Shopify Inc.

Shopify Inc. is a commerce company that provides its customers with an advanced and comprehensive commerce platform that simplifies the process of selling products, managing inventory, processing orders and payments, and building customer relationships. This platform is available in multiple countries including Canada, the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and Latin America. Through its platform, merchants are able to effectively market and sell their products on various sales channels such as web and mobile storefronts, physical retail locations, pop-up shops, social media storefronts, native mobile apps, buy buttons, and marketplaces. It also enables customers to manage products and inventory, process orders and payments, fulfill and ship orders, source products, leverage analytics and reporting, manage cash, payments and transactions, and access financing. Moreover, Shopify offers customizable themes and apps, as well as domain name registration and merchant solutions such as accepting payments, shipping and fulfillment, and securing working capital.

Shopify Inc. was incorporated in 2004 as Jaded Pixel Technologies Inc. and later changed its name in November 2011. It is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada and has offices in Toronto, Montreal, Waterloo, and San Francisco. The company has more than 600,000 merchants in over 175 countries, with nearly $140 billion worth of gross merchandise volume as of June 2020. It also employs over 4,000 people and has raised over $717 million in venture funding. In addition, Shopify has won several awards and accolades including being listed as one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers since 2020 and named one of the Most Innovative Companies in the World by Fast Company in 2020.