Luge Capital

Luge Capital is a venture capital fund focused on early stage fintech and artificial intelligence (AI) applied to financial services. We invest in talented teams shaping the way the world interacts with financial services. www.luge.vc — Building fintech champions

From Ukraine to Canada : Becoming a Fintech Investor with Luge Capital

I was born and raised in a small village in Western Ukraine, near the Carpathian mountains, but I always felt the drive to explore the…

Khrystyna Penyk

Oct 3, 2022

Laviva Mazhar has been promoted to Principal at Luge Capital/ Laviva Mazhar a été promue au poste…

Back in 2018, Laviva joined our emerging fintech fund as an analyst, and has continued to demonstrate outstanding value ever since. She…

David Nault

Sep 21, 2022

Luge Capital Leads $5M Investment in OneVest to Embed Wealth Management within Fintech Platforms

We are thrilled to announce a new investment in Calgary-based OneVest, a digital wealth management platform that can be embedded into…

Karim Gillani

Apr 26, 2022

Luge Backs Cybrid in $3.8M Raise to Embed Crypto and DeFi within Fintech Platforms

We announced today a new investment in Toronto-based Cybrid, a cloud-based platform that enables consumer fintechs to easily access crypto…

Karim Gillani

Apr 7, 2022

Join the Luge Investment Team!

We’re hiring a Senior Investment Associate

Karim Gillani

Feb 11, 2022

Kids are the Future of Banking. Let’s Stop Ignoring, and Start Empowering.

When the new Jordans drop, or Apple releases the next generation of Airpods, parents of teenagers are convinced, in droves, to open their…

Karim Gillani

Jul 15, 2021

Luge Invests in XCLAIM’s $6.6M Round to Build a Marketplace for Bankruptcy Claims

We announced today a new investment in Los Angeles-based XCLAIM, a digital marketplace to trade bankruptcy claims as a modern asset class…

Karim Gillani

Jun 25, 2021

5 Tips to Make You Smarter Before Entering a Strategic Partnership

Over the course of my career, advising start-up founders, one of the common growth strategies I see is the establishment of partnerships to

Gisele Karekezi

Jun 10, 2021

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Luge Backs Till in $5M Seed Round So Parents can Empower Kids to be Smarter Spenders

We are thrilled to announce our investment in New York-based Till, the first collaborative family-banking platform that empowers kids to…

Karim Gillani

Apr 22, 2021

Luge invests in Plooto’s $8M Series A to eradicate paper-based payments for SMBs

We announced today the completion of a new investment in Toronto-based Plooto, a fast-growing B2B payments company focused on cash flow…

Karim Gillani

Apr 21, 2021

Luge invests in Livescale to enable live shopping experiences for top consumer brands

We’re thrilled to announce that we have completed an investment in Montreal-based Livescale, the company that is building the e-commerce…

Karim Gillani

Mar 16, 2021

SALES COMPENSATION PLANS — IN-DEPTH GUIDE

If you’re a young company building a sales team and struggling to figure out the right sales incentive plan, you’re not alone. We get this…

David Nault

Feb 8, 2021

Status of the Canadian InsurTech Landscape (Part 4) — Startup Stats, Investments and Future…

We recently launched our 2020 Status of the Canadian InsurTech Landscape report that dives deep into the InsurTech ecosystem here in…

Laviva Mazhar

Jan 25, 2021

Status of the Canadian InsurTech Landscape (Part 3) — InsurTech Segmentation by Function

We recently launched our 2020 Status of the Canadian InsurTech Landscape report that dives deep into the InsurTech ecosystem here in…

Laviva Mazhar

Jan 25, 2021

Status of the Canadian InsurTech Landscape (Part 2) — Life & Health

We recently launched our 2020 Status of the Canadian InsurTech Landscape report that dives deep into the InsurTech ecosystem here in…

Laviva Mazhar

Jan 25, 2021

Status of the Canadian InsurTech Landscape (Part 1) — Property & Casualty

We recently launched our 2020 Status of the Canadian InsurTech Landscape report that dives deep into the InsurTech ecosystem here in…

Laviva Mazhar

Jan 25, 2021

#FrontRunners — Peggy Mangot, PayPal Ventures

#FrontRunners is a feature series that highlights prominent members of the Luge Capital network. We are fortunate to have access to this…

Gisele Karekezi

Jan 19, 2021

Luge backs Aya Payments, the healthcare Fintech that’s reimagining employee benefits

We are delighted to announce that Luge Capital has completed an investment in Toronto-based Aya Payments, the company that is…

Karim Gillani

Nov 19, 2020

#FrontRunners — Martin Brunelle, Desjardins Group

#FrontRunners is a series of spotlights on prominent members of the Luge Capital network. We are fortunate to have access to this network…

Gisele Karekezi

Oct 6, 2020

Today Luge Capital announced its investment in ProNavigator as part of a $5.6M financing round.

It’s not easy for companies to raise financing these days due to COVID-19 but ProNavigator did it and here’s why we invested alongside…

David Nault

Sep 2, 2020

Luge Capital invests in Senso, the company that predicts client behaviour for financial…

We’re thrilled to announce that Luge Capital has completed an investment in Toronto-based Senso, the company that predicts client…

Karim Gillani

Jul 9, 2020

Resilience doesn’t show up on the balance sheet

How to think about the resilience of your business

Ramin Wright

Apr 8, 2020

Financial & Community Resources for Canadian Startups & Entrepreneurs during COVID-19

This is a live article — it was last updated March 26, 2020.

Ramin Wright

Mar 26, 2020

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