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Show me the Fintech!

Show me the Fintech!

At least once a year, the Luge team takes a breath from traversing through the weeds of day-to-day investing activities, and tries to look…
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Rohan Monga
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Join the Luge Capital Crew!

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Karim Gillani
Luge Capital Fund II: $71M First Close

Luge Capital Fund II: $71M First Close

We are ecstatic to announce a new chapter for our team: the launch of Luge Capital Fund II. With an initial close of $71M, our second fund…
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Karim Gillani
Resilience and Ambition Driven by Immigrants are growing the Canadian Tech Ecosystem

Resilience and Ambition Driven by Immigrants are growing the Canadian Tech Ecosystem

In the last decade, Canada has become a hub for tech innovation, with a thriving startup scene and a growing number of unicorns. A…
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Khrystyna Penyk
From Ukraine to Canada : Becoming a Fintech Investor with Luge Capital

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

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

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

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…
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Karim Gillani
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Join the Luge Investment Team!

Join the Luge Investment Team!

We’re hiring a Senior Investment Associate
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Karim Gillani
Kids are the Future of Banking. Let’s Stop Ignoring, and Start Empowering.

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

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…
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Karim Gillani
5 Tips to Make You Smarter Before Entering a Strategic Partnership

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

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

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

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…
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Karim Gillani
SALES COMPENSATION PLANS — IN-DEPTH GUIDE

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

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

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

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

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…
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Laviva Mazhar
#FrontRunners — Peggy Mangot, PayPal Ventures

#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…
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Gisele Karekezi
Luge backs Aya Payments, the healthcare Fintech that’s reimagining employee benefits

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…
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Karim Gillani
#FrontRunners — Martin Brunelle, Desjardins Group

#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…
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Gisele Karekezi
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