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About
Responsive sits behind the advisor rather than in front of the client. Its pitch today is an "automated back-office for Canadian independent portfolio managers": account opening, the forms that follow, and the compliance record, done in software so the advisor spends the time on advice instead. The company claims a new client can be onboarded in thirty minutes, 90% paperwork accuracy, and 44% of an advisor's time reclaimed, with more than 900 US and Canadian custodian integrations already live and firms including Genus, Croft, Co-operators and Accilent on the platform for six to eight years. Its earlier positioning was behavioural: BetaKit reported in June 2019 that founder and chief executive Davyde Wachell had built an "end-to-end, insight-to-action platform for wealth managers", that its eight Canadian high-net-worth clients collectively managed $10B CAD, and that the company — started in 2015 in Vancouver, with people in New York, Toronto and Calgary — had raised a $1.1M seed led by Plug and Play Ventures and was seeking a $4–5M round.
Backers
A $1.1M seed led by Plug and Play Ventures, reported by BetaKit in June 2019, when the company was seeking a $4–5M follow-on. No round has been reported since, and the company names no investors on its current site.
Quick answers
What does Responsive AI do?
It automates the back office for Canadian independent portfolio managers — opening accounts, producing and checking the paperwork, and keeping the compliance record — so advisors spend less time on administration. It says it has more than 900 custodian integrations live.
Who founded it?
Davyde Wachell, in Vancouver in 2015. He was founder and chief executive when BetaKit covered the company in 2019.
How big is it?
BetaKit reported $10B CAD in assets under management across eight Canadian high-net-worth clients in June 2019 — the most recent figure of record. Named long-standing customers on its own site include Genus, Croft, Co-operators and Accilent.
Who from Responsive AI is in this directory?
Elliot Stone, who presented at TechVancouver in 2017 and 2018 for Alavida, the telehealth company he founded, and who now leads Responsive AI.