FrontFundr Release | Jeannine Bartz | Aug 12, 2015

VANCOUVER, BC (August 12, 2015) – Canadian financial technology platform, FrontFundr, is now approved nationwide, allowing regular Canadians to invest in private companies. Canadians in eight provinces will be able to invest in early stage and growth companies listed on FrontFundr. Provinces in which FrontFundr is approved include British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.

FrontFundr uses technology to enable entrepreneurs to raise money from a broad investor community. This is an opportunity for the general public to directly drive innovation and entrepreneurship. With FrontFundr, both experienced and regular investors are able to exercise positive influence on businesses they would like to support.

Previously, most Canadians were locked out from investing in young companies due to absence of an accessible market place and regulatory restrictions. On the other side, most early-stage companies looking for capital to grow their businesses had limited to no access to capital markets. This model left gaps in the growth-potential of early-stage companies, and it cut average citizens out of these investment opportunities.

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“We’re giving regular people a chance to sit in the dragon’s seat and assess business pitches,” says Peter-Paul Van Hoeken, CEO at FrontFundr. “We’re providing ordinary people with access to carefully screened investment opportunities, and entrepreneurs with access to more capital to support their growth.”

On May 14, 2015, six provinces in Canada announced that they will allow young companies to raise up to CA$500,000 a year using a funding portal. FrontFundr is leveraging both these new capital raising rules and long established capital raising rules to offer both companies and investors a broad range of funding and investment solutions.

FrontFundr’s investment opportunities are typically early-stage, mission-driven ventures seeking up to $3 million in capital investment. FrontFundr has already registered three businesses to raise capital through its platform, including RentMoola, InterLock, and Guusto.

“We’re an innovative technology company and we work at a fast pace,” says Patrick Postrehovsky, CEO of RentMoola, a company that eases the pain of paying rent with rewards. “We’re excited to work with an exempt market dealer that operates similarly to the way we do—leveraging technology and innovation to disrupt an industry to the benefit of the public.”

FrontFundr is a fully compliant, registered exempt market dealer (EMD) in eight provinces and conducts stringent due diligence on all business investment deals presented to its investor community, and ensures both investors and entrepreneurs understand the risks and rewards associated with entering into a transaction. Visit FrontFundr.com to browse live investment opportunities.

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For more information or media requests, contact Jeannine Bartz at jeannine@frontfundr.com or 604-306-0207. 

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