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.

Semiconductor industry trailblazer Ranovus lands $36M in federal funding

The money will go towards a planned expansion of the firm’s manufacturing facilities in Canada that will see its headcount grow to more than 200 full-time employees and 150 co-op students.

Ottawa software firm Rewind lays off more than 25% of staff

Amid slowing revenue growth, local tech enterprise whose platform backs up data for Shopify merchants and other customers gave 37 of its 135 employees pink slips last week.

‘Significant milestone’: FDA approves Genomadix’s rapid genetic-testing device for sale in U.S.

The company’s flagship product, dubbed the Genomadix Cube, is a coffee cup-sized lab-in-a-box that is engineered to extract, amplify and identify genetic material in about an hour.

PM meets Kanata tech workers, touts new federal organization aimed at scaling startups

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he hopes a new Crown corporation that aims to help Canadian startups commercialize their products can ratchet up efforts to incubate the next generation of Shopifys.

C-COM rides ‘significant’ rise in U.S., Asian sales to 27% bump in 2022 revenues

Ottawa firm generated revenues of $11.6 million in the fiscal year ending Nov. 30, 2022, a 27 per cent increase from fiscal 2021. 

BlackBerry strikes new deal to sell portfolio of non-core patents

BlackBerry Ltd. has signed a deal to sell a portfolio of what it says are non-core patents related to mobile devices, messaging and wireless networking in an agreement that could be worth up to US$900 million.

Techopia Live: Invest Ottawa about nurturing the next big thing in local tech

In the episode of Techopia Live, Ottawa Business Journal publisher Michael Curran speaks with Nick Quain, vice-president of venture for Invest Ottawa.

Fitness app entrepreneur pumped by Hevy’s progress to $2M in annual revenue

Desmond McNamee says it was the isolating side of the gym experience inspired him and his business partner, Guillem Ros, to invent their weight-lifting tracker app Hevy. 

‘I have products, I have market’: Versaterm CEO bullish as firm’s acquisition spree continues

Ottawa company that makes software that helps police forces, fire departments and other public safety agencies manage their operations announced Thursday it reached an agreement to acquire fellow software firm CI Technologies.

Trellis’s e-commerce merchandising platform shines on big stage in Vegas

Ottawa-based software firm -- which now serves about 300 merchants who sell their wares on Amazon and Walmart’s e-commerce sites -- made a big splash this week at the Prosper Show on Sin City's famous strip.
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