Ottawa’s VC haul grows nearly fourfold to $400 million in 2021, research firm says
After a down year in 2020, startups in the Ottawa region bounced back last year when it came to their ability to attract early stage
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David Sali
Dave is OBJ’s senior writer and editor 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.
Reel believer: Incoming film commissioner Saint Sardos says Ottawa is a ‘jewel’ for producers
Industry veteran takes over as head of the not-for-profit Ottawa Film Office from Bruce Harvey, a former entertainment lawyer and film producer who launched the
Driven to innovate: Autocorp.ai brings cutting-edge tech to ‘archaic’ world of car financing
Former car salesman-turned-startup founder Andrew Lemoine says he’s kickstarting a technological revolution in an industry that’s been stuck in neutral for far too long.
Planetary Technologies has raised nearly $8 million in seed funding as it vies for tens of millions of dollars in prize money in a green-technology
Green dreams: Ex-Canopy Growth exec tackles climate change with new funding platform
Mark Zekulin says he was seeking a venture that would do good and was in a field that was “as exciting and as dynamic” as
Ex-Windmill partner George to lead Colonnade BridgePort’s GTA expansion effort
City’s largest commercial property manager is turning to a veteran of the green building movement to scale up its development pipeline in Ottawa and accelerate
Montreal’s BTB REIT bullish on Ottawa industrial sector as firm pulls trigger on $12.5M buy
Real estate investment trust is shopping for more warehouse and other commercial space in the National Capital Region as it looks to shift its portfolio
‘Y Combinator on steroids’: Former elite soldier, Shopify co-founder launch security-focused VC fund
While the white-collar world of venture capital financing might seem as far removed from the combat theatre of special military operations as Afghanistan is from
Proptech’s prospects may rise in the wake of COVID-19
Long before COVID-19 became an omnipresent part of Canadian life, Meredith Thatcher could sense an emerging seismic shift in the way tenants used technology to
Telesat warns supply chain woes could delay Lightspeed launch
Ottawa firm said Friday its low-Earth-orbit satellite network aimed at delivering high-speed internet to remote areas might not be in orbit until 2025, a year
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