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Ottawa tech veteran Gord Wyse tapped as Klipfolio’s new CFO

Ottawa-based Klipfolio will turn the books over to local tech veteran Gord Wyse, the firm’s second chief...

Techopia Live: Ottawa’s Arvizio brings mixed reality to the enterprise market

To consumers, augmented and mixed reality applications often take the form of visually rich playgrounds or immersive...

Broaden your search and focus on potential: Techopia Live talent panel

In response to debates raging across Canada about whether we have a brain drain – a flood...

Ottawa’s Shopify acquires Montreal-based Return Magic

Shopify has brought another one of the successful developers in its app ecosystem in-house with its latest...

Ottawa-based Leonovus lands federal government pilot project

Ottawa’s Leonovus will pilot its storage solution with a Government of Canada department this summer, hoping that...

Techopia Live: Ottawa-based Crypto4A securing for the internet of tomorrow

Strapped with government funding, Ottawa’s Crypto4A dropped by Techopia Live this week to talk about what exactly...

Kanata-based L-Spark accelerator opening applications to cyber, IoT firms

The Kanata-based accelerator program known for its aggressive approach to scaling software-as-a-service firms is opening its application...

Techopia Live: Video software firm March Networks tracking cannabis from seed to sale

You can’t build a global company for 18 years without one eye focused on the future –...

Ottawa’s CENGN appoints Jean-Charles Fahmy as new CEO

A telecommunications veteran with a background in Ottawa tech will lead the locally-based Centre of Excellence in...

Techopia Live: Upcoming conferences targeting Ottawa entrepreneurs of all ages

Techopia Live had the scoop this week on the summer’s hottest conferences and programs for founders young...
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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
Techopia: Is Ottawa the country’s biggest tech wealth generator? | Episode 298

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