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Adam Bent

Co-founder, thisopenspace

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Adam Bent co-founded thisopenspace, a Vancouver marketplace for booking commercial space for a few hours to a few months, joining founder Yashar Nejati in mid-2015 and serving as chief operating officer. Bent was earlier VP of business development at Provender and led growth for Urbanspoon in Canada. Bent later co-founded Scout, a tinned seafood brand.

Adam hasn’t spoken on a TechTO, TechVancouver or TechWaterloo stage. This profile is here because Adam co-founded thisopenspace, which appears in 1 talk in the archive.

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Who co-founded thisopenspace?

BetaKit reported on 2017-04-06 that thisopenspace became a full-time business in mid-2015, when founder Yashar Nejati brought on co-founder Adam Bent.

What was Adam Bent's role at thisopenspace?

CreativeMornings Ottawa's event page for its 2017-03-31 talk introduces Adam Bent as co-founder and chief operating officer of thisopenspace, speaking on startups that operate in a legal grey zone to disrupt older industries.

What did Bent do before thisopenspace?

The Commercial Real Estate Podcast's episode page of 2016-10-11 says Bent was previously VP of business development at Provender, an online marketplace for local wholesale food delivery, and led growth for Urbanspoon in Canada before its acquisition.

What did Bent do after thisopenspace?

Scout's own story page, checked 2026-09-25, says the brand's founder joined forces with co-founders Adam Bent and Nate Dunn in 2018 to bring its canned seafood to market.

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