Techopia

Techopia is focused on Ottawa’s technology sector. This multimedia project includes regular online news coverage, a video and audio podcast, private networking events and quarterly reports. OBJ also partners with EY to create an annual magazine called Techopia-EY Insights.

Op-ed: A lesson for COVID-19? How the dot-com bubble burst saved my startup

An earlier economic shock permanently changed the trajectory of Nick Quain's startup. Here are the lessons he learned that will apply to many companies in 2020.

Ottawa tech firms catering to teleworkers see ‘surge in demand’ for products

With the number of Canadians working from home climbing dramatically, local companies are going ‘flat out’ to deliver solutions

Techopia Live: Ottawa’s SmartCone builds no-touch tool to battle pandemic

An Ottawa-based high-tech company is shifting its focus to a simpler solution that could solve some common COVID-19 concerns while funding a more rapid response to the pandemic

Shopify suspends outlook for 2020 even though Q1 to meet or exceed expectations

Shopify says it is suspending its financial outlook for the year because of the uncertainty stemming from COVID-19. The...

Spartan Bioscience fielding flurry of orders for COVID-19 test kit

An Ottawa-based biotech firm says orders are pouring in from across the world for its handheld device that’s designed to produce COVID-19 test results in as little as half an hour

Ottawa research lab partners with NRC to develop COVID vaccine

An Ottawa-born pharmaceutical company is teaming up with the National Research Council in a bid to develop...

Kanata kids launch startup to help bookworms in the pandemic

While most Ottawa kids are struggling to fill their days amid an unexpectedly extended March Break, two...

Calian officials expect to weather COVID-19 storm despite projected $8M revenue hit

CEO Kevin Ford said Calian “remains stable” and is still on track to reach its projected fiscal 2020 revenue targets

United Way taps Ottawa’s Ruckify to loan electronics to community in crisis

Ottawa-based Ruckify is putting its rental platform to work for the United Way and its clients left vulnerable by the COVID-19 pandemic

Ottawa tech CEOs sign open letter to Premier Ford asking for COVID-19 support

Ottawa tech CEOs are joining their counterparts across the province in calling on the Ontario government for immediate relief to maintain the sectors’ operations through the COVID-19 disruptions
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