Business Development Bank of Canada

BDC commits $250M to help Indigenous and Black-led businesses

The BDC says it is launching a $50-million program that will provide loans, plus training, for businesses that are majority-owned by women, Indigenous and Black

Your guide to Ottawa’s technology ecosystem

Techopia

Ottawa-Gatineau’s technology ecosystem is bigger than you might think, with a host of private- and public-sector players, both local and national. These entities strengthen the

Ottawa well-equipped to weather storm as VCs adjust to new normal, BDC exec says

Ottawa, Techopia

A new report says Canada’s venture capitalists are being more cautious with their investments after a historically frothy year in 2021 – but activity at

No ‘immediate exposure risks’ to portfolio in wake of Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse, Mistral Venture Partners says

Ottawa, Canada & World

One of Ottawa’s biggest venture capital firms said Monday it “has managed to resolve all immediate exposure risks” for the eight companies in its portfolio

Holiday work parties aren’t what they used to be, experts say, citing ‘comfort-based participation’

Ottawa, Human Resources

The days of Christmas cocktail parties and festive after-work gatherings might be behind us, some Ottawa experts say.

Photo of an external elevator used to construct a high rise building.

How BDC is helping YSB Carpentry become a local construction powerhouse

OBJ360 Sponsored, Ottawa

For YSB Carpentry and YSB Hoist, two family-owned businesses in nearby Navan, Ontario, BDC’s expertise couldn’t have come at a better time.

Rock solid: Cleantech trailblazer Giatec Scientific nabs $5M in fresh funding to fuel foreign expansion

Techopia

It’s the latest major capital injection for the Ottawa software firm, which brought German building materials powerhouse HeidelbergCement on board as a minority investor earlier

Growing entity: Fieldless Farms raises $17.5M to sow seeds of cross-Canada expansion

Ottawa

Three-year-old Ottawa-based agri-tech startup is already selling leafy greens in more than 40 Farm Boy stores in Ontario as well as Massine’s Your Independent Grocer

Click Armor reels in BDC as financing partner for ‘gamified’ anti-phishing training platform

Techopia

Founded in 2019, Ottawa startup trains workers how to spot so-called phishing attacks – that is, fake emails and text messages that fraudsters use to

Trualta raises millions to fund online health-care education platform

Techopia

Startup that provides health-care training for family members who are looking after patients in their own homes has seen revenues surge 400 per cent during