Aug 7, 2019 | In the News
August 2, 2019 /BetaKit/ – Owl.co, a software company that helps banks and insurers collect and encrypt customer data, has raised its first round of funding, securing $2.6 million CAD. The seed round was led by two FinTech-focused firms, Luge Capital and Impression...
Jul 30, 2019 | In the News
July 29, 2019 /BANK ON IT/ – In this episode I chat with Karim Gillani from Luge Capital. Luge Capital, is a venture capital fund focused on early stage fintech and artificial intelligence (AI) applied to financial services. Luge looks for founders that improve...
Jul 30, 2019 | In the News
June 1, 2019 /NCFA/ – What is your background, and how did you come to co-found Luge Capital? Karim: My background is in fintech, mobile tech, engineering, finance and strategy. Prior to Luge, I was at PayPal, leading M&A activities in Canada. I joined PayPal...
Jul 30, 2019 | In the News
May 29, 2019 /MEDICI/ – Bruce Schneier of IBM ended his main stage presentation at the Payments Canada Summit by telling the world not to use the blockchain. Although he was speaking from a security perspective, his words were more far-reaching than that. For decades,...
Apr 3, 2019 | In the News
March 27, 2019 /BetaKit/ – I (Mark MacLeod) was in Ottawa recently to present my thoughts on the state of the Canadian SaaS industry. The fact that 500 people showed up on a Wednesday night says a lot about the state of our ecosystem. Canada is ‘SaaSy’. I don’t need...
Mar 29, 2019 | In the News
March 27, 2019 /Financial Post/ – Innovation Nation: Canada is lagging its global peers in adopting new financial technologies and more co-operation between established banks and startup fintechs would help Canada has a rich history of innovation, but in the...
