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.
"We've had to make some tough decisions...but one of the things that we've hopefully demonstrated to the world is that we're a company that is incredibly resilient," said Shopify president.
The six-year-old company revealed in October it secured US$30 million in scaleup funding from a group of investors led by New Jersey-based private equity firm Edison Partners.
While venture capital investment in Canadian firms plummeted in 2022 as tech valuations took a widespread hit and economic headwinds mounted, some Ottawa tech companies say that won’t deter them from pushing ahead with plans to secure more growth funding.
Riaz Sidi, president of Ottawa’s Sidi.io, takes OBJ viewers on a trip through SaaS North, chatting with many of the players who make the event such a success.
The government’s Digital Ambition program was announced by the Treasury Board in August with the stated goal, “To enable delivery of government in the digital age for all Canadians.
Twins Daniella and Bianca Almeida recently made it to the finals of Technovation, the world’s largest global tech entrepreneurship competition for girls.
Multiple hospitals in Eastern Ontario, including many of Ottawa’s largest facilities, will be better able to reduce surgical backlogs with help from a Kingston software firm.