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.

Ottawa’s Fastest Growing Companies: Lightship Security becoming a tech darling

Fastest Growing Companies

Navigating through one of the most tumultuous periods the global economy has ever endured makes this year’s honour extra special for the local tech firm.

Healthy boost: Ottawa VR startup Realize Medical lands $1M in seed funding

Techopia

Local biotech firm’s groundbreaking platform is used by medical researchers around the world to create 3D images of hearts, knees and other body parts.

Femtech firm Treehouse Medical making its mark in maternal health-care space

Techopia

Founder Julia Slanina recently took home $30,000 in cash and in-kind services after winning Canada’s Total Mom Pitch, a competition sponsored by Scotiabank.

E-commerce trend will continue ‘well beyond pandemic,’ Finkelstein says as Shopify reports record Q1 profit

Techopia

Ottawa e-commerce giant said net income soared to US$1.26 billion in the first three months of 2021, up from the US$31.4-million net loss it reported

On the mark: Ottawa law firms join program aimed at protecting Amazon merchants’ IP

Techopia

Clancy PC and Rideout & Maybee LLP are among the firms from across Canada participating in Amazon’s IP accelerator.

Ottawa startup Plantaform hopes to harvest profits from indoor gardening technology

Techopia

Local firm’s system uses a concept called fogponics, a technique pioneered by NASA that nourishes plants with nutrient-enriched water vapour.

Innovation 101: Carleton to open meeting rooms, classroom space at new Kanata North facility

Techopia

Site is part of the larger Hub350, which is billed as a “state-of-the-art global technology centre” bringing together local tech, finance and academic talent.

Gemstone teams up with Montreal firm on Centretown mixed-use highrise plan

Residential

Ottawa company hoping to attract a co-working provider and restaurant for commercial portion of proposed development at Somerset and O’Connor streets.

Long time coming: Bryden’s trash-to-energy firm lands first official sale

Techopia

Beleaguered cleantech enterprise formerly known as Plasco is hoping deal with California-based green-energy foundation will help accelerate its path to market.