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Coinsquare
Canadian cryptocurrency trading platform
- 101-200 employees
- Fintech
- B2C
- Cryptocurrency
- Trading
- Wellington Place, Toronto, ON
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Company mission
To create a regulated and open financial platform for the world by leveraging blockchain technology.
Our take
Cryptocurrency trading has demonstrated itself as a highly lucrative industry in recent years, with hundreds of online exchanges appearing on the scene since giants such as CoinDesk. However, many of these markets come with certain disadvantages such as hidden fees, minimum trade amounts, poor security, and lengthy exchange periods.
Coinsquare provides an online trading platform for the exchange of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other cryptocurrencies, facilitating instantaneous trades between any two currencies. The platform claims to be highly secure with 100% proprietary, a 95% cold storage policy, SSL, and 2FA protocols, in addition to running multiple distributed and encrypted backups daily.
Whilst the company certainly faces significant competition from other platforms within the saturated cryptocurrency exchange market, Coinsquare shows potential to stand out with its focus on security within the highly volatile industry. Furthermore, the company has recently launched a unique feature called Coinsquare Wealth service - it provides lower fees and priority support for users trading with over $25,000, which should help attract even more users to the platform.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Performance Bonus
- Vacation & Paid Time Off
- Free Lunch or Snacks
- Diversity Program
- Health Insurance
- Maternity & Paternity Leave
Company values
- Be Bold, Stay Humble - we celebrate the results of our collective efforts, and take pride in our wins. But it’s vital that we stay grounded and lift up others
- Transparency Leads to Trust - we encourage and respect direct, candid, and inclusive communication so that people and ideas can thrive
- It’s About The Team - there is strength in numbers and we’re in this together. We’re accountable to ourselves and our team
- Care Like An Owner - own your contributions and honour your commitments. Embrace the potential to make a meaningful positive impact
- Grow Through What You Go Through - we embrace the lessons that come with change; whether it’s organic, or through trial and error, lessons come in all shapes and sizes
Funding (2 rounds)
Feb 2021
$40.3m
LATE VC
Feb 2018
$23.8m
LATE VC
Total funding: $64.1m
Leadership
Martin Piszel
(CEO)Managing Director and Head of Alternative Execution Service and Prime Brokerage for CIBC World Markets from 2001 to 2011. President of MP7 Capital Management from 2012 to 2021.