
Buying in: Shopify signs on as first customer for Ottawa startup’s carbon-capture technology
E-commerce giant will pay Planetary Hydrogen to remove carbon dioxide from the air while helping to fund company’s groundbreaking research.
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Buying in: Shopify signs on as first customer for Ottawa startup’s carbon-capture technology
E-commerce giant will pay Planetary Hydrogen to remove carbon dioxide from the air while helping to fund company’s groundbreaking research.

Kivuto Solutions lands $7.6M in fresh equity to fuel expansion push
Educational software provider’s revenues have surged as schools around the world pivoted to remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Fast-growing California software firm picks Ottawa for new global R&D hub
Gigamon’s customers include eight of the world’s 10 largest banks as well as eight of the top 10 global telecom service providers.

Recipe for success? Ottawa engineer hopes AI-driven ‘robot chef’ becomes the next kitchen necessity
Khalid Aboujassoum’s stovetop appliance looks much like a crock pot and uses machine-learning technology to cook meals from pre-prepared ingredients.

Ottawa tech veterans hope sales-boosting software will be a hit with Amazon merchants
SaaS startup Trellis has already landed more than $1M in seed funding from investors in Canada, the United States, the Middle East and Asia.

Ottawa’s tally of VC deals rising despite pandemic, report says
A total of 16 local companies landed VC financing in the first six months of this year, up from a dozen in the first half

Bullish execs tout BluMetric’s ‘resilience’ despite Q3 revenue drop
Cleantech firm posted net earnings of $673,000 for the quarter, up $663,000 from the same period last year.

Shopping local: Calian acquires Ottawa-based wireless antenna maker Tallysman in $24.5M deal
Ten-year-old Ottawa firm makes satellite antennas as small as a human hand for clients in the autonomous vehicle, precision agriculture and other sectors.

U of O PhD student’s smartwatch a timely innovation in COVID fight
High-tech wearable device that tracks key vital signs and monitors cardiac signals earns award for biomedical engineering entrepreneur.

Ottawa health-tech firm Welbi lands deal with retirement home giant
New contract will see local company’s recreation-planning software rolled out in retirement homes across Canada.
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