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Telesat CEO touts ‘defence use cases’ for LEO satellites as firm’s revenues fall in Q3

The ripple effect: How Shopify alumni are building Ottawa’s next tech wave

Most local tech watchers are proud to say that Shopify was born in Ottawa. And while the...

Shopify merchants not weighed down much by trade war, company says

As retailers head into their busiest shopping season, they and their customers don't appear to be feeling...

Bitten by the startup bug at Solink, Michèle Marchand has found her own passion project

After about a decade of jumping from one industry to another, Michèle Marchand finally found a venture...

Colonnade BridgePort expands footprint in Atlantic Canada with leasing mandate at P.E.I. mall

Colonnade BridgePort is adding a retail property in Prince Edward Island to its growing management portfolio in...

BYA Lifetime Achievement winner Bree Jamieson-Holloway on rising above imposter syndrome

Lawyer and entrepreneur Bree Jamieson-Holloway is used to being the youngest person in the room. In 2020, she was an OBJ Forty Under 40 recipient and two years later became the youngest person ever appointed to the Canadian International Trade Tribunal. Now, she’s been named the 2025 Lifetime Achievement recipient at the Ottawa Businesswoman of the Year Awards — and she just turned 40.

Salsa-making venture promises to keep things spicy for Ottawa’s Cheryl Wilcox, aka ‘Mom’

Twenty-four years ago, Cheryl Wilcox tried out a salsa recipe given to her by a co-worker. At...

Veteran U.S. health-care leader Huff takes top job at biotech firm Genomadix

Genomadix has named a veteran U.S. medical technology executive as its new CEO as the Ottawa-based biotech...

Maple Bridge Ventures raises $10M to unlock ‘untapped potential’ of immigrant entrepreneurs

Maple Bridge Ventures announced this week it has secured $10.2 million from anchor investors Farm Credit Corp. and Realize Capital Partners as well as other partners that include former Canopy Growth CEO Mark Zekulin.

Officials launch plan to make National Capital Region a ‘defence innovation hub’

The cities of Ottawa and Gatineau are launching a new strategy to make the National Capital Region a national defence technology hub – an effort advocates say could generate billions of dollars in economic spinoffs as the federal government ramps up military spending.
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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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