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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: Silicon Valley startup and investment strategies to avoid

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There’s a general assumption that Silicon Valley is the centre of innovation in the world. It’s more complex than that. In many places I travel,

Techopia Live: Mitel CFO Steve Spooner breaks down Ottawa firm’s $430M ShoreTel acquisition

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Industry veteran explains the thinking behind the purchase, Mitel’s M&A strategy and why businesses are losing interest in managing their phone and communication systems in-house.

Ottawa VC, private equity investments drop 4% in first half of 2017

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Investors poured more than $85.5 million into Ottawa-area tech companies in the first six months of the year, led by a $43.73-million funding round raised

Shopify records ‘stunning’ Q2 as Ottawa e-commerce firm surpasses 500K merchants

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Shopify shares soared more than 13 per cent on Tuesday after the firm reported a massive increase in revenues and merchants using the Ottawa-based e-commerce

DragonWave directors resign, firm delisted from TSX

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Embattled telecom firm DragonWave will be delisted from the Toronto Stock Exchange at the end of this month, the company announced Tuesday, a day after

As Liberals tout ‘innovation agenda,’ CRA keeps scaling back SR&ED credits: CATA

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CATA argues $5.3 billion has been removed from the program between 2009 and 2016.

Trading in DragonWave shares suspended as creditors seek court-supervised sale

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DragonWave’s lenders were in court Monday morning seeking the appointment of a receiver to oversee the struggling telecom company’s business and assets. The Ottawa-based firm

Clearford’s sales slip as CEO touts turnaround plan for Ottawa clean-tech firm

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Revenues at Ottawa-based Clearford Water Systems fell 6.6 per cent in the second quarter as it wrapped up several large projects in Canada, India and

Not your run-of-the-mill makerspace

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The latest addition to Ottawa’s innovation ecosystem is giving a whole new meaning to the term “cutting-edge technology.” Officially launched in late June, MadeMill is

Do you need a computer science degree to break into Ottawa’s tech sector?

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Techopia was on the road again this week, dropping by the Rideau Street offices of PageCloud for HackerNest – an international non-profit running self-described “unpretentious