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Set Scouter

Set Scouter is a Toronto marketplace that connects film, TV and commercial producers with bookable, film-friendly locations and handles payments, deposits and insurance.

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The people

Alex KolodkinCo-founder & CEO · 1 TechTO talk
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Lidia Bit-YunanCo-founder & COOprofile coming

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About

Founded in 2012 by Alex Kolodkin and Lidia Bit-Yunan, Set Scouter is a full-service location-scouting platform for the film, TV and advertising industries. Producers book residential and commercial spaces through the site, which manages payments, deposits and insurance. Backed by 500 Startups and Ryerson's DMZ, it acquired US rival Wrapal in 2019 and expanded across North American cities.

Backers

500 Startups, DMZ, Communitech Rev, OCE

Some figures are founder-stated, not independently confirmed

Quick answers

What does Set Scouter do?

It is an online marketplace for booking film and commercial shooting locations, managing the payments, deposits and insurance that go with a shoot.

Who founded Set Scouter?

Alex Kolodkin (CEO) and Lidia Bit-Yunan (COO), in Toronto in 2012.

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