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Techopia Live: Ottawa’s rising and established software stars light up SaaS North

If you were at the Shaw Centre this week for SaaS North – the annual gathering of...

Ottawa-based Shopify acquires Swedish e-commerce firm Tictail

The Ottawa company known for helping merchants sell online made a major purchase of its own just...

Techopia Live: Matt Whitteker on maintaining Assent Compliance’s rapid growth

While $130-million venture-capital rounds are no doubt exciting for any tech firm, the prospect of scaling a...

Klipfolio ranks as sole Ottawa firm on Deloitte Fast 50

An annual ranking of Canada’s fastest growing companies lists dashboard developer Klipfolio as the only Ottawa entrant. The...

Shopify surpasses Mitel as Ottawa’s top R&D spender

After years sharing Ottawa’s top two spots on the ranking of Canada’s biggest research and development spenders,...

Techopia Live: Ottawa-based BlackBox changing how content creators get paid

In the midst of his quest to ensure content creators get a fair shake for their work,...

Ottawa’s Algonquin College, La Cité land $386,000 in federal funding for research partnerships

Two Ottawa colleges will get a cut of $45 million in previously promised federal funding aimed at...

Highlights, pitches, entrepreneur awards and more from TiECon Canada 2018 in Kanata

Let’s end the suspense: The winner of the TiECon Canada 2018 pitchfest is Aetonix! CEO Michel Paquet...

Techopia Live: With visions of scale, Kanata North BIA brings in Veronica Farmer

Techopia Live sat down with the Kanata North Business Association’s new director of operations, Veronica Farmer, this...

MDA bringing made-in-Ottawa expertise to lunar rover concept design

The Canadian Space Agency will look to some Kanata-based expertise in the design of a new lunar...
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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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