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Invest Ottawa launches health-tech pre-accelerator pilot

Invest Ottawa’s newest accelerator program will give a booster shot to entrepreneurs looking to make an impact on the healthcare sector

Techopia Live: Fintech firm Veem growing in both Kanata and Silicon Valley

Sheila James, Veem’s vice-president of operations, joined Techopia Live this week to explain why she believes the global payments industry is 'ripe for the fixing'

Techopia Live: After 10 years in business, Napkyn Analytics shares secret sauce

Techopia Live invited the team from Napkyn Analytics to the show this week to share some of the best practices that have placed the firm on numerous fastest-growing companies lists over the past decade in business

Techopia Live: Inside TÜV SÜD’s testing labs in Kanata North

Techopia Live went inside one of Kanata North’s longest-standing test facilities this week, where we learned how German operator TÜV SÜD is helping local firms bring products to market

Four Ottawa startups join L-Spark’s 2019 fall cohort

A slew of Ottawa companies will join the latest cohort of L-Spark’s SaaS accelerator this coming fall

Giatec Scientific leads Ottawa firms on Globe and Mail list of top-growing companies

The accolades just keep pouring in for an Ottawa-based concrete sensor developer that is the region’s highest-ranked firm in the Globe and Mail’s inaugural list of Canada’s top-growing companies

Techopia Live: Iversoft shares ‘secret sauce’ on the digital consultancy’s rapid growth

Iversoft, one of Ottawa’s fastest-growing companies, welcomed Techopia Live into its new offices this week to give...

TiE Ottawa extends application deadline for $150K pitchfest

The organizers of Ottawa’s annual TiECon Canada conference have extended the deadline an extra week for the 2019 pitchfest, which promises an even bigger prize than previous years’ events

Techopia Live: Ottawa’s Giatec Scientific scaling up with ‘discipline’

Giatec co-founder Pouria Ghods said one of the factors helping the firm grow is the attractiveness of its solution to an industry facing a talent crunch

Ottawa-born 3D commerce firm Threekit expands overseas with Paris, London offices

A 3D-imaging company with roots in Ottawa is putting down seeds in Europe to serve overseas markets. Threekit,...
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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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