
Martello acquires European firm, prepares to divest money-losing business line
CEO John Proctor calls company’s long-term growth strategy a “mixture of offence and defence.”
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Martello acquires European firm, prepares to divest money-losing business line
CEO John Proctor calls company’s long-term growth strategy a “mixture of offence and defence.”

Shopify launches mobile shopping app to boost local commerce
Ottawa-based Shopify is hoping to generate more buzz with a new mobile shopping app aimed at getting consumers to think local.

Ottawa IoT firm SmartCone’s ‘rapid collaboration group’ aids COVID-19 fight
When Jason Lee first started hearing about nationwide lockdowns to thwart the spread of the coronavirus, his instinct for collaboration didn’t take long to kick

KNBA helps Kanata North businesses go digital during pandemic with $200K fund
The Kanata North Business Association is offering its members a financial boost to help them acquire digital solutions to get through the COVID-19 crisis.

CHEO, Algonquin join forces to create scientific literature review software platform
Researchers tap software to gain quick answers to COVID-19 questions, other medical investigations

Ottawa student’s money-transfer app making waves in fintech world
Unlike many university students getting ready to graduate this year, Serge Kiema isn’t fretting about finding gainful employment once his days on campus are over.

Ottawa businesses catering to e-commerce pick up steam during lockdown
Spencer MacPherson’s burgeoning digital photography business was gaining momentum by the month when the COVID-19 crisis suddenly stopped one of its key service lines in

AI project could help authorities better project coronavirus’s path, Carleton prof says
Mohamed Ibnkahla says his project could help identify people who lack food or medication during the COVID-19 crisis or show signs of the illness.

Ottawa’s Equispheres lands $17M in new funding for high-tech metal powder
A Kanata company that’s developing a high-tech metal powder for automotive and aerospace manufacturing has some more rocket fuel in its own tank thanks to

Shopify offers cash advances to merchants amid COVID-19
Company adding US$200 million to Shopify Capital program worldwide.
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