
Armed with fresh funding, fintech firm Veem looks to expand Ottawa operations
Silicon Valley company helps customers send and receive money transfers via blockchain technology.
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Armed with fresh funding, fintech firm Veem looks to expand Ottawa operations
Silicon Valley company helps customers send and receive money transfers via blockchain technology.

uOttawa professor steers AI startup toward ‘huge’ opportunity in self-driving car industry
Sensor Cortek’s trailblazing AI technology that helps autonomous vehicles detect pedestrians and other cars is capturing the attention of some of the industry’s biggest names.

Kanata’s DNA Genotek, Ottawa researchers among those eyeing saliva sampling for COVID-19 testing
Elsewhere, testing and laboratory firm Dynacare – which has more than two dozen locations in the National Capital Region – says it is developing plans

Ottawa’s C-COM, Carleton University part of next-gen antenna project for 5G networks
Ottawa organizations are members of joint Canadian-European program to build “flexible and scalable” antennas that will help transmit data in 5G and high-frequency satellite bands.

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
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