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Josh Scott

Josh Scott

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 types of technology companies and the folks building and backing them. 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 tips and pitches. You can reach him at josh.scott@betakit.com and @jossco.77 on Signal.

Canadian-led, California-based Joyful Ventures closes $23 million USD to back sustainable protein startups

June 27, 2023

Joyful has backed two firms with Canadian roots: New School Foods and Orbillion Bio.

Neo Financial launches secured credit card to help Canadians build credit

June 23, 2023

The product launch comes as Neo navigates a tough consumer-banking market.

Gaming and esports tech firm Swarmio files for creditor protection

June 22, 2023

Swarmio Media has announced that it is seeking creditor protection. The Halifax-headquartered gaming tech firm has filed an…

Altis Labs closes $7.9 million CAD to evaluate cancer treatments using AI

June 22, 2023

Altis has worked with UHN, Sunnybrook to develop its cancer imaging database.

Shopify makes checkout solution Shop Pay available to enterprise retailers not using Shopify

June 21, 2023

The move represents part of Shopify’s push to woo larger clients.

Train Fitness closes $2.5 million USD to expand automatic workout-tracking app for strength training

June 21, 2023

Relay Ventures-backed Train Fitness aims to track weight-lifting without data entry.

A Collision sign ahead of the start of Collision 2022 in Toronto.

Collision will remain in Toronto for 2024

June 20, 2023

Tech conference inks one-year extension, but Collision’s long-term future in Canada still unclear.

NACO CEO Claudio Rojas speaking at a 2023 event.

2022 angel investment in Canada mirrored VC dip, dropping 37 percent year-over-year

June 20, 2023

While deal count rose, angels disproportionately favoured existing portfolio firms.

Micharity targets US expansion for its charitable fundraising platform with $7 million Series A

June 15, 2023

Following years of steady growth with minimal outside capital, Micharity is ready to ramp up.

Montreal skyline from Mount Royal

Toronto-Waterloo, Vancouver, and Montréal hold the fort as Calgary and Ottawa rise in Startup Genome’s latest global ecosystem rankings

June 15, 2023

Larger ecosystems keep the status quo, as smaller ones post slight improvement.

LeddarTech

Automotive software maker LeddarTech inks SPAC deal to go public on Nasdaq

June 14, 2023

CEO hails agreement as “important milestone,” plans to step down.

Rollout of Canada’s Real-Time Rail payment system delayed again as project undergoes second review this year

June 13, 2023

Payments Canada cites “current delivery delays, unrelated to the exchange technology components.”

Cohere's three co-founders posing for a picture.

Cohere announces $270-million USD Series C from Inovia, Nvidia, Oracle, Salesforce

June 8, 2023

Led by ex-Google researchers, OpenAI rival Cohere aims to help firms adopt generative AI.

A pair of hands holding a mobile phone which has the Shopify logo on it

Shopify plans to “aggressively pursue” ID of funders in cases against “patent trolls”

June 7, 2023

Company filed motion in Texas court demanding Lower48 IP LLC reveal third-party interests.

Blok Technologies logo.

BC regulator suspends ex-Blok Technologies CEO, CFO from investment market for misrepresenting 2018 share sale

June 6, 2023

The suspensions come in response to how a past Blok private placement was publicly communicated.

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