Shakepay
Shakepay is a Canadian bitcoin exchange and payments app with 84 employees. It raised $36M in a Series A round in January 2022.
The growth story
Shakepay grew from 21 to 84 employees between 2020 and 2026, raising $36M along the way, most recently a Series A in January 2022.
About
Shakepay operates a mobile app that lets Canadians buy bitcoin and send payments to friends. The company targets Canadian consumers looking for simple access to cryptocurrency transactions.
Since its 2015 launch, Shakepay has grown to 84 employees and secured $36M in Series A funding in 2022. Its investor group includes Boost VC and Creative Destruction Lab, among others.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is Shakepay's largest function with 17 employees. The company has a median employee tenure of 2 years.
The Shakepay org chart
Jean Amiouny (Co-founder & CEO) leads 25 mapped leaders with 9 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 21 (-5% YoY), Finance 11 (-15% YoY), Information Technology 8 (-11% YoY), Business Development 8 (+33% YoY), Operations 6 (-14% YoY), Customer Success and Support 6 (-25% YoY).
Talent flow
Shakepay recruits heavily from Canadian tech companies like Newton.co and Rose Rocket, as well as local universities including McGill and Concordia. Alumni frequently move to financial institutions like TD and RBC, or crypto firms like Coinbase.
Most common previous employers of Shakepay staff: Newton.co (4), Rose Rocket (2), Bus.com (2), McGill University (2), Super.com (2), Morgan Stanley (2). Former Shakepay employees most often moved to Braze (2), Float (2), Avvio (2), Coinbase (2), TD (2), RBC (2).
Alumni worth knowing
The Shakepay mafia
Shakepay alumni have founded 8 companies, including SellMeThisPen AI and EZRoutePlanner. These startups employ between 2 and 12 people each.
8Yana Ocean, was Product Operations Manager until 2023Andrew Bennett, was Senior Software Engineer until 2026Gowtham A., was Risk and Compliance until 2023Jinisha Bhatt, was Financial Crime Investigator until 2024Nethmie Hetti, was Creative Lead until 2023Luc Bourgeois, was General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer until 2023
Lisa Huang, was Marketing Lead until 2022Hiring now
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 47% direct, 36% search, 5% social, 0% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Shakepay: Microsoft Office (28), Leadership (27), Customer Service (25), Project Management (24), Microsoft Excel (24), Public Speaking (22), Python (Programming Language) (21), JavaScript (20).
Where the team actually sits
Shakepay people are concentrated in Ontario, Canada (21), Quebec, Canada (12), Canada (11), Alberta, Canada (5).
Search footprint
Shakepay attracts about 456 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $2K a month if bought through ads. It gained 39 ranking keywords and lost 28 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 4.10 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 3.60 / 5
- Senior management
- 3.30 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.70 / 5
Frequently asked
Shakepay has 84 employees as of September 2026.
Shakepay has raised $36M in total, most recently a Series A round in January 2022.
Shakepay was founded in 2015 by Jean Amiouny, Roy Breidi.
Jean Amiouny (Co-founder & CEO) sits at the top of Shakepay's reporting structure, with 9 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Shakepay staff are Newton.co (4 people), Rose Rocket (2 people), Bus.com (2 people).
Former Shakepay employees most often move to Braze (2), Float (2), Avvio (2).
At least 8 companies have a founder who previously worked at Shakepay, including SellMeThisPen AI, EZRoutePlanner, Rupid.
Shakepay attracts about 456 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $2K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Shakepay staff are Microsoft Office, Leadership, Customer Service, Project Management, Microsoft Excel.
Shakepay staff are concentrated in Ontario, Canada (21), Quebec, Canada (12), Canada (11).
Shakepay has about 21 people in Engineering, down 5% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Shakepay has about 11 people in Finance, down 15% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 64 current and 134 former Shakepay profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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