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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...

Ottawa’s Shopify partners with Facebook, Snap on new ad-creation apps

Shopify is partnering with two of the world’s leading social media companies to make it easier for...

Techopia Live: Demand for manufacturing insights fuels growth at Kanata’s Sciemetric

Modern manufacturing requires a holistic view of a company’s assembly line, increasing the demand for technology capable...

Shopify deepens brick-and-mortar push with new retail hardware

Two years after launching its first hardware product, Ottawa commerce giant Shopify (TSX:SHOP)(NYSE:SHOP) is doubling down on...

Ottawa gains momentum as other Canadian cities lose ground in global tech hub ranking

A new ranking of global startup ecosystems has Ottawa making waves as one of the top 100...

Feds loan $1M to Gatineau’s VanillaSoft for AI platform development

The federal government announced Tuesday it’s loaning out $1 million to support a CRM software developer with...

Techopia Live: University of Ottawa opens the doors to Kanata North campus

Techopia Live went inside the University of Ottawa’s new space in the Kanata North tech park this...

Virgin Hyperloop One taps Kanata firm’s cloud data management solution

A major player on the cutting edge of transportation technology is using an Ottawa startup’s solution to...

Techopia Live: Ottawa firm reducing cyber threats for small businesses

As fears of cyber threats spread, an Ottawa-based company is finding opportunities in alerting small and medium-sized...

University of Ottawa’s Startup Garage launches 2019 cohort

The University of Ottawa’s Startup Garage has unveiled the next cohort of eight companies that will be...
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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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