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.
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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.
Company reported revenues of $3.33 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2021 as shift to remote work fuelled demand for its products.
Ottawa-based Telesat targeting IPO in 2021: Report
Public offering expected to help fund firm’s multibillion-dollar LEO satellite program.
Clearly different: Vars startup’s see-through masks catch RCMP’s eye
Country’s largest police force testing InnovaTools’ clear plastic PPE as part of federal R&D program.
Ottawa digital marketing agency eyes software push as revenues soar during pandemic
Three-year-old startup says new SaaS-based tool will help ‘level the playing field’ for SMEs competing against corporate giants for ad space on social media.
Ottawa startup sees ocean of opportunities in new carbon-capture technology
Planetary Hydrogen’s system that scrubs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and creates hydrogen – a potential “fuel of the future” – as a byproduct is
Ottawa’s Intouch Insight remains bullish despite dramatic drop in Q2 revenues
Ottawa software firm said revenues dropped 71 per cent in the second quarter to $1.46 million, down from $5 million in the same period a
Ottawa entrepreneur’s info-sharing app gaining traction in COVID era
Maker of mobile application that securely stores health information, schedules and other vital family data lands deals with the Canadian Forces and a local home-care
Spartan Bioscience says it’s found fix for COVID-19 test, set to reapply for Health Canada approval
Ottawa biotech firm voluntarily recalled test in May after federal regulatory agency expressed concern about its effectiveness.
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