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Techopia is focused on Ottawa’s technology sector. This multimedia project includes regular online news coverage of technology companies, a video and audio podcast, private networking events and quarterly reports.
Shopify launches fight against ‘patent trolls’ and their funders, files Texas lawsuit
Shopify says it wants to push back against the trend of companies filing hundreds of patent infringement lawsuits against businesses every year, and is waging
Avivagen says ‘numerous’ parties interested in M&A talks with struggling firm
Troubled Ottawa-based life sciences firm Avivagen says it has received “numerous responses” from companies that are interested in potentially acquiring all or part of its
Intouch Insight set to acquire customer experience measurement firm for US$3.6M
Ottawa software firm Intouch Insight has signed a letter of intent to acquire a North America-based customer experience measurement company in a deal that could
Fullscript, Rewind land on CIBC’s ‘narwhal’ list of high-potential Canadian tech firms
A pair of high-profile Ottawa companies have been named to CIBC’s ‘narwhal’ list of Canadian tech enterprises with the strongest potential for long-term growth.
Tech layoffs fuelling rise in severance complaints, lawyer in Shopify class-action suit says
A lawyer who has launched a class-action lawsuit on behalf of recently laid-off Shopify employees says he’s seeing a rise in complaints from tech workers
Intouch Insight boss ‘pleased’ with SaaS growth despite 3% drop in overall revenues in Q1
Intouch Insight, which specializes in customer survey and data collection software, reported revenue of $5.1 million in the three-month period ending March 31.
Ottawa well-equipped to weather storm as VCs adjust to new normal, BDC exec says
A new report says Canada’s venture capitalists are being more cautious with their investments after a historically frothy year in 2021 – but activity at
Shopify faces class action over severance offered to recently laid-off staff
A class-action lawsuit alleges Shopify reneged on a deal it offered some employees who were laid off in a recent round of cuts.
Food Cycle Sciences lands new funding to augment hot-selling ‘table-to-farm’ tech
CEO Bradley Crepeau believes his company’s “table-to-farm” tech can play a major role in municipal waste reduction efforts.
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