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Beacon is a Toronto fintech building a purpose-built super app for immigrants to Canada, tackling the barriers newcomers hit — no credit history, hard-to-open accounts, costly transfers. Co-founded in 2023 by Stu Szabo and Aditya Mhatre, it raised a $5.25M seed in 2024 and a $20M round in September 2026, and offers pre-arrival credit building, real-time India bill pay and money transfers.

FintechTorontoFounded 2023mybeacon.ca ↗
<30 secreal-time bill-pay confirmation to IndiaTechTO stage 2025-12-18 ↗
$5.25Mseed funding raisedMade in CA 2024-07-12 ↗
$20Moversubscribed financing round led by existing investors, announced September 2026 (currency not stated)Fintech.ca 2026-09-09 ↗

The people

What they build

Beacon app (bill pay & transfers)Real-time bill payment to home countries and money transfers, plus account setup with minimal documentationProduct page ↗
Pre-arrival credit buildingLets newcomers start building a Canadian credit file before they arrive in Canada

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About

Beacon (My Beacon) is a fintech super app designed around the immigrant journey to Canada. It offers account setup with minimal documentation, pre-arrival access to credit building and information, real-time bill payment to home countries (starting with India), and money transfers — framing users as members and prioritizing human outcomes over pushing products. Founded in 2023 by Stu Szabo (ex-PSP Investments) and Aditya Mhatre (ex-Paytm, PayPay), it is based in Toronto and raised a $5.25M seed round in 2024, followed by a $20M round in September 2026 led by existing investors.

Backers

$5.25M CAD seed (2024) with investors including Jawl Residential Group, Wayne Pommen, Adrian Rocca, Jonathan McCain and MS Transverse Insurance Group; a $20M round in September 2026 led by existing investors, with new backers not named. Founders are Paytm and PSP Investments alumni.

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Quick answers

What does Beacon do?

It's a fintech super app for immigrants to Canada — pre-arrival credit building and information, real-time bill pay to home countries, money transfers, and account setup with minimal documentation.

Who founded Beacon?

Stu Szabo (co-founder & CEO, ex-PSP Investments) and Aditya Mhatre (co-founder & CPTO, ex-Paytm and PayPay), in 2023.

How much has Beacon raised?

A $5.25M CAD seed round reported in 2024, and a $20M round announced in September 2026, led by existing investors.

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