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Kanata’s Martello raises $6.9M to help finance European acquisition

Local software company has achieved significant growth in monthly recurring revenues over the past several years

Kanata biotech firm unveils touchless stethoscope system

A Kanata biotech company says it’s developed a device that allows doctors and nurses to listen to a patient’s heart and lungs while maintaining physical distancing.

Techopia Live: When should an entrepreneur quit their day job and go all-in on their startup?

FundMore.ai's Chris Grimes saw an opportunity while working in the mortgage industry. But when is it time to take a great idea and turn it into a business?

Century club: Kanata’s Calian tops $100M revenue mark in Q2

Kanata-based Calian Group cracked the $100-million revenue barrier for the first time ever in the second quarter...

Shopify raises $1.5B in share offering

E-commerce giant Shopify said Tuesday it has raised nearly $1.5 billion after selling more than 2.1 million...

Software firm Leonovus’s bid to acquire Kanata data centre stalls

An Ottawa-based software company says its planned acquisition of a local data centre has hit a roadblock...

ProntoForms’ Q1 revenue jumps 21% as demand ‘surges’ for software platform amid COVID-19

Ottawa’s ProntoForms says it expects interest in its software platform to rise as more of its target...

City to help Ottawa tech firms pilot new products

The City of Ottawa is helping local companies test-drive new technology in an effort to reignite the...

Shopify adds curbside pickup option to new-look point-of-sale system

Less than a week after launching a new mobile shopping app aimed at drumming up business for...

Techopia Live: The remote-first startup – Bitback’s road to Techstars Berlin

From its roots in the National Capital Regional, Bitback's journey has taken it to South Africa and Uganda – leading to lessons for founders managing a virtual company.
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The narrative surrounding the Canadian tech sector often focuses on boom-and-bust cycles, brain drain, or the historical demise of past giants. But the numbers tell a different story. Driven by evolutionary waves from telecommunications to software-as-a-service, quantum computing, and artificial intelligence, the national technology ecosystem has quietly produced remarkable long-term enterprise value. New research shows that Ottawa tech unicorns have produced at least one billion-dollar firm every single decade, making it the highest per-capita producer of unicorns in the country. Moreso, local tech ventures account for a staggering three-quarters of all-time wealth creation in Canadian tech history, driving $1.4 trillion in wealth over the past 36 years. In this episode of Techopia Live, OBJ publisher Michael Curran celebrates Ottawa Innovation Week by speaking with tech veteran Sasha Gera, chief operating officer of HealWell AI. Gera shares his research and insights from his newly launched ledger, Unicorn North, highlighting how Ottawa stacks up against other major Canadian cities and why it remains the most productive, distraction-free destination for building sustainable, hundred-year companies. Chapters: 00:00 Intro 02:22 Introducing Sasha Gera 14:45 Sponsor Segment 17:57 Innovation Week 25:15 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/5
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