
Kanata North business group pushes AV rapid-transit pilot project
Plan would see autonomous buses run along March Road and Highway 417 as well as an AV shuttle service that would ferry workers around the
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Kanata North business group pushes AV rapid-transit pilot project
Plan would see autonomous buses run along March Road and Highway 417 as well as an AV shuttle service that would ferry workers around the

Ottawa drops 32 spots in latest global tech hub rankings
Region dropped to No. 89 on this year’s list from StartupBlink, down from No. 57 in 2020.

Loyalty app Spoonity working with Google to harvest better customer data for food-service clients
Ottawa-based firm is one of 12 Canadian companies taking part in tech giant’s inaugural cloud accelerator program.

How Fullscript is staying ahead of the competition
In this episode of Techopia Live, Fullscript CEO Kyle Braatz shares what’s contributed to the company’s rocketship-like growth, and his plan to make the business

SaaS North reverting to in-person event this fall
After going virtual last year, the 2021 version of the tech conference will be held at the Shaw Centre on Nov. 17 and 18.

Former Mitel, Seaspan exec Amy MacLeod takes key leadership role at MDA
Familar face in Kanata North has been named Canadian space technology giant’s vice-president of corporate communications.

Healthy contingent of local entrepreneurs part of SheBoot’s second cohort
The six-week bootcamp, which runs from Sept. 13 to Oct. 23, is designed to help women business leaders secure funding for their startups.

Shopify to launch new revenue-share model, faster transactions as competition grows
Ottawa firm says that as of Aug. 1 it won’t take any share of the first $1 million in revenue developers make every year on

Martello boss ‘confident’ as Kanata firm’s revenues soar 50% in fiscal 2021
Software company said Tuesday it posted revenues of $16.8 million for the fiscal year ending March 31, up from $11.2 million a year earlier.

‘Time to make a change’: Eli Fathi retiring as MindBridge CEO
Legendary entrepreneur will be replaced by New York-based executive Leyton Perris, who joined the company as global chief operating officer earlier this year.
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