
Giatec Scientific warming to the challenge of building a greener concrete industry
Pouria Ghods and his colleagues at the Ottawa tech firm aren’t just paying lip service to fighting climate change – they have a concrete plan
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Giatec Scientific warming to the challenge of building a greener concrete industry
Pouria Ghods and his colleagues at the Ottawa tech firm aren’t just paying lip service to fighting climate change – they have a concrete plan

Making a splash: Kanata’s RBR lands $2M in federal funding for high-tech ocean sensors
New technology will help track metrics such as the temperature, salt content and oxygen levels of oceans.

Brick-and-mortar focus paying off as Gatineau’s Foko lands $3M in fresh funding
Software firm’s communications platform aimed at traditional retail businesses located in physical stores remains in high demand even as e-commerce flourishes in the COVID era.

Shopify to focus on fulfilment, international merchants after US$124M Q4 profit
Ottawa-based e-commerce firm’s revenue totalled US$977.7 million, up from US$505.2 million in the last quarter of 2019.

‘2021 will be the year that the world finds out that we exist and that we’re special.’

How Ottawa meeting planners are creating engaging virtual events
With in-person events on hold for the foreseeable future, event planners in the capital are putting a new spin on virtual gatherings.

Data protection software firm Rewind’s first acquisition opens door to ‘massive market opportunity’
The 65-person local startup, which works mainly with Shopify merchants, announced this week it has acquired German software company BackHub.

Calian Group raises fiscal 2021 guidance after surge in Q1 health-care revenues
Kanata firm reported revenues of $116.2 million for the three-month period ending Dec. 31, 2020, up 17 per cent from a year earlier.

Account executive Claude Miron joins Scrivens Insurance and Investment Solutions
Past Forty Under 40 recipient currently serves as chairman of the Ottawa Insurance Brokers Association board.

BlackBerry QNX software to help power Hyundai AV technology
Kanata firm’s Black Channel Communications platform is designed to ensure a vehicle’s embedded safety systems are able to seamlessly and securely exchange data.
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