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One year in, PR firm Edelman Ottawa charts local growth plans

A year after Edelman set up shop in the city, the public and government relations firm says...

Chinese entrepreneurs scout business opportunities in Ottawa

Several Chinese billionaires were in Ottawa Tuesday, meeting with the city’s business leaders and eying investment opportunities...

TiECon Canada’s conference ‘slingshots’ Ottawa entrepreneur to success

“TiECon’s goal is to connect Ottawa entrepreneurs to what’s happening in the world,” says Bharat Rudra, president...

Spartan Bioscience wins IEEE award for DNA testing cube

Ottawa’s Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE) announced this week that Spartan Bioscience is the winner of its 2016...

Hydro rebates not a temporary measure, Wynne tells Ottawa businesses

Hydro rates, infrastructure and fostering business growth were on the minds of Ottawa’s business leaders as the...

Ottawa startup checkup: A ‘Bumpn’ the road

Earlier this week, Ottawa Business Journal spoke with Moe Abbas, the founder of GenM. It’s software-as-a-service solution to provide...

DragonWave shares plunge 10% amid continuing losses

DragonWave (TSX:DWI)(NASDAQ:DRWI) executives say restructuring efforts are improving the Ottawa-based tech firm’s financial picture, even as the company...

C-Com shares hit six-month low following ‘challenging’ quarter

The spending slowdown in North America’s oil and gas sector contributed to a dramatic drop in quarterly...

Algonquin College to build $44.9M indigenous entrepreneurship centre

Algonquin College says it plans to construct a new learning centre and Institute for Indigenous Entrepreneurship featuring...

Ottawa education SaaS firm GenM training millennials for the realities of post-grad workforce

Moe Abbas saw the same problem with a lot of the talent that was joining his startup...
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For Ottawa-based tech founders looking to raise capital, these are challenging days. The "valley of death," that precarious gap between initial startup and sustainable growth, appears to be widening. While early funding often comes from family and friends, angel investors play a critical role in bridging this gap. In Ottawa, the Capital Angel Network (CAN) has anchored the local angel investor ecosystem since 2010. Despite a downturn in venture capital nationally, CAN bucked the trend in 2025, recording its second-biggest year in history. With a membership that includes individual angels, venture capital firms, family offices, and accelerators, CAN invested approximately $8 million in 2025 alone. In this episode of Techopia Live, OBJ publisher Michael Curran speaks with Suzanne Grant, the executive director of the Capital Angel Network. They discuss: -- Deal Flow in 2025: Why CAN ranked as the number one angel group in Canada for the number of deals invested last year. -- The Impact of AI: How investors are looking for a "moat" in an increasingly crowded AI sector. -- Diversity: How CAN is leading the country with 37% women investors, helping to diversify the local deal flow. -- Noteworthy Investments: Recent support for local and regional innovators like Marlowe, Plantaform, and Hyalodex. Chapters: 00:00 Intro 02:15 Introducing Suzanne Grant 14:02 Sponsor Segment 20:50 Capital MASHUP and NACO Summit 2026 22:25 Closing and What’s Ahead at OBJ For more on Ottawa’s tech and innovation scene, visit https://obj.ca/techopia. Subscribe to Techopia’s weekly newsletter here: https://obj121.activehosted.com/f/
Techopia Live: Local angels defy VC downturn | Episode 296

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