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Martello Technologies tops Ottawa firms on Growth 500 list for second straight year

While nearly two dozen established Ottawa firms are proving themselves among the fastest-growing in Canada, the National...

Gatineau-based Foko Retail chases European market with new France office

A Gatineau-based retail software firm is expanding to Europe this month in response to strong brick-and-mortar demand...

Ottawa-based Solace to underpin U.K. fintech firm’s exchange platform

An Ottawa company’s tech will enable rapid data transfers on a British firm’s platform that manages cryptocurrencies...

Ottawa-based Martello Technologies to go public on Sept. 12

The day almost a year in the making is nearly here: Ottawa’s Martello Technologies will ring the...

Techopia Live: Fast-growing FRAMOS eyes embedded vision opportunities

In this week’s season premiere, Techopia Live turned its camera on a company that’s itself quite familiar...

Ottawa-based Shopify to expand Toronto footprint with 434,000-square-foot Well Tower lease

Ottawa’s e-commerce giant is expanding its space in Toronto with a sizeable lease at a new office...

Ottawa-based MasterpieceVR joins Silicon Valley accelerator

An Ottawa-based virtual reality software company will bring its creative vision to Silicon Valley this fall. MasterpieceVR develops...

Transport Canada awards $300,000 to Ottawa cleantech auto projects

A slew of federal government grants awarded to Ottawa organizations are looking to advance new technologies and...

University of Ottawa uses local startup’s tech to improve transit service

The University of Ottawa is partnering with a local startup in the hopes of improving transit service...

Techopia Live: Syntronic Canada aiming for 180 new Ottawa hires by 2022

Techopia Live took advantage of a new broadcast location at the Red Dragon Golf Classic to grab...
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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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