Flinks
Flinks is a Canadian financial data and payments platform that connects to over 15,000 North American financial institutions and processes 1 million monthly connections. The company has raised $93 million and employs 94 people.
The growth story
Flinks grew from 114 to 94 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $93M along the way, most recently a Series B in August 2021.
About
Flinks provides APIs for accessing financial data, analyzing documents, and enabling payments. Its platform is used by lenders, fintechs, banks, insurers, and wealth managers to build financial products. The company has processed over 100,000 financial documents to date.
Founded in 2016, Flinks has grown to become a major open finance player in Canada. It secured $93 million in funding through a Series B round in 2021, backed by investors including Inovia Capital and Luge Capital. The company connects to 15,000+ financial institutions across North America.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is Flinks' largest function with 28 employees, representing nearly 30% of its 94-person workforce. The company has a median tenure of 3 years, suggesting stable leadership and employee retention.
The Flinks org chart
Julien D. Cousineau (Chief Executive Officer) leads 27 mapped leaders with 2 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 25 (-4% YoY), Sales 11 (-31% YoY), Quality Assurance 9 (-10% YoY), Operations 8 (+33% YoY), Information Technology 7 (-22% YoY), Business Development 6 (+20% YoY).
Talent flow
Flinks recruits heavily from Canadian financial institutions and tech firms, with TD, Desjardins, and Scotiabank among its top talent sources. Alumni frequently move to fintech startups like Deck and Zūm Rails, which were founded by former Flinks employees.
Most common previous employers of Flinks staff: Workleap (5), TD (5), Desjardins (3), ShareGate (2), Scotiabank (2), CGI (2). Former Flinks employees most often moved to Deck (7), National Bank of Canada (4), Zūm Rails (3), Lean Technologies (3), Verifast (3), Tervene (2).
Alumni worth knowing
The Flinks mafia
Flinks alumni have founded at least 12 companies, including Deck (79 employees), Zūm Rails (38 employees), and Truss (5 employees). These startups collectively employ over 130 people.
12Yves-Gabriel Leboeuf, was Co-founder & Advisor to the CEO until 2024Miles Schwartz, was Chief Sales Officer / Partner until 2019Zaf Tharani, was Senior Account Executive until 2024Armel Ivan Bado, was Software Engineer until 2023Gabriel Crene, was Software Developer until 2021
Mohamed Fenjiro, was Software Engineer - Banking until 2024
Pierre Luc Morin, was Senior Technical Account Manager - Flinks until 2024
Nicholas Faria, was Software Engineer until 2021
Nishant Singh, was Software Engineer until 2020
₿randon K. MacKinnon, was Growth Team until 2023Hiring now
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 46% direct, 43% search, 2% social, 2% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Flinks: Leadership (32), Project Management (31), Microsoft Excel (29), Management (27), JavaScript (27), SQL (26), Java (25), Microsoft Office (23).
Where the team actually sits
Flinks people are concentrated in Ontario, Canada (23), Quebec, Canada (20), Canada (9), Greater Toronto Area, Canada (8).
Search footprint
Flinks attracts about 197 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $2K a month if bought through ads. It gained 105 ranking keywords and lost 62 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 4.10 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 4.10 / 5
- Senior management
- 4.00 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 4.40 / 5
Frequently asked
Flinks has 94 employees as of September 2026.
Flinks has raised $93M in total, most recently a Series B round in August 2021.
Flinks was founded in 2016 by Julien D. Cousineau.
Julien D. Cousineau (Chief Executive Officer) sits at the top of Flinks's reporting structure, with 2 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Flinks staff are Workleap (5 people), TD (5 people), Desjardins (3 people).
Former Flinks employees most often move to Deck (7), National Bank of Canada (4), Zūm Rails (3).
At least 12 companies have a founder who previously worked at Flinks, including Deck, Zūm Rails, Truss.
Flinks attracts about 197 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $2K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Flinks staff are Leadership, Project Management, Microsoft Excel, Management, JavaScript.
Flinks staff are concentrated in Ontario, Canada (23), Quebec, Canada (20), Canada (9).
Flinks has about 25 people in Engineering, down 4% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Flinks has about 11 people in Sales, down 31% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 76 current and 229 former Flinks profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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