Nathan Drescher

Siblings Elizabeth and Allan Malcomson are the co-founders of Meerby, an Ottawa-based retail technology company. Photo supplied.

From big box to high tech: Ottawa siblings turn retail headache into growing tech company

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PureColo co-founder Mike Lalonde. Photo by Nathan Drescher.

Inside a data centre: How PureColo is using an old IBM building to serve the needs of the future

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Brytech's Colour Teller assistive care device is one of the many projects in Design 1st's portfolio. Photo from Design 1st's website.

Ex-Nortel designer Kevin Bailey: The man who kept building things you can actually hold

Insider Only Techopia, Top Stories

Rob Imbeault is the co-founder of unicorn firm Assent and founder and CEO of Backboard.io. Photo supplied.

Rob Imbeault on breaking the VC funding dry spell in Ottawa

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Ottawa’s Thermal Energy International lands string of repeat contracts with global clients

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Rob Imbeault, co-founder of Assent Compliance and founder of Backboard. Photo supplied.

Meet some of the city’s hottest solo tech founders: What makes them tick?

Insider Only Techopia, Top Stories

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Why you can’t just walk into defence: Ottawa program tackles industry’s steep learning curve

Insider Only Defence and Security, Ottawa, Top Stories

Purecolo team members James Mackenzie (left), COO/co-founder; Rainer Paduch, CEO/co-founder; and Mike Lalonde, co-founder.

Ottawa’s PureColo acquired by Vancouver’s Carrier Connect Data Solutions in $8.5M deal

Insider Only Techopia, Top Stories

Alida Burke is a co-founder and CEO of Ottawa-based vertical farming company Growcer. Photo Credit: The Growcer

Women tech founders are scaling up in Ottawa, but you may not have heard of them

Insider Only Techopia, Top Stories

‘Road to nowhere’: Local SMEs explain their struggles with federal defence procurement

Ottawa, Defence and Security, Insider Only Top Stories

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