101 Top Financial Services Startups and Companies in Canada

August 7, 2021
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This article showcases our top picks for the best Canada based Financial Services companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Financial Services 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 Financial Services Startups

Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.

Clearco

Clearco

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Clearco is a suite of performance financing products and services tailor-made for founders in all stages of their journey.

Wealthsimple

Wealthsimple

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

Wealthsimple

Paystone

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Paystone is a provider of customer engagement services and electronic payment processing solutions for businesses of all sizes.

Wealthsimple

Wave

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Wave offers tailored financial services (payments, payroll) and award-winning free software for small/micro-businesses around the world.

Wealthsimple

Financeit

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Financeit simplifies complex sales transactions for businesses and their customers.

Wealthsimple

Nuvei

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

Wealthsimple

Bench

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

Wealthsimple

Garage Capital

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Garage Capital is an investment fund focusing on early-stage companies in the Waterloo area.

Wealthsimple

Coinsquare

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Coinsquare is a cryptocurrency trading platform for trading Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, and other digital currencies.

Wealthsimple

Mogo

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

Wealthsimple

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board

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Canada Pension Plan Investment Board invests in the contributors and beneficiaries to maximize investment returns.

Wealthsimple

Instant Financial

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Instant is an Employee Financial Wellness platform that provides employees timely and free access to their earned income.

Wealthsimple

KOHO Financial

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

Wealthsimple

VersaPay

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VersaPay is an Fintech company offering an Accounts Receivable Software as a Service solution and Payment acquiring services.

Wealthsimple

Neo Financial

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

Wealthsimple

Symend

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Symend’s digital engagement platform uses behavioral science and data-driven insights to empower customers to resolve past due bills.

Wealthsimple

Bitfarms

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Bitfarms owns and operates blockchain farms that power global decentralized financial economy.

Wealthsimple

DMG Blockchain Solutions

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DMG Blockchain Solutions is a full service diversified blockchain and cryptocurrency company.

Wealthsimple

Borrowell

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

Wealthsimple

Zafin

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Zafin is a global enterprise software banking company that enables banks to optimize multiple revenue streams across retail/corporate banks.

Wealthsimple

Flybits

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The leading digital experience platform for the financial sector, delivering personalized experiences to individuals at scale.

Wealthsimple

Sensibill

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Sensibill is a digital receipts ecosystem that allows customers to access receipts directly from bank accounts.

Wealthsimple

Fraction

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Fraction is a technology based lending platform focused on making residential real estate more affordable, flexible and liquid.

Wealthsimple

Ledn

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Ledn builds financial products with a mission to help more people save in digital assets

Wealthsimple

PayBright

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PayBright is a FinTech company.

Wealthsimple

Zapper

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Zapper is a fintech platform that manages all DeFi assets from one simple interface.

Wealthsimple

Wecommerce

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Wecommerce starts, buys, and invests in top Shopify businesses.

Wealthsimple

Relay

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Relay is a digital bank designed for growing businesses.

Wealthsimple

Innovacorp

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

Wealthsimple

Railz

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Railz is a single API that integrates with the majority of accounting software service providers used by small businesses.

Wealthsimple

RBC Capital

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Royal Bank of Canada is a financial services company that focuses on banking, wealth management, insurance, investment, and capital markets.

Wealthsimple

d1g1t Inc.

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d1g1t is a digital wealth management platform powered by analytics that offers advanced, transparent portfolio management services.

Wealthsimple

Finn AI

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

Marble Financial

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Marble Financial is on a mission to empower Canadians, with credit building goods, advice and resources, to handle their personal finances.

Wealthsimple

Nesto

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Nesto is a company which gives instant access.

Wealthsimple

Tier1 Financial Solutions

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Tier1 Financial Solutions is a provider of client relationship management (CRM), KYC & AML compliance, and fraud prevention solutions.

Wealthsimple

Flinks

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Flinks is a data company that empowers businesses to connect their users with the financial services they want.

Wealthsimple

Canalyst

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Canalyst is the leading independent provider of fundamental models to institutional investors.

Wealthsimple

Delphia

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The world’s first quantitative investment strategy that anyone can improve with their data.

Wealthsimple

Flow Capital

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Flow Capital provides founder-friendly growth capital for high-growth companies.

Wealthsimple

Meridian Credit Union

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Meridian Credit Union is the credit union and the third largest in Canada.

Wealthsimple

Flexiti Financial

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Flexiti Financial is a Canadian fintech company.

Wealthsimple

Ethoca

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Ethoca established itself as an innovative, one-of-a-kind global collaboration-based technology services company.

Wealthsimple

Mako Financial Technologies

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Mako Fintech, a financial technology platform that automates wealth management processes.

Wealthsimple

Moka

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

Wealthsimple

Doxim

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Doxim is the customer communications management (CCM) and engagement technology leader serving financial and regulated industries.

Wealthsimple

FISPAN

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Fintech Service Management for Financial Institutions

Wealthsimple

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.

Wealthsimple

Beanworks

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Beanworks is an accounts payable automation solution that helps companies eliminate paperwork and reduce invoice processing costs.

Wealthsimple

FundThrough

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FundThrough helps small business owners navigate their cash flow challenges with by accessing the working capital in their unpaid invoices.

Wealthsimple

Fairfax Financial Holdings

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Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited is a financial services holding company

Wealthsimple

Plooto

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Plooto is a payment management platform for small and medium-sized businesses that helps to automate and streamlines their payments.

Wealthsimple

Corporate Finance Institute

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Corporate Finance Institute provides online training and education for finance and investment professionals.

Wealthsimple

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

Wealthsimple

Breathe Life

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The digital distribution platform for life insurance carriers

Wealthsimple

Planswell

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

Wealthsimple

Brim Financial

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Brim Financial is a provider of a credit card infrastructure and digital platform used in users’ payment experience.

Wealthsimple

Element Fleet Management

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Element Fleet Management (TSX: EFN) is the leading global fleet management company.

Wealthsimple

Buckzy Payments

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Buckzy Payments Inc. is a Toronto, CA-based fintech company enabling cross-border real-time payments.

Wealthsimple

Moves

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A fintech product for the gig economy, and a collective for gig workers

Wealthsimple

ZayZoon

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ZayZoon gives employees access to their paycheck at any point in the pay cycle.

Wealthsimple

Quandl

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Quandl is the premier source for open, commercial, and alternative data, serving investment professionals.

Wealthsimple

CoinSmart

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CoinSmart is a Toronto-based cryptocurrency exchange company that allows users to buy, sell, and track their crypto.

Wealthsimple

nanopay

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nanopay empowers businesses and banks to scale with innovative payment and liquidity management products.

Wealthsimple

RateHub.ca

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

Wealthsimple

Owl.co

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

Wealthsimple

Shakepay

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Shakepay is a technology company that provides financial applications for building wealth.

Wealthsimple

CAARY Capital

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CAARY is a digital credit, lending and payments platform, offering a corporate credit card and payments solution.

Wealthsimple

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.

Wealthsimple

Fluence Technologies

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Fluence is the only financial close and consolidation software for mid-sized companies.

Wealthsimple

NDAX

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NDAX is a Canadian cryptocurrency exchange offering a world-class experience to safely trade digital assets.

Wealthsimple

QuadFi

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Invisible Credit Group (Millennial & Newcomers) Risk Rating & Lending

Wealthsimple

ClearEstate

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ClearEstate provides helpful and caring guidance to executors by acting as a one-stop shop for all estate-related services.

Wealthsimple

Victory Square

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

Wealthsimple

BENQI Corpo

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BENQI is a liquidity market operating on the Avalanche network

Wealthsimple

Dream Payments

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Dream Payments is a fintech platform that enables merchants to sell everywhere using mobile devices.

Wealthsimple

Nuvei (formerly SafeCharge)

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SafeCharge is now Nuvei the payment technology partner of thriving brands.

Wealthsimple

Agreement Express

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SaaS platform that automates the client onboarding process for financial services firms.

Wealthsimple

Progressa

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

Wealthsimple

CIBC

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Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce is a Canadian financial institution that provides its clients with banking services.

Wealthsimple

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.

Wealthsimple

Sagen MI Canada

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Sagen MI Canada is a private sector supplier of mortgage default insurance in Canada.

Wealthsimple

Goldmoney

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

Wealthsimple

Kingsway Financial Services

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Kingsway Financial Services is one of the largest non-standard automobile insurers and truck insurers in North America.

Wealthsimple

InvestX Capital

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

Wealthsimple

Canopy Rivers

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Canopy Rivers is a venture capital firm specializing in cannabis.

Wealthsimple

Cash 4 You

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

Wealthsimple

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.

Wealthsimple

IGM Financial

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IGM Financial Inc., a personal financial services company, provides investment advisory and related services.

Wealthsimple

Senso.ai

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Senso is a fintech startup that uses AI to provide financial institutions with recommendations on how to strengthen client relationships.

Wealthsimple

Lending Loop

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Lending Loop core focus is providing businesses with accessible capital at fair interest rates through a simple online process.

Wealthsimple

BlockCerts Blockchain

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BlockCerts is the only one-click SaaS platform, which enables companies to truly go digital

Wealthsimple

MazumaGo

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Make business payments move.

Wealthsimple

Stox

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

Wealthsimple

Foxquilt

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Foxquilt is an Insurance technology company focused on empowering small businesses and B2B networks to save on Small Business insurance.

Wealthsimple

Hardbacon

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Hardbacon strives to help Canadians make better financial decisions.

Wealthsimple

Purpose Financial

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Purpose Financial is a financial services company.

Wealthsimple

Lendified

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

Wealthsimple

BTL Group

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BTL offers blockchain solutions to businesses across multiple industries, in particular the finance, energy and gaming sectors.

Wealthsimple

Volaris Group

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Strengthening businesses within the markets they compete and enabling them to grow.

Wealthsimple

Prodigy Ventures Inc.

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Prodigy Ventures™ is an innovation company, and an early stage investment opportunity in emerging technologies.

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