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Ottawa tech firms land $1M in funding from Canadian Space Agency

A pair of Ottawa space tech companies collectively secured nearly $1 million in fresh funding this week...

Ottawa-based LED designer steps up its game with Eaton Centre project

Ottawa-based UTG Digital Media has put some pep in a new set of steps at one of...

Here are the six Ottawa startups pitching for $150K at AccelerateOTT

Invest Ottawa has revealed the six startups that will be pitching onstage at AccelerateOTT this year, vying...

Techopia Live: QuickSilk’s CEO making his voice heard in crowded CMS market

In the crowded market for content management systems where names like WordPress are the standard, a made-in-Ottawa...

Invest Ottawa startups to get ‘passport’ to WeWork offices worldwide

Ottawa’s on-the-go entrepreneurs will soon have free access to office space in major cities across the world. WeWork,...

Techopia Live: Ottawa’s HubStor riding a ‘flood’ of data storage demand

Virgin Hyperloop One, like many of the world’s biggest businesses, faces challenges with managing and protecting its...

MindBridge CEO Fathi, University of Ottawa profs join feds’ AI advisory council

Members of Ottawa’s tech and academic communities will guide the federal government in shaping policy decisions around...

Carleton, uOttawa land millions in federal funding for cutting-edge research

A new source of federal funding means a boon of up to $3.5 million in grants for...

U.K. media giant Sky joins Kanata-based You.i TV’s series-C round

You.i TV’s bid to become the dominant software platform in the sports media market is getting a...

Carleton, uOttawa get funding boost to build tech startups

Two of Ottawa’s universities have received a total of $2.5 million in new funding aimed at training...
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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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