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Globe Ranked Top Growing Fintech Companies 2025

Fintech | Oct 3, 2025

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Globe and Mail Ranking of Canada’s Fastest Growing Fintechs 2025

On September 26, 2025, the Globe and Mail released its 2025 Report on Business ranking of Canada’s Top Growing Companies. The annual list tracks Canadian firms based on three-year revenue growth, offering a quick snapshot of where innovation is scaling fastest (think revenue, headcount, growth).

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This year’s ranking features a great group of fintech and digital finance firms that are impacting how Canadians borrow, pay, invest, insure, and embed financial services into everyday life.

Fintech-related Companies from the 2025 Ranking

Rank Company Sector Description
#3 Gearlay Web3 / Blockchain Blockchain-based enterprise financial software
#4 Float Lending & Embedded Finance SME finance and corporate card platform
#5 veritree ESG & Green Finance Digital carbon credits and reforestation finance
#11 Novisto ESG & Green Finance ESG disclosure, data, and reporting platform
#24 FundMore Lending & AI Automated mortgage underwriting
#32 Quandri AI & Automation / Insurtech Insurance automation bots
#39 Autocorp.ai AI & Lending AI-powered auto retail finance
#44 Helcim Payments Merchant payment processing
#57 CapIntel WealthTech Digital platform for advisors and wealth managers
#62 PomeGran Digital Infrastructure Broadband and connectivity backbone
#65 BOXX Insurance Insurtech Cyber insurance and protection
#72 SWTCH Energy Payments Infra / Energy EV charging + payments integration
#86 Makeship Alternative Finance / Crowdfunding Creator crowdfunding platform
#108 Fintel Connect Web3 / Marketing Performance marketing for fintechs and crypto
#110 Justwealth WealthTech Robo-advisor portfolio management
#112 HONK Payments Contactless mobility/parking payments
#119 Merchant Growth Lending & SME Finance Working capital financing
#129 MindBridge AI & Regtech AI anomaly detection and audit
#137 Loans Canada Lending & Alt Finance Loan marketplace and credit scoring
#140 PolicyMe Insurtech Digital-first life insurance
#149 Zum Rails Open Banking & Payments Open banking and payments APIs
#158 Trolley Payments Global payouts and compliance
#204 FundThrough Lending & Alt Finance Invoice financing and cash flow optimization

Beyond the Globe’s List

While the Globe and Mail ranking provides a valuable view of Canadian fintech growth, it is far from exhaustive. Many high-growth firms remain absent because they operate in stealth mode, choose not to disclose financial data, or do not meet eligibility thresholds. Early-stage innovators, companies with holding structures abroad, and ventures acquired by larger incumbents also fall outside the ranking.

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For NCFA’s community, this means the list represents only part of the country’s dynamic ecosystem of fintech, Web3, AI, alternative finance, and digital-first ventures that are scaling globally. For a broader view of Canada’s financial tech innovation landscape, see NCFA’s fintech directory at https://fintechcanada.io/.

Congrats to All the Scaling Canadian Fintechs

Canadian fintech companies are excelling in lending, payments, Web3, insurtech, ESG, AI, digital infrastructure, and many other subcategories. These companies mirror how regulation, access to capital, and collaboration between industry and government is critical to ensure Canadian fintechs continue to thrive in an increasingly globally competitive landscape.


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