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.

Ottawa business leaders win big at Women in IT, Finance awards in Toronto

Ottawa’s female business leaders took home a haul of hardware at the Women in Finance and Women in IT awards held this week in Toronto

Ottawa’s Intouch Insight swings to Q3 profit with 25% revenue boost

Already serving well-known brands such as Sobeys and A&W, CEO Cameron Watt said in a statement that the firm also added 'new logos to its portfolio' this past quarter

Techopia Live: Silicon Valley VC assembled ‘the Avengers’ to run Ottawa’s Threekit

With brands the likes of Crate and Barrel using Threekit’s tech to model couches online with a variety of colours and fabrics, big-name investors also started taking notice

Ottawa-based Martello’s shares drop despite 59% Q2 revenue jump

After its first 12 months on the public markets, a series of acquisitions and other growth initiatives helped Martello Technologies boost its revenues significantly year-over-year

Passing the torch: The complexities of succession planning

Succession planning is a detailed, often emotional and personal process that can – and often does – take years of contemplation and complex negotiation to complete.

Collège La Cité opens prototyping centre for students and Ottawa businesses

Ottawa students and researchers now have access to another development centre for prototyping new products through the latest tech

Electric vehicle charging stations growing in popularity among Kanata tenants

Landlord KRP Properties has highest concentration of charging stations in Ottawa-Gatineau

Invest Ottawa’s new peer groups giving entrepreneurs business – and personal – support

Invest Ottawa’s newest resources to support local entrepreneurs are, in fact, the entrepreneurs themselves

Patient capital: Investment fund CEO eyes Ottawa companies for long-term growth

Canadian Business Growth Fund CEO and Ottawa native George Rossolatos says a lack of patient capital is condemning too many of this country’s startups to quick deaths

Ottawa-made 3D commerce tool Threekit raises US$20M series-A round

The startup born of an Ottawa entrepreneur’s vision to bring e-commerce into three dimensions has landed a major funding round
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The narrative surrounding the Canadian tech sector often focuses on boom-and-bust cycles, brain drain, or the historical demise of past giants. But the numbers tell a different story. Driven by evolutionary waves from telecommunications to software-as-a-service, quantum computing, and artificial intelligence, the national technology ecosystem has quietly produced remarkable long-term enterprise value. New research shows that Ottawa tech unicorns have produced at least one billion-dollar firm every single decade, making it the highest per-capita producer of unicorns in the country. Moreso, local tech ventures account for a staggering three-quarters of all-time wealth creation in Canadian tech history, driving $1.4 trillion in wealth over the past 36 years. In this episode of Techopia Live, OBJ publisher Michael Curran celebrates Ottawa Innovation Week by speaking with tech veteran Sasha Gera, chief operating officer of HealWell AI. Gera shares his research and insights from his newly launched ledger, Unicorn North, highlighting how Ottawa stacks up against other major Canadian cities and why it remains the most productive, distraction-free destination for building sustainable, hundred-year companies. Chapters: 00:00 Intro 02:22 Introducing Sasha Gera 14:45 Sponsor Segment 17:57 Innovation Week 25:15 Closing and What’s Ahead at OBJ For more on Ottawa’s tech and innovation scene, visit https://obj.ca/techopia Subscribe to Techopia’s weekly newsletter here: https://obj121.activehosted.com/f/5
Techopia: Is Ottawa the country’s biggest tech wealth generator? | Episode 298

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