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.

Techopia Live: CEO John Proctor explains Martello’s IPO opportunity

We may have just had Martello Technologies’ CEO on the the program a few months ago, but...

Virtual reality realty: Ottawa media firms set to merge

The prospect of offering realtors a full-suite of video and VR options has brought Ottawa firms 3Dshowing.com...

Ottawa firm Edgewater provides in-store Wi-Fi for Kroger’s smart shopping apps

With traditional shopping ripe for mobile disruption, U.S. grocery chain Kroger has tapped Ottawa’s Edgewater Wireless Systems...

A business health check for the New Year

Over the past few weeks many of us will have taken some time to pour ourselves a...

Feds plug $3M into Ottawa’s Sciemetric to bolster automotive sector

A decades-old Ottawa firm will receive a share of $41 million in federal spending aimed at supporting Canada’s...

Ottawa firm Bitaccess powers feds’ blockchain experiment

A local startup is helping the federal government take its first steps into the blockchain with a...

Breaking down Capital Angel Network’s 2017 investments

In its most active year yet, the Capital Angel Network invested $3.3 million in 20 companies, giving...

Ottawa-based Ackroo sets sights high after 23% revenue growth in 2017

A recent acquisition bolstered year-end results for Ackroo, which in turn has led Ottawa’s loyalty program provider...

Update: Ottawa-Gatineau misses Amazon HQ2, but officials pleased with bid effort

The benefit of pulling together a region-wide bid outweighs the disappointment, say those who sought to woo the Seattle-based tech giant.

‘Ottawa 4.0’: Where Invest Ottawa’s CEO wants to take the capital in five years

An expansion of Bayview Yards, a digital business-to-business marketplace and a narrower focus on supporting specific industries...
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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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