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Cash in the capital: Ottawa-area firms raise $14M in first-quarter VC funding

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Ottawa’s The Growcer trials concentrated CO2 spray to speed up hydroponic growing

An Ottawa company that builds specially designed containers for hydroponic fruit and vegetable growth in northern communities...

Ottawa’s Ensyn to build new Quebec plant with BDC investment

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Kanata’s Neptec lands $1.8M in Canadian Space Agency contracts

With ambitions to put an autonomous rover in space, Kanata-based Neptec has been awarded multiple contracts valued...

AccelerateOTT 2018 lineup to feature Assent Compliance CEO Waitman

A prominent local CEO and some high-profile out-of-towners are among the first few speakers unveiled for this...

Ottawa’s Edgewater Wireless unveils Wi-Fi location tracking tech

Edgewater Wireless, an Ottawa-based provider of high-density Wi-Fi networks, says its latest tech can identify and track...

Gatineau’s SMITH leads Air Canada Vacations digital transformation

Coming off a high-growth year, Gatineau commerce firm SMITH has been tapped by Air Canada Vacations to...

Techopia Live: Ottawa’s Searidge Technologies lands customers on layovers

Like catching a flight, if you’re selling air traffic management technologies to an airport, delays are to...

Sunny break: You.i TV scores Weather Channel tech deal

Technology developed by one of Ottawa’s fastest-growing companies is being used to personalize weather forecasts for millions...
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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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