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Re:Companies play around with their origin stories by propter_hoc on Friday August 11, 2017 @06:17PM (#14994805)
Since you ask :) https://copower.me/en/

Green infrastructure investments; lowish risk fixed income; licensed dealer in Canada.

We've also actively sought strategic investments from financial institutions (Royal Bank of Canada, a couple others) rather than raising from tech VCs. We've heard from a few clients that our brand-name shareholders made a difference in deciding whether or not to invest with us.

Re:Companies play around with their origin stories by charlesdm on Friday August 11, 2017 @06:26PM (#14994867)
Looks great! So you're selling (up to) 5% coupon clean energy bonds? How is that working out, are you getting a lot of interest from people?

I haven't done too bad investing and have a few ideas myself for a fintech business (there are some opportunities relating to tax deductible pension investments in my home market) yet wonder whether, say, a 5% yield is sufficient for the average person to even bother taking a risk.

Second, if you don't mind, how's profitability? I assume it does need massive scale for the math to work out? How is sourcing users / are advertising fees working out, in terms of cost?

Re:Companies play around with their origin stories by propter_hoc on Friday August 11, 2017 @06:38PM (#14994948)
Happy to share some learnings - will reach out to the email in your profile. Don't want to derail the thread :)
Re:Companies play around with their origin stories by kornish on Friday August 11, 2017 @07:01PM (#14995089)
Hey, not to butt in, but would it be possible to get in on the email discussion? Very curious about all of the above questions as well. No worries if not :)
Re:Companies play around with their origin stories by propter_hoc on Friday August 11, 2017 @07:41PM (#14995327)
Will do. Happy to do a Show HN at some point if there's interest.
Re:Companies play around with their origin stories by leesalminen on Friday August 11, 2017 @08:59PM (#14995712)
I'd read a show HN thread.
Re:Companies play around with their origin stories by jpster on Saturday August 12, 2017 @07:25AM (#14997476)
Also me! hi at jenieceprimus.com
Re:Companies play around with their origin stories by charlesdm on Friday August 11, 2017 @06:43PM (#14994979)
Thanks! Looking forward to that.
Re:Companies play around with their origin stories by garrybelka on Friday August 11, 2017 @07:47PM (#14995367)
And me, please!
Re:Companies play around with their origin stories by arthurcolle on Friday August 11, 2017 @07:51PM (#14995392)
Re:Companies play around with their origin stories by toomuchtodo on Friday August 11, 2017 @06:21PM (#14994836)
Very well done.