Craig Lord

Ottawa-based Ackroo reaping the rewards of recent M&A play

Techopia

It’s been a record first half for Ottawa’s Ackroo (TSX-V:AKR). The loyalty program provider, which develops both an in-store point-of-sale and online management solution, has

Ottawa clothing startup tackling sport hijab and turban market

Ottawa

A new clothing company’s impact is already being felt by recently-arrived Syrian refugees in Ottawa, but the firm’s young founders have ambitions to tackle an

Ottawa-based Fuel Industries acquired by California agency

Techopia

One of Ottawa’s struggling tech firms has a new lease on life after an acquisition that sets the digital agency back on its original path.

IIoT acquisitions boost Ottawa-based Quarterhill’s Q2 revenues past patent slump

Techopia

Quarterhill’s revenues continued to climb a week after the Ottawa-based firm got some good news about a big patent win. Quarterhill (TSX:QTRH)(NASDAQ:QTRH) recorded revenues of

Irish gaming giant Keywords acquires Ottawa’s Snowed In Studios in $4M deal

Techopia

One of Ottawa’s up-and-coming studios has been acquired by an Ireland-based gaming giant in a move the firm’s co-founder says could elevate the city’s entire

Ottawa’s Startup Garage to fete firms at Aug. 30 rally

Techopia

The University of Ottawa is inviting the public to rally around the latest cohort of its Startup Garage program at the end of the month.

Accelerating medical research drives rapid growth for Evidence Partners in Kanata

Techopia

Organizations trying to solve some of the world’s toughest medical problems are doing so with the help of made-in-Ottawa software – and the firm behind

Ottawa’s National Access Cannabis hiring up to 700 staff across Canada ahead of legalization

Ottawa

The buzz around Canada’s legal marijuana market has turned Ottawa’s National Access Cannabis (TSX-V:META) into a “bees’ nest of activity” – and the prospect of

Revenues continue to slide in Q2 for Ottawa-based Espial

Techopia

Ottawa-based Espial Group (TSX:ESP) continued to struggle in the second quarter of the year as it attempts to convert customers to a new SaaS model

Bayview Yards seeks new operator for prototyping shop

Techopia

Bayview Yards is looking for a new vendor to run its digital media laboratory and manufacturing shop roughly one year after the facilities first opened.