Merchant Growth

Vancouver-based financing for Canadian small businesses

At a glance

Founded2009
HeadquartersVancouver, Canada
Other officesToronto
Operates inCanada
OwnershipPrivate, founder-led
Websitemerchantgrowth.com

About Merchant Growth

Merchant Growth is a Canadian fintech lender, founded in 2009 by David Gens, who continues to lead the company as CEO. It provides financing and working capital to small and medium-sized businesses across Canada through a fast, largely online process, and is one of Canada’s longer-standing online small-business lenders.

Mission

Make small-business financing easy to obtain, simple to understand, and fully transparent.

By the numbers

  • More than C$150M funded to over 1,700 businesses (company figures)
  • Secured a $300M forward-flow facility from Fortress Investment Group funds in 2023

Company history

The company rebranded from Merchant Advance Capital to Merchant Growth in 2019. It is founder-led and operates across Canada from offices in Vancouver and Toronto.

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