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.

Kinaxis to keep hiring ‘aggressively’ as revenues soar amid ongoing supply-chain disruptions

Techopia

Kanata-based firm now projecting revenues of between $355 million and $365 million for the fiscal year ending Dec. 31, up $10 million from its previous

Evidence Partners lands $20M VC round to fuel global expansion push

Techopia

Kanata-based software firm says demand for its software that helps streamline the medical research process has skyrocketed during the pandemic.

Southern exposure: inMotion says acquisition by New England firm will boost U.S. client base

Ottawa

Ottawa-based agency, which provides digital marketing, video and web development services, expects to double its local headcount to 30 employees as a result of the

Rising from Spartan’s ashes: Genomadix says retooled rapid COVID test ready for market

Techopia

Ottawa biotech startup has raised $7.5 million in fresh funding as it looks to capitalize what it says is the continued need for “a decentralized,

Toronto-based semiconductor technology firm makes waves with Kanata expansion

Techopia

Alphawave IP says new March Road facility will employ 100-plus workers by the end of the year and could become the rapidly growing company’s main

Cool idea: Ottawa biotech firm’s cell-chilling technology lures major investors, big-name CEO

Techopia

Former Pythian president Keith Millar now heads CryoStasis, a fledgling startup whose technology aims to make organ transplants and stem-cell research more viable.

Ottawa remains ‘beacon’ for office investors, industry execs say in wake of major sales

Non-Residential

Two downtown office towers totalling more than 300,000 square feet at 400 Cumberland St. and 77 Metcalfe St. have sold for a combined $60 million.

Ottawa-Gatineau housing starts bounce back in June: CMHC

Residential

While construction slowed down on the Gatineau side of the Ottawa River, with the number of new starts falling to 132 from 151 the previous

Growing entity: Fieldless Farms raises $17.5M to sow seeds of cross-Canada expansion

Ottawa

Three-year-old Ottawa-based agri-tech startup is already selling leafy greens in more than 40 Farm Boy stores in Ontario as well as Massine’s Your Independent Grocer

Welbi eyes U.S. market as software company lands $6M seed round to fuel expansion

Techopia

Ottawa firm that helps retirement and long-term care homes design recreation programs and other activities for seniors says its revenues have risen 1,800 per cent