Shakepay
shakepay.com
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Crypto Exchanges
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Funding and backers
Total raised
$44M
1 round on record
Latest round
$44M
Series A · Jan 2022 · 4 yr ago
Team
51-200
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
6
+2 posted in 30 days
Backers
2
Golden Ventures, QED Investors
The money's age
Long since its last round
56 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
38/100
hiring for its size, a new city, in the news
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Mar 2, 2022
Launched Shakepay Launches its Bitcoin Rewards Card to Canadians · businesswire.com
Jan 19, 2022
Raised a round Series A $44M
2015
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 0.07%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Hacker News stories
1
best: 11 points
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series A | Jan 2022 | $44M | — | businesswire.com |
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Overview
Shakepay is a Canadian financial technology company that provides an easy and fast way to buy, sell, and earn cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum. It offers a platform where users can purchase and store cryptocurrencies with no fees, take advantage of cashback offers, and transfer money with ease through e-transfers. Shakepay is committed to security, keeping digital currencies in secure, offline storage, and being licensed as a Money Service Business by FINTRAC.
News
Shakepay launches BLOC, a Bitcoin-backed Line of Credit that allows Canadians to borrow against their bitcoin
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Shakepay bolsters regulatory standing with CIRO membership
Shakepay is the first Québec-based crypto trading platform to become an investment dealer with the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization.
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Shakepay secures $44 million Series A led by QED Investors to roll out more Bitcoin products
Montréal crypto startup Shakepay has nabbed $44 million CAD in funding from experienced FinTech investors and Canadian tech leaders.
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Shakepay over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
28
Postings analysed
14
Stack modernity
78/100
Languages
Python50%
SQL43%
JavaScript14%
Go7%
Frameworks & libraries
React Native7%
React.js7%
Databases
Snowflake43%
PostgreSQL29%
Cloud & platforms
AWS36%
Datadog29%
Kubernetes21%
GitHub14%
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Full Shakepay tech stack
28 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Growth
Hiring Momentum
76/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
6
2 opened / 7 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
47 days
faster than 28% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Data Science
60% ▼
Security
20% ▲
Leadership
10% ▼
Administrative
10% ▲
Activity Timeline
New location: Canada
Oct 2026
Added Threat Modeling to stack
Sep 2026
Added SOC 2 to stack
Sep 2026
Added ISO 27001 to stack
Sep 2026
Added GitHub to stack
Sep 2026
Added Git to stack
Sep 2026
Added Machine Learning to stack
Sep 2026
Added Slack to stack
Sep 2026
Added Google Workspace to stack
Sep 2026
Added Agentic Workflows to stack
Sep 2026
Added AI Agents to stack
Aug 2026
Added Vue.js to stack
Aug 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
Montreal
Montreal
Canada
HQ
Montreal
1 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for Administrative
Jobs
≈ $90k – $166k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Remote (Canada) • 8+ years exp • Canada
Git
AWS
GitHub
Cybersecurity
ISO 27001
SOC 2
Threat Modeling
Web3
Bitcoin
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≈ $68k – $125k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Remote (Canada) • 5+ years exp • Canada
Git
AWS
GitHub
Cybersecurity
ISO 27001
SOC 2
Threat Modeling
Web3
Bitcoin
Apply
≈ $77k – $158k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Remote (Canada) • 8+ years exp • Canada
Python
SQL
Snowflake
AI/ML
dbt
Machine Learning
Web3
Bitcoin
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≈ $76k – $139k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Remote (Canada) • 5+ years exp • Canada
Python
SQL
Snowflake
AI/ML
dbt
Machine Learning
Web3
Bitcoin
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Financials
Total raised
$44M
Latest round
Series A
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series A | 2022 | $44M | Details |