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.

Invest Ottawa taps search firm to help organization find ‘visionary leader’

Invest Ottawa has hired executive search firm Boyden Canada to help find a new president and CEO to replace Michael Tremblay, who stepped down at the end of November to become Calian Group’s president of IT and cyber solutions.

Syntronic gears up for more growth in Ottawa after cutting jobs in 2023

After laying off dozens of workers from its Ottawa operations last year, design services firm Syntronic says...

Holiday shopping, Black Friday hands Shopify US$657M Q4 profit and 24% revenue growth

A flurry of holiday sales saw Shopify Inc. end 2023 with strong revenue growth and profits even...

Software startup PartnerPortal.io acquired by Texas company

Two years after raising a six-figure seed round to scale up its platform that helps customers expand their sales and marketing partnerships, Ottawa startup PartnerPortal.io has been sold to a U.S. firm.

Embattled Ottawa software firm Leonovus sells assets to Delaware company for $2.5M

Leonovus announced this week that Delaware-based Cylentium Research Ltd. has acquired the Ottawa company’s software and intellectual property. 

Dallas-area office gives Kinaxis its ‘first true presence’ in U.S.

When Megan Paterson assumed the newly created role of chief operating officer at software powerhouse Kinaxis last...

Shortage of lab space stunting Ottawa biotech sector’s growth, Virica founder says

Founded in 2018, Virica has operated out of a small lab at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute since 2021.

Local restaurant serves up authentic Vietnamese food with a side of ‘fogponic’ technology

One local Vietnamese restaurant is shrinking its carbon footprint, improving food quality, cutting costs and satisfying customers thanks to a device that’s been described as “an espresso machine for plants.”

Techopia Live: How one local internet provider has weathered the storm

In this episode of Techopia Live, Ottawa Business Journal publisher Michael Curran speaks with Storm chairman and CEO Birket Foster about how this longstanding local internet service provider continues to thrive and how upcoming CRTC decisions could open up new opportunities.

Ontario privacy commissioner feels urgency to address ‘Wild West’ risks of AI

Ontario's information and privacy commissioner says she feels "a sense of urgency" to act on AI as her list of concerns with the technology mounts.
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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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