Nathan Drescher

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

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

In the winter of 1994, Kevin Bailey was working at a Daimler-Benz research campus outside of Stuttgart,...

Rob Imbeault on breaking the VC funding dry spell in Ottawa

There have been signs of resilience in Ottawa’s tech sector in the first weeks of 2026, including...

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

Ottawa cleantech company Thermal Energy International has secured two contracts worth a combined $4.7 million in repeat...

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

Abdirahman Qalinle spent three days staring at a software bug that just wouldn’t quit: his fashion AI...

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

“Defence is a very hard market to come into from the outside.” That’s according to Mike Nelson, CEO...

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

Ottawa’s PureColo has been acquired by Carrier Connect Data Solutions in a deal worth $8.5 million. The acquisition...

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

Alida Burke has spent more than a decade helping build Growcer, a sustainable food technology company, working her way through university programs and accelerator and scale-up stages.

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

According to Invest Ottawa, the nation’s capital is home to more than 190 defence companies employing over 10,000 workers. Yet many people working with local defence-tech startups say federal procurement practices make it difficult to sell into their home market.