs, lenders, credit bureaus with Open Banking API solutions, connected to 5000+ banks in 50 countries

Trulioo

Planswell

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Planswell is on a mission to provide the world’s most actionable financial planning experience to everyone, for free.

Trulioo

Canaccord Genuity Group

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Canaccord Genuity is a global, full-service investment bank focused on growth companies.

Trulioo

WonderFi

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WonderFi is an information technology and services firm that simplifies and streamlines access of assets and technology in finance.

Trulioo

RateHub.ca

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RateHub.ca is a finance website allowing users to compare Canadian mortgage, insurance, and credit card rates.

Trulioo

Boosted.ai

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Boosted.ai is an artificial intelligence company that enhances portfolio management outcomes for the global financial industry.

Trulioo

Fusebill

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Fusebill is a company that provides automated invoicing, billing and collections for subscription-based companies.

Trulioo

Owl.co

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Owl is a data aggregator/analyzer that helps Financial Institutions know their customers like never before.

Trulioo

Alaris Equity Partners

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Alaris Royalty provides alternative financial services, such as long-term equity capital, for private businesses in North America.

Trulioo

Victory Square

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Victory Square creates, funds, and executes on ideas in sports, health, and entertainment.

Trulioo

BENQI Corpo

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BENQI is a liquidity market operating on the Avalanche network

Trulioo

Street Contxt

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Street Contxt is a global communication platform for the institutional financial community.

Trulioo

Progressa

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Millions of Canadians have had their credit rating impacted by overdue bills and items that have gone to collections.

Trulioo

TickSmith

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TickSmith provides a cloud-based Enterprise Data Web Store that enables firms to monetize their data

Trulioo

Finaeo

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Finaeo helps the life insurance industry simplify distribution by automating the front/back-office of today’s complex supply chain.

Trulioo

Goldmoney

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Goldmoney is a financial services group that combines the unique attributes of gold with technology-driven innovation.

Trulioo

Ratesdoctca

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Ratesdoctca is a platform to compare insurance, mortgage and credit card rates in Canada, so you can save money for the fun things in life.

Trulioo

InvestX Capital

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InvestX is the private equity marketplace for registered dealers to provide access to retail accredited investors.

Trulioo

Cash 4 You

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Cash 4 You is a Cambridge, Ontario-based consumer finance retailer.

Trulioo

Echosec Systems Ltd.

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The Echosec Systems Platform gathers critical information from hidden online sources to deliver threat intelligence and risk mitigation

Trulioo

Wagepoint

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Wagepoint is your all-in-one payroll solution filled with all the features you need, and none of the stuff you don’t.

Trulioo

Stox

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Stox.com, Inc. provides financial data to consumers, public companies, and brokers.

Trulioo

SheEO

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SheEO invests in women-led and majority women-owned ventures that creates social impact through new models, new mindsets.

Trulioo

Hardbacon

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Hardbacon strives to help Canadians make better financial decisions.

Trulioo

Lendified

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The Lendified story begins with a wealth of banking experience, a deep knowledge of the Canadian financial services marketplace.

Trulioo

PolicyMe

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Life insurance Made Easy

Trulioo

Hudbay

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Hudbay is an integrated mining company.

Trulioo

Payfirma

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Payfirma offers businesses a multi-channel payment platform for mobile, ecommerce and in-store payments.

Trulioo

Ontario Centres of Excellence

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The Ontario Centres of Excellence invests in projects and people to accelerate industry R&D to impact the Ontario economy through the

Trulioo

Graph Blockchain

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Graph Blockchain is an Altcoin and DeFi company offering solutions for data management, business intelligence, and data analytics.

Trulioo

Carta Worldwide

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Carta Worldwide is an international leader in digital transaction technology, specializing in mobile & emerging payments.

Trulioo

iComply Investor Services Inc.

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iComply Investor Services (iComply) is an award-winning software company focused on reducing regulatory friction in financial markets.

Trulioo

Scotiabank

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Scotiabank offer personal, commercial, corporate & investment banking products and services.

Trulioo

Corl

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Corl provides capital as a service solution through revenue sharing.

Trulioo

NextBlock Global

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A digital asset investment company.

Trulioo

Korapay

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Korapay offers a payment engine that enables local and global businesses to send and accept payments.

Trulioo

First Mining Finance

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First Mining Finance is a development company with a diversified portfolio of gold projects.

Trulioo

Hockeystick

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Smart companies understand that investors want to know what’s going on in your business.

Trulioo

PitchPoint Solutions

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PitchPoint Solutions is a leading provider of fraud prevention services with the systems, people and experience to quickly validate loan

Trulioo

Bonterra Resources

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BonTerra is a Canadian gold exploration company with a large balanced portfolio of exploration and mining assets.

Trulioo

Origin House

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Origin House is the home for cannabis brands from distribution to brand acceleration.

Trulioo

Responsive

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The enterprise hybrid wealth management solution for service excellence and actionable insights.

Trulioo

CPP Investments

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CPP Investments helps and provides a foundation on which Canadians build financial security in retirement.

Trulioo

Kora Network

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Kora Network provides the tools needed to build a self-sustaining, community-owned ecosystem for circulating and accumulating capital.

Trulioo

Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec

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Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec is a Canadian fund management company focused on retirement plans and insurance policies.

Trulioo

Covera

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Autopilot for insurance renewals

Trulioo

Leverj

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Leverj decentralizes the most desirable features of derivatives trading by implementing them in crypto and eliminating points of friction.

Trulioo

Lendful Financial

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Lendful is a better way to borrow, offering Canadians quick

Trulioo

Fairfax India Holdings Corporation

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Fairfax India Holdings Corporation is an investment holding company whose investment objective is to achieve long-term capital appreciation.

Trulioo

Wise Publishing

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Wise Publishing is a personal finance publisher whose popular online properties.

Trulioo

Willow

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Willow is Canada’s first real estate exchange. We allow everyone to buy and sell fractions of property, just like stocks.

Trulioo

Onex

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Onex is a private equity firm that invests and manages capital on behalf of its shareholders and institutional investors.

Trulioo

Atlantic Gold

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Atlantic Gold Corporation is a well-financed, growth-oriented gold development group with a long term strategy to create a mid-tier gold.

Trulioo

Docoh

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Professional-quality investment research for the 99%

Trulioo

Fundingportal

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SaaS, AI, Big Data, govtech, fintech, digital transformation, e-government

Trulioo

Export Development Canada

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Export Development Canada supports Canada’s export trade by helping companies react to international business openings.

Trulioo

Sun Life

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Sun Life Financial provides wealth management, financial security, and stability to its worldwide customer base.

Trulioo

WealthBar

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Online Financial Advice for Canadians

Trulioo

Venture For Canada

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Their mission is to provide opportunities for the best and brightest to create dynamic companies

Trulioo

Manulife Financial

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Manulife Financial is a Canada-based financial services company with principal operations in Asia, Canada and the United States.

Trulioo

Breezeful

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Breezeful is an online mortgage brokering platform that helps to reduce the mortgage financing.

Trulioo

RIWI Corp.

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RIWI offers surveys, risk monitoring, predictive analytics and ad tests in all countries.

Trulioo

Capital Lending Centre

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Capital Lending Centre provides mortgage agents with support and tools they need to provide their clients an exceptional experience.

Trulioo

Netcents Systems

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NetCents Systems Ltd. (NetCents) is an operational enhanced electronic Payment Service Provider (or “PSP”).

Trulioo

WealthAgile

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AI-Driven Portfolio Management System

Trulioo

Grayhawk Investment Strategies

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They design and implement tailored investment strategies for high net worth families.

Trulioo

BCI

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BCI offers investment management services that help clients generate investment returns, be financially secure while protecting their funds.

Trulioo

Aspire Financial Technologies Inc.

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Toronto-based Financial Technology Company

Trulioo

Mitre Media Corp.

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Mitre Media operates a suite of targeted online financial media properties including ETFdb.com, Dividend.com and MutualFunds.com

Trulioo

Vuru

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Vuru’s analysis engine does thousands of hours of stock analysis in seconds.

Trulioo

ModernAdvisor

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Canadian Online Investment Management Firm

Trulioo

GroupPay Inc.

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GroupPay mobile payment aggregator.

Trulioo

QUBER

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QUBER is a money saving application that helps users take control of their finances and reach their saving goals.

Trulioo

SPIRIT Blockchain Capital

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SPIRIT Blockchain – Bridging Blockchain and Digital Assets to Capital Markets – A unique way to invest in Blockchain and Digital Assets

Trulioo

Pivot Acquisition

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Pivot Acquisition invests in companies operating in technology, financial services, healthcare, and telecommunications sectors.

Trulioo

Swiss Vault

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Swiss Vault Systems designs and builds economical data storage systems.

Trulioo

Vanbex Group

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VANBEX specializes in Digital Currency, Blockchain Protocols, and Decentralized Technology.

Trulioo

TSX

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The Toronto Stock Exchange is a public venture marketplace for early-stage companies across a diverse range of sectors.

Trulioo

Briva Finance

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Briva Finance is offers companies an interim financing option allowing them to carry out their projects quickly.

Trulioo

Spruce Grove Capital

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Spruce Grove Capital is an investment company that specializes in investing in startup single businesses.

Trulioo

Emperor Investments

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Emperor Platform provides the technologies that power the modern financial advisor.

Trulioo

Tidal Royalty

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A leading provider of royalty financing.

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