Funding portal · NI 45-110 · ON · BC · AB
Investing in Opportunity
Backers is a Canadian start-up crowdfunding portal. Companies raise from the people who want them to exist — customers, community, believers — and anyone in Ontario, British Columbia or Alberta can invest from $100.
- $0
- investor fees
- 2 business days
- to change your mind
- In trust
- at a Canadian FI
Replay: powder morning preview from this weekend's pitch event — see the terrain the new quad will open up. (Demo content.)
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Pitch
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First tracks on the front face — a backer's-eye run down our main line. (Demo content: sample post showing how issuer videos appear on Backers.)
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On Backers now
Open raises, and the companies preparing to open one.
Powder Peak Resort (Demo)
Community-funded ski hill expansion: new quad chair and night skiing — sample offering
3D Concrete Printing Company
Construction technology — automated building systems
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Mineral Exploration Company (Gold)
Canadian precious-metals exploration
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Mineral Exploration Company (Graphite)
Battery-materials exploration
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Education Platform
Learning technology
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Cards marked Coming Soon are businesses joining Backers. They're in stealth until they launch — we name the industry, not the company, and terms are published with their offering document.
For companies
Raise from your own people.
Raise up to $1.5 million
The most a company and its affiliates can raise through start-up crowdfunding in any 12 months. Your distribution stays open for up to 90 days.
One access fee
CAD $2999.99, GST/HST included, when you sign the Issuer Access Agreement. One number wherever your company is. Anything success-based is set out in that agreement — there are no fees beyond what you signed.
Earn up to half of it back
Every person who follows your company takes $5 off your fee, or $10 if they were new to Backers and joined through your link, up to 50% of what you paid.
Build an audience before you launch
Your industry card goes up while you are still preparing. Your name, terms and offering document appear when you activate — and 10 followers opens the door to review.
For investors
Small cheques, real protections.
You pay Backers nothing
No account fees, no commission, no carry. Under NI 45-110 a company cannot charge you a fee for a crowdfunding distribution either.
From $100, up to $2,500 per offering
The $2,500 cap is the law, per distribution. It rises to $10,000 only where a registered dealer has advised you that the investment is suitable for you.
Two business days to change your mind
Cancel in writing for any reason, without explanation, and your money comes back in full. The clock starts when you agree to buy.
Your money sits in trust
Held separately from ours in a trust account at a Canadian financial institution until the offering closes. If the minimum is not reached, it is returned to you.
Backers does not give advice. We never recommend an investment, rank one offering above another, or tell you whether a security is suitable for you. Companies speak for themselves in their offering documents, and start-up investments carry a real risk of losing everything you put in.