Episode Overview

Alyssa is the Co-Founder of Toronto’s Ratehub Inc which owns and operates Ratehub.ca, an online comparison platform for mortgage rates, credit cards, deposits, and insurance. “I was doing some consultancy previously in the U.S. in the financial services and we were seeing consumers starting to research the best products online,” says Alyssa. “When I came back to Canada, I realized that the same thing was happening here as well.” Fed up with the hold the big six banks have on Canada’s financial industry, Alyssa, with her co-founder, James Laird, decided to start the disruptive fintech giant and has recently made waves by raising a twelve million series A investment. In this week’s #StartupFinance, host Dr. Sean Wise talks to Alyssa about her big raise and what it takes to be a disruptor.