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Andrew Kareckas

CEO

Andrew Kareckas, CEO at Easly, is a passionate champion of Canadian innovation, domestic economic growth and the future of our country. Andrew is dedicated to serving Easly’s clients on their journey, with the goal of investing $1 Billion annually to innovative Canadian businesses.

Under Andrew’s leadership, Easly has grown 400% since 2019. A seasoned senior executive, Andrew is a Go-to-Market and Public Policy expert with experience scaling several Canadian and internationally-owned businesses. Andrew championed the expansion of Easly’s product offering to include advances on government grants and tax incentives like SR&ED.

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Alastair Nimmons

SVP, Business Development

Alastair has an extensive background in corporate strategy and finance. Previously a partner with KPMG, before serving as Chief Financial Officer of several companies at various stages of growth, he is now Easly’s Senior Vice President of Business Development.

In his current role, Alastair oversees strategic partnerships and business development and has played a key part in building Easly into the company it is today.

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Joanna Zhou

Director of Sales

Joanna manages Easly’s sales team, working with innovative Canadian businesses to provide flexible, competitive, and non-dilutive financing options secured by government tax credits and grants.

Joanna leads by example; she has worked directly with many of Easly’s clients, bringing them a streamlined capital solution that helps their businesses grow. Joanna is a CFA and, previous to Easly, worked in corporate finance at various organizations, including BDC, PWC, and RBC, providing financial solutions to small tech firms and large international enterprises.

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Lennie Ryer, CFO, Reaction Dynamics
"Working with Easly was a very easy decision for us because of their responsiveness, turnaround time, terms of financing, and reasonable cost of capital. Most importantly, they understood what we were doing and were responsive to our needs."

Lennie Ryer · CFO, Reaction Dynamics

Carlyn Loncaric, Founder & CEO, VodaSafe
"Easly's not scared of start-ups. You can't pick between keeping day-to-day operations going or buying inventory. You need to do both. Easly enabled us to continue operations and set our sights firmly on global markets."

Carlyn Loncaric · Founder & CEO, VodaSafe

Patricia Macleod, CEO and Co-founder, Learning Branch Inc.
"Easly provided a fast and easy solution for our financing needs. Quarterly Easly Advances are working for us."

Patricia Macleod · CEO & Cofounder, HiringBranch

Dominique Kwong · COO & Cofounder, Damon Motorcycles
"Easly has been very good to us. They give us financial options at a rate and frequency that small technology companies absolutely need. I appreciate the online process a lot - being able to just upload financial documents is really, really convenient. We now use Easly Advances as part of our financial model. It's not about survival; it's about strategy."

Dominique Kwong · COO & Cofounder, Damon Motorcycles

Hassaan Ahmad, CFO, WTFast
"The financing that Easly offers is very cost-effective from a pure opportunity cost of capital point of view. It's a very low-cost way for a small tech company to grow and sustain operations."

Hassaan Ahmad · CFO, WTFast

Jaed Khan
"I've spoken to many companies that promised quick turnarounds for approvals & funding. All of them either missed that target by weeks or came back with a ridiculous offer we could never accept. Easly was true to their word and responded quickly with a competitive offer that met our needs. The whole process was refreshing and surprisingly streamlined!"

Jaed Khan · Former Founder & CEO, Foodmaestro (Acquired by Walmart)

Caitlin Krapf - VP, HR & Organizational Development
"SR&ED is a great program, but it can take a long time to get the funds. We wanted an option that would make things more reliable so that we could count on funds coming in when expected. Easly does just that for us."

Caitlin Krapf · Former VP, HR & Organizational Development, Province Brands

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"Easly is a customer-focused organization. The process was efficient and focused on the parts that matter, as opposed to the red tape, and delivered above and beyond our expectations. They proved to us that they are the best source of R&D financing on the market."

Sean McCann · President, MMIST Inc.

Martin Kratky-Katz, CEO of Blockthrough
"Easly played a critical role in our ability to keep the company's finances healthy. Their funds helped bridge us from survival to product-market fit, and it's difficult to envision us having the success we're seeing today without Easly."

Martin Kratky-Katz · Cofounder & CEO, Blockthrough

Head-shot of Tristan Lehari, CEO of TritonWear
"We initially went with Easly because they had the most competitive rates by far. Even more compelling, though, was the transparent and streamlined process that just made sense. The communication was smooth, and I always felt certain about the outcome. I’d recommend them to anyone planning to file for an SR&ED refund."

Tristan Lehari · Founder & CEO, TritonWear

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News & Announcements

  • ​​​Easly and ventureLAB Announce New Partnership to Drive Innovation in Canada​​
    Easly and ventureLAB Announce New Partnership to Drive Innovation in Canada

    Today, Easly, a leading Capital-as-a-Service financing platform, and ventureLAB, a global founder community for hardware technology and enterprise software, announced…

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  • Accelerator Centre Partners with Easly to Further Support the Canadian Innovation Economy
    Accelerator Centre Partners with Easly to Further Support the Canadian Innovation Economy

    Kitchener-Waterloo-based Accelerator Centre (AC) has partnered with Easly to support the AC’s members as they bring their innovative ideas to…

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  • Easly Surpasses a Major Milestone by Deploying Over $100M in Easly Advances
    Easly Surpasses a Major Milestone by Deploying Over $100M in Easly Advances

    We at Easly are incredibly proud to announce that we’ve crossed a significant milestone in our journey to support Canada’s innovation economy.…

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