NYSE Welcomes Shopify Inc. to the Center of Global Business

We are pleased to announced that Shopify Inc. began trading its shares on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Thursday, May 21st. A remarkable entrepreneurial story, Shopify is a leading cloud commerce platform for small and mid-sized businesses, headquartered in Ottawa, Canada. The company's listing is the 5th tech IPO of 2015 for the NYSE.

Shopify is dual-listed, trading on both the NYSE (NYSE: SHOP) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX:SH). NYSE Group welcomes Shopify to its family of 150 listed companies out of Canada, which represents $2.7B in daily trading volume and accounts for 40% of global trading.

From a visibility perspective, NYSE collaborated with Shopify to garner broad-based awareness for this important moment in the company's history. This included the ringing of the Opening Bell, media interviews and a targeted social campaign. Click the image above for a video recap of the day.