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Ottawa returns to top five Canadian cities attracting venture capital in 2019: MoneyTree

Ottawa companies taking on venture capital in 2019 have raised more on average than firms in Canada’s other major tech hubs, according to the most recent MoneyTree report

FedDev Ontario plugs $2.9M into Ottawa-based Rockport Networks

An Ottawa-based company is getting a boost from the federal government as it looks to disrupt networking technologies

Ottawa to host SoGal pitch competition for female and diverse founders

Applications are closing soon for a global pitch competition coming to Ottawa this fall specifically aimed at startups with diverse founders

Techopia Live: Ottawa firm looks to Make Giving Happen for a digital generation

Techopia Live showed its charitable side this week with an Ottawa tech firm that’s helping local clients such as Carleton University tailor their fundraising campaigns to a new generation

Shopify looks to ‘welcome back’ Ottawa’s lapsed software developers

Trained software developers in Ottawa who have fallen behind on recent advances in the field will soon...

Ottawa-based CIRA lands spot in first cohort of L-Spark’s new secure IoT accelerator

The Ottawa-based company responsible for the .ca domain is among the first cohort of companies joining a new accelerator spearheaded by L-Spark and its team of corporate partners

Techopia Live: Ottawa’s Benbria tracking ‘tectonic’ shifts in customer engagement

Benbria CEO Jordan Parsons joined Techopia Live this week to break down why the customer engagement field is growing exponentially

CATA taps iBIONICS co-founder Suzanne Grant as interim CEO

An Ottawa-based entrepreneur will pick up the torch from the late John Reid to advocate on behalf of Canada’s tech community

Techopia Live: Ottawa’s GoFor deepening U.S. reach following $500K pitchfest win

Techopia Live brought GoFor CEO Brad Rollo on the show this week to learn how the firm's big win is helping it expand its construction industry marketplace south of the border

Ottawa among cities open for applications to public-private 5G testbed

A $400M public-private partnership is opening up a new testbed for companies in Ontario and Quebec to experiment with the coming wave of 5G networks
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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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