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Josh Scott is BetaKit’s lead reporter. He is based in Toronto but breaks news and tells in-depth stories from across Canada about all sorts of tech companies, the folks building and backing them, and the surrounding ecosystem. He has won SABEW Canada’s 2023 Jeff Sanford Best Young Journalist and 2024 General Excellence - Reporter at a Small Publication awards. Josh’s coverage is more complete than his moustache and he’s always open to pitches (josh.scott[@]betakit.com) and tips (@jossco.77 on Signal).

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Two years after Graphite Ventures spinout, MaRS IAF is ready to invest again

Dec 1, 2023

With new hires, managing director says IAF has achieved “critical mass.”

Spring Impact 2023
Funding

Spring Impact Capital launches $20-million fund to back cleantech, healthtech startups

Nov 29, 2023

New impact fund sprung out of Spring to focus on “human and planetary health.”

Co.Labs executive director Jonathan Lipoth and co-founder Alex Shimla.
Prairies

Co.Labs hires Broad Street Bulls, Rhino Ventures alum Jonathan Lipoth as executive director

Nov 24, 2023

Saskatchewan incubator believes it’s found its next “long-term leader.”

FinTech

Wealthsimple rolls out private equity offering for retail investors

Nov 22, 2023

PE marks the third alternative investing option Wealthsimple has launched since 2022.

Justin Trudeau and Chrystia Freeland
FinTech

Federal Fall Economic Statement promises to expand Payments Canada eligibility, introduce open banking legislation in 2024

Nov 21, 2023

Canada commits to “consumer-driven finance” and more powers for the Competition Bureau.

Funding

Active Impact Investments launches third climate tech seed fund with $70 million in initial commitments

Nov 21, 2023

LPs include Northleaf, Fondaction, Co-operators, Deloitte Ventures, University of Victoria.

Layoffs

FreshBooks president and CEO depart as company lays off six percent of employees

Nov 15, 2023

FinTech firm promotes two interim co-CEOs, embarks on search for next leader.

Acquisitions

WonderFi-owned Bitbuy acquires customers of fellow regulated Canadian crypto exchange Bitvo

Nov 15, 2023

The move comes a year after the collapse of Bitvo’s deal with would-be acquirer FTX.

Funding

TechBrew rebrands to 4AG Robotics, closes $17.5-million Series A to build mushroom-picking robots

Nov 15, 2023

Backed by BDC, InBC, and Emmertech, 4AG is gearing up to get its tech to farms.

Greg Smith of Thinkific addressing team at Thinkific HQ
Markets

Trio of Canadian tech companies show progress towards profitability in earnings this week

Nov 10, 2023

Thinkific hits positive EBITDA as Coveo and Mogo shrink losses.

VC

VentureLab’s latest HardTech Summit explores barriers, opportunities facing Canadian deep tech startups

Nov 10, 2023

Event surveys state of play in Canada for hardware firms in medtech, AI, and other sectors.

Funding

Acton Capital closes $240-million USD Fund VI to invest in tech startups across Canada and Europe

Nov 8, 2023

Acton’s Canadian portfolio has included Chefs Plate, Clio, Knix Wear, Maple, and Mobify.

Funding

Cavelo secures $5-million Inovia-led seed round to help financial services firms protect their data

Nov 8, 2023

With cybersecurity no longer just “a big company problem,” Cavelo eyes US expansion.

Markets

Slack CEO Lidiane Jones to depart after a year in the role

Nov 6, 2023

Jones will become CEO of Bumble as Salesforce-owned Slack looks for its third CEO in as many years.

Markets

Lightspeed’s stock rises as firm exceeds outlook for fiscal Q2, achieves positive EBITDA

Nov 2, 2023

Company takes a step towards profitability, boosts revenue guidance.

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