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Josh Scott

Josh Scott

Josh Scott is BetaKit’s lead reporter. He focuses on telling in-depth Canadian tech stories and breaking news, and recently won SABEW Canada’s 2023 Jeff Sanford Best Young Journalist award. His coverage is more complete than his moustache.

Coinbase Canada CEO pushes for crypto-friendly government just as company reveals hack that could cost up to $400 million USD

May 15, 2025

Cyberattack comes at bad time for US-based crypto exchange.

“No plans are set” but Robinhood expects to “develop [its] offering” in Canada post-WonderFi acquisition

May 13, 2025

Robinhood Crypto SVP says US trading platform’s immediate focus in Canada is on crypto.

Tentree spinout Veritree announces $9.1-million CAD Series A to help companies manage nature restoration projects

May 13, 2025

Vancouver cleantech startup recently hit 100 million trees pledged through its platform.

Robinhood to buy WonderFi for $250 million CAD as US trading platform targets Canadian expansion

May 13, 2025

WonderFi to “accelerate Robinhood’s mission” north of the border.

Canadian FinTech leaders “cautiously optimistic” about open banking, payments modernization under Mark Carney

May 12, 2025

Jaded from years of waiting, FinTech players hope Carney’s UK track record translates into domestic policy action.

Shakepay becomes first crypto company granted Payments Canada membership

May 5, 2025

Milestone gives Shakepay access to core payments infrastructure and a seat at the table “to demand for change.”

TD Bank’s chief AI scientist talks about emerging models, safety, and Layer 6’s new NYC office

May 5, 2025

Maksims Volkovs shares what Layer 6 has been working on and what keeps him up at night.

Dozr founding CEO Kevin Forestell moves to chair while Dave Frazier joins as president

May 2, 2025

Frazier brings combo of construction and tech experience to Kitchener-Waterloo scaleup.

Antler Canada adds former Quandl CEO Tammer Kamel as VC firm gears up for Fund II

May 1, 2025

Kamel to lead Fund II with fellow GP Bernie Li and newly promoted associate partner Shambhavi Mishra.

Former Plooto CEO Hamed Abbasi

Former Plooto CEO Hamed Abbasi acquitted in sexual assault case

April 29, 2025

Abbasi faced up to 10 years in prison if convicted.

Brightspark spinout Brio nabs $3 million to help other VCs manage their LPs

April 28, 2025

Brio co-founder and CEO Audrey Ostiguy described Brio as Brightspark’s “secret sauce.”

7Gen charges up with $48 million in debt from UK’s Zenobē to help more Canadian firms adopt EVs

April 24, 2025

7Gen claimed that this is the largest private EV debt financing in Canadian history.

Canadian-founded Fluent Ventures bets on global startups with $40-million USD early-stage VC program

April 23, 2025

Fluent sees Canada as “a core geography” as firm eyes innovation beyond Silicon Valley.

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1Password expands Extended Access Management platform with agentic AI security

April 22, 2025

Co-CEO says the rise of AI agents has created business security concerns.

France’s Alan comes to Canada with digital group health insurance for tech startups

April 22, 2025

Teachers-backed unicorn aims to help disrupt Canada’s health insurance market.

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