David Sali

Dave is OBJ's senior features writer with two decades of experience in the newspaper industry working for a variety of publications from community weeklies to major dailies. He is a four-time award-winning journalist by the Alliance of Area Business Publishers (AABP). He has received awards for best news feature, best scoop and best overall writer among medium-sized business publications.
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Supreme Court won’t hear city’s appeal of planned Kanata golf course redevelopment

Ottawa housing market gaining steam as new home sales surge ahead of 2024’s pace

New home sales in Ottawa jumped 30 per cent in August compared with a year earlier, pushing...

T.O. firms behind luxury downtown rental complex eye more builds in ‘strong’ Ottawa market

The Toronto-based developers of two luxury apartment towers in downtown Ottawa say they are looking at more...

Region’s annual pace of housing starts in August drops 65 per cent from July, CMHC says

Ottawa-Gatineau’s annual pace of housing starts in August plummeted 65 per cent compared with July, the Canada...

Marketing and media firm Craft&Crew revamps business model, rebrands as RDEL Group

The Ottawa-based company, which launched in 2010 as Sochal Group and adopted its current name in early 2021, will now be known as RDEL Group, founder and CEO Dave Hale announced this week.

Ottawa falls to 11th in CBRE’s tech talent rankings as job growth slows

Ottawa dropped out of the top 10 in an annual ranking of North American tech markets as...

Mitel installs telecom veteran Mike Robinson as new chief executive

Mitel has hired veteran telecommunications executive Mike Robinson to lead the Kanata-based company as it attempts to...

Owners mull plan to turn Centretown mixed-use building into rental apartment complex

The owners of a mixed-use building in Centretown are proposing to convert three floors into rental apartments...

Ottawa home sales jump 12% in August, OREB says

Ottawa’s resale housing market continued to enjoy a balmy summer in August as home sales jumped more...

Carbon-capture firm Planetary Technologies lands $31M deal from Shopify-backed Frontier

Planetary Technologies recently announced it’s signed a deal that will see Frontier – a group launched by Shopify, Stripe, Google parent Alphabet, Meta and McKinsey to purchase carbon credits from high-potential carbon-removal ventures – pay it $31.3 million to remove 115,000 tons of carbon monoxide from the atmosphere between 2026 and 2030.
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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/
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