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AccelerateOTT putting $150K up for grabs at 2019 pitchfest

Ottawa’s homegrown innovation conference is putting up a pretty purse for its annual pitchfest this year. AccelerateOTT announced...

Techopia Live: Kanata North panelists make the business case for gender equity

It’s about business – not women in business. That was the key takeaway from a panel discussion...

Techopia Live: Aydin Mirzaee on the Ottawa tech scene’s evolution

Techopia Live went on tour this past week to OneEleven Ottawa, the latest accelerator in the capital’s...

Ottawa’s Advanced Symbolics picked for Lazaridis ScaleUp Program

An Ottawa-based artificial intelligence company is among 10 women-led businesses selected to participate in the fourth cohort...

The Growcer signs produce supply deal with university food services firm Chartwells

Ottawa-based hydroponics startup The Growcer will soon be installing its high-tech system for growing fruits and vegetables...

Kanata’s L-Spark partners with Algonquin College on student entrepreneurship initiatives

Kanata-based L-Spark is taking some space at Algonquin College to make its mark on the post-secondary institution’s...

Techopia Live: Ottawa startup Poly turning plastic problem into business opportunity

Techopia Live visited the University of Ottawa’s STEM building this week to hear how student startup Poly...

Meet Ottawa-Gatineau’s 2019 Bootstrap Award winners

An Ottawa-made hydroponics system, a solution for healthier eating in the workplace and a sport hijab maker...

Meet Ottawa-Gatineau’s 2019 Bootstrap Award winners

An Ottawa-made hydroponics system, a solution for healthier eating in the workplace and a sport hijab maker...

India-based data centre equipment supplier expands to Ottawa

An Indian company is branching out to Canada with a new subsidiary in the capital focused on...
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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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