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Kanata-based Equispheres lands $8M cleantech funding from BDC

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The Business Development Bank of Canada is putting $8 million from its cleantech fund into a made-in-Ottawa metal powder with the potential to reduce fuel

Ottawa’s SmartCone partners with IBM Watson to improve worksite safety

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A made-in-Ottawa Internet of Things device will work alongside one of the world’s most powerful artificial intelligence systems in an attempt to minimize worksite hazards.

Dragons’ Den holding auditions for Ottawa entrepreneurs in March

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Ordinarily the threat of dragons roaming the countryside and descending onto unwitting cities is enough to send townsfolk heading for the hills, but an upcoming

Invest Ottawa adds four startups to accelerator program

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Invest Ottawa has added another four startups to its rolling accelerator program, bringing the total number of companies under its umbrella to nearly 50. The

Techopia Live: Ottawa’s Contextere laying the foundations for global AI success

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Techopia Live got a crash course in business fundamentals this week from Contextere, an Ottawa firm working with the likes of Lockheed Martin and BMW

Ottawa-based Telesat to launch low-earth orbit satellites on Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket

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Ottawa’s Telesat is partnering with some of the biggest companies in space to put its satellites into orbit and power their connections once they’re up

Techopia Live: Tracking the evolution of Kanata’s L-Spark accelerator

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From its origins as an upstart accelerator for Canadian SaaS firms to its new program partnering with BlackBerry QNX, Kanata’s L-Spark has never been one

FedDev Ontario puts $615K into Ottawa startup’s first responder tech

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An Ottawa startup equipping first responders with smart tech has received a $615,000 loan from FedDev Ontario, one of the federal government’s regional development agencies.

U.K.’s Heathrow Airport to pilot made-in-Ottawa artificial intelligence

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Ottawa’s Searidge Technologies will set its software to use at Heathrow Airport in hopes of improving runway visibility for traffic controllers at one of the

Techopia Live: Breaking down Capital Angel Network’s 2018 investments

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Ottawa’s angels were in a blessing mood in 2018. Capital Angel Network’s Jennifer Francis and Nolan Beanlands dropped by Techopia Live this week to discuss