Float

Float has officially earned a spot on the 2025 Deloitte Technology Fast 50, ranking #9 in Canada. This recognition validates our mission to simplify finance for Canadian businesses. It’s also a moment to pause and reflect on how far we’ve come together. From a small but ambitious team to one of the country’s fastest-growing companies, this achievement belongs to everyone at Float. Every big idea, bold experiment and hard lesson helped get us here. And to our customers, thank you for trusting us to power your business. You are the reason we come to work excited every day! Let’s take a moment to celebrate this win before we set our sights on what’s next. Here’s to moving fast and building for Canada.

When finance teams stop wasting time on admin, they start creating real value. Take Ocean Wise. A global leader in ocean conservation, their mission demands velocity and precision. But until last year, their 8-person finance team was spending 50–80 hours a month chasing receipts and rekeying data. That time should’ve been going toward funding strategy, forecasting and reporting to stakeholders. With Float, the transformation was immediate: • Cards issued in seconds • Receipts captured instantly, via mobile • Auto-coded transactions flowing into their GL • Full-funnel visibility across every spend decision The result: 1,200+ hours of manual work eliminated in year one. That’s not a productivity gain—it’s a capacity unlock. This is why Float exists. Because every wasted hour is lost ROI. Margin left on the table. Mission-critical work that doesn’t get done. In Ocean Wise’s case, that mission is literally saving the oceans. For other businesses, it might be growth, hiring or innovation. Whatever it is, admin work shouldn’t be the blocker. Float is purpose-built to help Canadian businesses do more with less. Together, we can build the most efficient finance teams in the world, right here in Canada 🇨🇦

When Float asked me, “What’s the worst advice you got when starting your business in Canada?” I didn’t have to think twice. The worst advice I ever received was to play it safe. In reality, there’s no “safe” way to build something meaningful in Canada’s business landscape, especially in security. Playing it safe usually means staying invisible. Building Blackmark Protection Inc. meant betting on bold ideas, taking calculated risks, and leading with purpose even when the timing, funding, or infrastructure weren’t perfect. That same mindset extends to how we run our business today. Partnering with Float has helped us move faster and stay focused on the opportunities that matter, instead of getting stuck in the weeds with financial admin. With Float’s Corporate Cards and Expense Management Platform, we’ve been able to streamline expenses, simplify reporting, pay vendors faster and get real-time visibility into spending. Float has made managing our business finances so much smoother, freeing up time and headspace to keep building and scaling. Proud to be supported by a built-for-Canada business finance solution while growing a Canadian company of my own.

This isn’t a sponsored post. I just wanted to write about a tool that’s made a real difference for our clients when it comes to managing company spending. At ConnectCPA LLP, we have a tech stack of tools we lean on pretty heavily and every once in a while, one of them stands out. Float is one of those. When we’re helping our clients, we hear the same pain points over and over: reimbursements, missing receipts, one company card that everyone shares, finance teams chasing people down, etc. Float has helped clean that up. And it’s helped improve our internal processes too. We’ve rolled it out with many clients, and the feedback has been really positive. For one client, it meant no more fronting thousands on personal cards. Now, every department head had their own card and expenses were tracked automatically. And now with Float Business Accounts, there’s a whole other layer: CAD and USD in one place, fair FX, instant transfers, and interest on balances. That’s huge for Canadian companies working cross-border. I put some more thoughts (and a client story) into a blog post here: https://lnkd.in/gstsa8TK Aside from the blog post though, this is just a genuine shout-out to one of the tools in our stack that’s helped clients streamline their finance function.

Float now offers business accounts in CAD and USD. This means you can receive money from your customers all directly in Float. And it's covered by CDIC insurance (even the USD funds). The entire 3 minute walk-through (with commentary) is below.

It's not often you have up to $3M of credit available from a fintech company. Float offers this, even to clients in Quebec. A few caveats relating to eligibility are noted in the video below.