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Exploring STUFF Made and Built in Eastern Ontario 2023

What is made and built in Eastern Ontario, who’s making it and what kinds of careers are available now and in the future? 

Lawyer Ryma Nasrallah doubles down on her gift to The Ottawa Hospital

Ryma Nasrallah recently took her charitable giving one step further, making her largest ever donation to the Ottawa Hospital.

Megan Wallace set to lead Mann Lawyers new not-for-profit and charity law group

Mann Lawyers is please to announce that Megan Wallace is now leading their Not-for-Profit and Charity Law Group.

Balancing act: How to increase prices without compromising customer satisfaction

When it's time to increase prices, it can be a delicate subject, as businesses don't want to alienate their customer base or appear opportunistic. 

Indigenous tourism a sector of growth and impact for Ottawa

By hiring Colleen Nolan, Ottawa Tourism is reaffirming its commitment to supporting Indigenous tourism, history and culture in the capital. 

Your business will rise in Smiths Falls

Establishing, expanding or relocating a business might be all new to you, but Smiths Falls has an...

Innovative agriculture training programs in the nation’s capital

We are starting to see graduates from La Cité leave their mark in the agri-food sector, thanks to a more recent agriculture training programs.

The Salvation Army needs Ottawa’s business community to help their neighbours with food, safe housing

The Salvation Army in Ottawa is appealing to the generous business community to become corporate mission partners.

Your business data has been lost: Now what?

With employees working remotely and accessing business data through various outlets, the risk of data loss is not a matter of ‘if’, but ‘when’.

Sounding the alarm on Canada’s cybersecurity skills gap

Canada is facing growing cyberattacks designed to create chaos and earn ransom – raising the need to close the cybersecurity skills gap.
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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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