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: How Corsa is scaling network security

In this episode of Techopia Live, Ottawa Business Journal publisher Michael Curran speaks with Carolyn Raab, the co-founder and chief product officer of Corsa.

Kanata’s Syntronic pulls trigger on third acquisition in last eight months

As layoffs in the tech industry mount amid plummeting valuations and an overall economic slowdown, Syntronic is flipping the script and adding to its footprint in the National Capital Region.

Hoppier eyes 2023 breakout as digital gift-card provider embraces lean business model

Nearly a year after it slashed its headcount to five people from 21 in a last-ditch bid for survival, the Ottawa-based tech venture is back on a “very nice staircase upwards,” in the words of co-founder Cassy Aite.

Canadian firms raised $8.2B in venture capital in 2022, down 42% from 2021: Report

CPE Analytics total is still well above the $7.5 billion Canadian companies secured in 2019 before the pandemic triggered widespread economic uncertainty.

Shopify to ‘delete’ thousands of employee meetings in bid to become more efficient

Ottawa-based company argues time previously devoted to meetings can be better spent serving customers, developing new products and improving its current offerings.

Techopia Live: Syntronic’s grand design for Ottawa

In this episode of Techopia Live, OBJ talks with Syntronic’s senior vice-president, who says Syntonic is having a big impact on Ottawa and its technology sector.

MindBridge seeing ‘significant’ sales uptick for fraud-detection software as offerings expand

As 2022 draws to a close, MindBridge says it’s enjoying another banner year as its artificial intelligence platform continues to get better at finding anomalies and accounting errors buried in customers’ financial spreadsheets.

Tech job postings down 32% since May, nearing pre pandemic levels: Indeed

Job search company Indeed says postings on its site for Canadian tech roles have dropped 32 per cent since May and are showing no signs of stabilizing.