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Seven steps to start planning your business exit strategy

Planned or unplanned, every business owner eventually leaves their business one way or another. Owners who plan...

Nominations open to honour self-capitalized Ottawa entrepreneurs

Awards will be offered across eight categories.

Cents vs. sense: Considerations for intergenerational wealth management

Many Baby Boomers are looking for ways to pass along their wealth to the next generation.

Changes to Canadian privacy legislation

Canada’s Privacy Act1 is more than 35 years old and is long overdue for an update. Given...

Addressing the reality and necessity of lifelong learning for engineers

Lifelong learning is commonly defined as the ongoing, voluntary, and self-motivated pursuit of knowledge for either personal or professional...

The value of being great at receiving feedback

Have you ever been in the situation where a colleague asks for feedback and you break out...

Understanding mutual funds and ETFs

An alphabet soup There are so many acronyms and variables in investing and financial planning, it can be...

Five-minute self-care tips to prevent the ‘January blues’

With January here and the holiday season tucked behind us, we face a month known for broken...

Five tips to avoid virtual communications burnout

Our reliance on virtual communications might be straining our state of mental health during these uncertain times.

When bad things happen: The new age of disaster recovery

Disaster recovery (DR) is not what it used to be. Technology has come a long way. What used...
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For Ottawa-based tech founders looking to raise capital, these are challenging days. The "valley of death," that precarious gap between initial startup and sustainable growth, appears to be widening. While early funding often comes from family and friends, angel investors play a critical role in bridging this gap. In Ottawa, the Capital Angel Network (CAN) has anchored the local angel investor ecosystem since 2010. Despite a downturn in venture capital nationally, CAN bucked the trend in 2025, recording its second-biggest year in history. With a membership that includes individual angels, venture capital firms, family offices, and accelerators, CAN invested approximately $8 million in 2025 alone. In this episode of Techopia Live, OBJ publisher Michael Curran speaks with Suzanne Grant, the executive director of the Capital Angel Network. They discuss: -- Deal Flow in 2025: Why CAN ranked as the number one angel group in Canada for the number of deals invested last year. -- The Impact of AI: How investors are looking for a "moat" in an increasingly crowded AI sector. -- Diversity: How CAN is leading the country with 37% women investors, helping to diversify the local deal flow. -- Noteworthy Investments: Recent support for local and regional innovators like Marlowe, Plantaform, and Hyalodex. Chapters: 00:00 Intro 02:15 Introducing Suzanne Grant 14:02 Sponsor Segment 20:50 Capital MASHUP and NACO Summit 2026 22:25 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/
Techopia Live: Local angels defy VC downturn | Episode 296

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