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At Best Startup Canada we track over 100,000 Canadian startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top British Columbia based Director operating in the FinTech space. If you think a Director is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.ca.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Alexis Shahriar Assadi
Director and Chief Executive Officer of Pacific Income Capital Corporation
Alexis Shahriar Assadi is an entrepreneur and private lender. He operates a group of companies that lend funds to real estate projects and businesses across Canada.
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About Assadi Private Capital Inc., Pacific Income Capital Corporation: Pacific Income Capital Corporation is the general partner of Pacific Income Limited Partnership.
Ryan Ternier
Director of Technology of InvestX Capital
Ryan Ternier is the Director of Technology at InvestX Capital.
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About InvestX Capital: InvestX is the private equity marketplace for registered dealers to provide access to retail accredited investors.
Shawn Kalin
Founder & Director of Development of RURALTY International
Kalin has more that 20 years experience with scaling businesses into new markets. The big move in recent years is the convergence of real estate tech and fintech. Our major play is the undervalued real estate outside of the major cities. Our brand and platform is RURALTY.com
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About ActionTax.ca, RURALTY International, Virtly, WebShowing: Real Estate Tech, PropTech, Fintech.
Emma Williams
Director of Marketing of Breathe Life
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About Breathe Life: The digital distribution platform for life insurance carriers
Kalle Radage
COO, CFO, Directors, and Co-Founder of Neptune Digital Assets
Kalle Radage is the COO, CFO, Directors, and Co-Founder at Neptune Digital Assets.
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About Autozen Technologies, Comm100, Neptune Digital Assets: Neptune Digital Assets is a publicly traded company that manages cryptocurrency assets, Bitcoin mining, DeFi, and blockchain nodes.
Caterina Papadakos
Director for Western Canada of Espresso Capital
Caterina brings over ten years experience in international business development and finance. Caterina joined Espresso Capital from BMO Bank of Montreal where she held the role of Director, Technology and Innovation, leading the bank’s tech program in Vancouver including market development and financing. Caterina was BMO’s regional representative for the Deloitte Technology Fast50 program and selection committee. Before BMO, Caterina completed an MBA at the University of British Columbia and held the position of International Business Development Manager at Trade and Invest BC with a focus on Europe, India, and the Americas. In that role, she worked with companies on their export development and foreign investment attraction strategies in addition to being the World Bank Group’s Private Sector Liaison Officer for British Columbia.
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About Espresso Capital: Espresso Capital offers lines of credit and term loans to enable entrepreneurs to grow their businesses.
Steve Thomson
Director, Strategic Projects of Mifos Initiative
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About Mifos Initiative: The Mifos Initiative is an open source foundation that stewards the development of the Mifos Platform for Financial Inclusion
Steve Thomson
Director, Strategic Projects of Mifos Initiative
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About Mifos Initiative: The Mifos Initiative is an open source foundation that stewards the development of the Mifos Platform for Financial Inclusion
Pino Perone
President, Corporate Secretary and Director of Interlapse Technologies
Pino Perone is a lawyer by trade, with more than 10 years’ corporate experience serving as an executive and director for various public and private companies in the resource and technology sectors. Pino’s expertise covers securities, corporate commercial, M&A, capital markets’ matters, regulatory compliance, and corporate governance.
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About Interlapse Technologies: Interlapse Technologies is developing applications to empower future generations of commerce and the adoption of virtual currencies.
Lisa Taniguchi
Director of Design of WealthBar
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About WealthBar: Online Financial Advice for Canadians
Michael Rosado
Director of FIN
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About FIN: Financial innovative technologies FINTECH
Michael Rosado
Director of FIN
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About FIN: Financial innovative technologies FINTECH
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