PE Hub – July 4, 2018 – Montréal-based financial technology startup Flinks has raised $1.75 million in a seed-stage financing.
National Bank of Canada and Luge Capital invested in the round as did Innostart Capital, Panache Ventures, iNovia Capitaland Conconi Growth Partners.
Founded in 2017 by CEO Yves-Gabriel Leboeuf, CTO Julien Dubé-Cousineauand COO Frédérick Lavoie, Flinks helps consumers safely share their financial data with banking and non-banking digital services. It will use the funds raised to accelerate growth and market an artificial intelligence-powered risk assessment solution.
Flinks is the first investment of Luge, which last month raised an initial $75 millionfor its inaugural early-stage financial technology fund.