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Many advisors will refuse new clients People investing online through Robo-advisors are a one-size with less than $250,000 to invest. discount brokers, otherwise known as fits all approach to investing. Those that do accept such clients will


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Many advisors will refuse new clients with less than $250,000 to invest. Those that do accept such clients will typically sell them high-fees mutual funds, and won’t be heard from until the following RRSP season. Robo-advisors are a one-size fits all approach to investing. You can’t decide what securities you want to hold nor adapt your investment strategy to ethical beliefs. People investing online through discount brokers, otherwise known as self directed investors, can make easily avoidable mistakes. They tend to buy different securities impulsively that don’t fit together rather than building a portfolio.

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Their limited knowledge lead them to make emotion based decisions They don’t manage their portfolio as whole They are not good at managing risk nor at evaluating companies

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Studies show that self-directed investors underperform the market by

3-4%

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Self-directed investors are not going away

Robo-advisor usage among self-directed investors in Canada has declined in 2017 to just

19%

down from 24% in 2016.

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How big is the market?

6

millions self-directed investors in Canada They manage

335

billions dollars through their

  • nline brokerage
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How do we make bacon?

Enterprise subscriptions Subscription ($1.99 to $9.99) Partnerships with financial institution

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Since launching in February…

3000 downloads 600 subscribers at $1.99/month 77 millions dollars of assets tracked by our users Featured in the “New Apps We Love” category in the App Store.

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WIKTORIA SWIECICKA JULIEN BRAULT YAZAN KHAYYAT

Co-founder and CEO Co-founder and designer Co-Founder and iOS Developer

HENRI TREMBLAY

Co-founder and backend developer Co-founded payment startup AutoWallet. Finance and engineering background Former business journalist Ex-Growth marketer for the fintech VC fund Ferst Capital Partners. Former UI/UX designer at various startups and agencies Designed many mobile first products Former software architect at JP Morgan and BNP Paribas Former startup CTO

Team

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NICOLAS ROS LOUISE GUAY FRANÇOIS BARRIÈRE INGI BROWN FRÉDÉRIC BAILLARGEON NICK SALTARELLI

EX Advisory Analyst at Desjardins, was involved in the Qtrade/Desjardins deal Serial entrepreneur and president at Montreal Living Lab Former treasurer at Laurentian Bank PHD in management and product manager at AD OPT Business owner and financial planner Co-founder at Dynamo Media and early employee at Wall Street Survivor

Advisory Board

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