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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Software startup Knak secures US$25M to scale up codeless content creation platform

Local firm that makes it faster and cheaper for companies to create mass email marketing campaigns secures big round from Insight Partners, the same VC that backed Shopify and Rewind.

Healthy dose of cash: Fullscript raises $300M VC round to fuel North American expansion

The round is among the biggest ever for an Ottawa firm, eclipsing major deals such as Assent Compliance’s $160-million raise three years ago and Shopify’s $100-million series-C round in 2013.

Ottawa-born 3D commerce platform Threekit lands $30M series-B round

Threekit’s software creates ultra-realistic online 3D images of everything from couches to diamond rings, giving e-commerce customers a much better idea of what they're about to buy.

Capital flowing in to Ottawa-built wellness app Flöka as founder wins $50K SheBoot prize

Mobile app and web portal allow health-care practitioners such as naturopaths, health coaches, dietitians, nutritionists and others to track an array of metrics on a single dashboard.

Ottawa-Gatineau’s jobless rate drops to 5.1% in October

That’s the lowest the rate has been since the dawn of the pandemic in March 2020, but it's mainly the result of a shrinking labour force, Statistics Canada says.

Kinaxis raises guidance amid surging demand for supply-chain software

Ottawa firm says it’s now expecting revenues of between $248 million and $250 million for fiscal 2021, up from previous projections of $242 million to $247 million.

‘A natural fit’: Marketing expert says Quickie-MacEwen union a winner

Deal combines "two really well-managed brands that have been pretty diligent about keeping modern and keeping up standards in their facilities," uOttawa professor Mike Mulvey says.

The Growcer’s hydroponics tech wows customers – and SheBoot pitchfest judges

Co-founder Alida Burke says orders for firm's indoor mini-farms that grow leafy greens and herbs are pouring in as supply chain bottlenecks and surging transportation costs drive up food prices.

Veteran tech leader Hannah retiring after two decades at helm of software firms Vocantas and Pronexus

Longtime executive is perhaps best-known for being chair of the Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation, the predecessor of Invest Ottawa, in the early 2000s.