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A Beginner's Guide to Equity Crowdfunding

What to know before investing or raising capital via equity crowdfunding

September 29, 2021
Selena Romero
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a hand holding money beside a lightbulb to represent the guide to equity crowdfunding

A Beginner's Guide to Equity Crowdfunding

What to know before investing or raising capital via equity crowdfunding

September 29, 2021
Selena Romero
Green sticky notes on a desk that read "Startup" and "1. Find Investors 2. Change the world" to represent 45-110 coming into effect

What the heck is 45-110?!

How new national exemptions will change crowdfunding in Canada

September 21, 2021
Selena Romero
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Investing in Startups Isn’t Just for Privileged Investors Anymore

We're starting to see real movement towards democratizing the private markets

August 24, 2021
Peter-Paul Van Hoeken
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A screenshot of FrontFundr's new investor dashboard against a light teal background.

Introducing Our New Investor Dashboard

A centralized place to track all your FrontFundr investments

July 28, 2021
Aaron Stuart

New financial regulation opens the door for Canada to become a world leader in equity crowdfunding

New ruling puts Canada’s alternative finance industry alongside US & UK

June 23, 2021
John Hills
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Why we are reinventing venture capital

A look at FrontFundr's what and why, as explained by our CEO

June 02, 2021
Peter-Paul Van Hoeken
SMV Raise 2021

FrontFundr opens new fundraising campaign to the public

Following a record six months the platform is launching a new $1.5 million round

May 11, 2021
John Hills
FrontFundr X the51

FrontFundr and The51 announce new collaboration to support women-led businesses in Canada

An initiative to help democratize access to capital for women-led companies

March 09, 2021
John Hills
SMV & ExpoWorld Partnership

FrontFundr and ExpoWorld Announce partnership to Guide Companies from Early-stage Funding to Public Exchange Listing

A new partnership to help growth companies explore the path to going to public

March 01, 2021
John Hills
Main Street taking on Wall Street

Recent turmoil around ‘hot stocks’ in the public markets

We want to clarify what this may mean to you as an investor

February 04, 2021
Peter-Paul Van Hoeken
SMV Corporate Structure

Silver Maple Ventures: A Change in our Corporate Structure

An update on anticipated changes to our corporate structure

September 04, 2020
Peter-Paul Van Hoeken
The Gaming Stadium - Now a public company

FrontFundr celebrates second successful “seed to public” listing for a company listed on its platform

The Gaming Stadium is now a publicly listed company

August 12, 2020
John Hills
The Very Good Food Company Initial Public Offering on the Canadian Stock Exchange

FrontFundr celebrates first “seed to public” IPO for a company listed on its platform

A landmark event for the equity crowdfunding industry in Canada!

June 24, 2020
John Hills
OSC's 45-505

Ontario securities rule 45-505: FrontFundr’s Regulation for Connecting All Entrepreneurs and Investors

The OSC's Ontario Instrument 45-505, designed and implemented in collaboration..

June 09, 2020
John Hills

Meet the founder: Spiro Khouri from The Gaming Stadium

May 15, 2020
John Hills

An Action Plan for Canadian Entrepreneurs & Investors

May 14, 2020
Peter-Paul Van Hoeken

Protect our startups! An action plan we can all get behind

April 14, 2020
Peter-Paul Van Hoeken
An update on Covid-19 government support programs and what we’re doing to help our own community

What we’re doing to help entrepreneurs and investors

March 26, 2020
Peter-Paul Van Hoeken
For the next installment of our "Meet the Founder" series we spoke to Kevin Bidner, President and CEO of HCN, a company on a mission to transform the hotel industry.

Meet the Founder: Kevin Bidner

March 23, 2020
John Hills
Raising Capital in Difficult Times

Raising Capital in Difficult Times

March 18, 2020
Peter-Paul Van Hoeken
IWD, International Womens Day, Entrepreneur, Investors, FrontFundr

Interview with Jill Earthy

March 09, 2020
Victoria Bennet
This week we spoke to Doug Cerson from Sentry Group.. They're planning to build 500 homes in 5 years, backed by 500 investors. Check it out!

Meet the Founder: Doug Cerson from SG REOT

March 05, 2020
John Hills
This week we caught up with Troy Wright, founder and CEO of Lendified. They're on a mission to help small businesses get the fast and affordable access to capital.

Meet the Founder: Troy Wright from Lendified

February 28, 2020
John Hills
FrontFundr, Dealsquare, crowdfunding

Meet the Founder: Peter-Paul Van Hoeken from FrontFundr

Get to know the man behind FrontFundr!

February 28, 2020
John Hills
a hand touching the globe

Opening up the Canadian Marketplace

February 27, 2020
Victoria Bennett
As part of a new series looking at the people behind the companies on our platform, we sat down with Mohamad Sawwaf, founder and CEO at Manzil.

Meet the Founder: Mohamad Sawwaf from Manzil

February 27, 2020
John Hills
Bucha Brew Kombucha

Brewing up a storm - A guide to crowdfunding for B2C companies

February 14, 2020
John Hills
Peter-Paul Van Hoeken Talking Investment

Silver Maple Ventures (SMV) - Home of FrontFundr and DealSquare – is raising capital

February 07, 2020
Bob Beaty, Financial Writer
Hardbacon crowdfunding campaign

Bringing home the bacon - A guide to crowdfunding for tech startups

February 03, 2020
John Hills
Press Release, FrontFundr, Launch, Capital Raise, NEO, NEO Exchange, DealSquare

FrontFundr launches capital raise on its crowdfunding platform

January 31, 2020
FrontFundr
RRSP, Private Companies, Equity Crowdfunding, Crowdfunding, Bonds, Retirement

RRSP and TFSA: Learn How You Can Invest Using Your RRSP and TFSA

January 31, 2020
FrontFundr
Toronto Skyline

Raising money for startups from investors in Ontario just got a lot easier.

December 11, 2019
Anthony Couture
Kara Sam founder of Bucha Brew for FrontFundr campaign and interviewing for Women's Entrepreneurship Day

Why you should support Women’s Entrepreneurship Day

November 18, 2019
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Kara Sam of Bucha Brew, Canada's fastest growing Kombucha brand, is interviewed for FrontFundr on women's entrepreneurship day

Women’s Entrepreneurship Day

November 18, 2019
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