Oct 22, 2019 | In the News
Oct. 22, 2019 /TechCrunch/ – There are 831 financial technology startups headquartered in or operating in Canada, according to data collected by Fintech Growth Syndicate, yet only a handful of venture capital funds specializing in the region and sector. Luge Capital,...
Oct 16, 2019 | In the News
Oct. 11, 2019 /The Globe and Mail/ – The public-market landscape for the new cohort of tech companies seems to be crumbling more and more every day. WeWork Co. Inc., Peloton, Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. are not experiencing the elation of their initial public...
Oct 16, 2019 | In the News
Oct. 4, 2019 /MEDICI/ – Americans spend about $4 trillion per year on their credit cards. That’s more than the GDP of both the UK and France. Yet, when it comes to payments infrastructure, we have not seen much improvement for decades. You may argue that if it ain’t...
Sep 3, 2019 | In the News
Sept. 3, 2019 /Fintech Impact/ – In this 85th episode of Fintech Impact, Jason Pereira, award-winning financial planner, university lecturer, writer, and host interviews Ramin Wright, Investment Analyst at Luge Capital. Luge Capital is a Canadian venture capital fund...
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...