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Ottawa’s Growcer makes vertical farming accessible to those with physical challenges

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Ottawa-based startup Growcer has partnered with two non-profits to help make its vertical farming system more accessible to people with physical challenges.

Invest Ottawa hosts epic grad party at Bayview Yards

The city’s innovation hub was party central as some 400 people from the business community celebrated and cheered on our local entrepreneurs during Invest Ottawa’s

The Growcer’s hydroponics tech wows customers – and SheBoot pitchfest judges

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Co-founder Alida Burke says orders for firm’s indoor mini-farms that grow leafy greens and herbs are pouring in as supply chain bottlenecks and surging transportation

Healthy contingent of local entrepreneurs part of SheBoot’s second cohort

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The six-week bootcamp, which runs from Sept. 13 to Oct. 23, is designed to help women business leaders secure funding for their startups.

The Growcer signs produce supply deal with university food services firm Chartwells

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Ottawa-based hydroponics startup The Growcer will soon be installing its high-tech system for growing fruits and vegetables at colleges and universities across Canada. The three-year-old

Meet Ottawa-Gatineau’s 2019 Bootstrap Award winners

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An Ottawa-made hydroponics system, a solution for healthier eating in the workplace and a sport hijab maker are among this year’s best bootstrapped firms set

Dragons’ Den holding auditions for Ottawa entrepreneurs in March

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Ordinarily the threat of dragons roaming the countryside and descending onto unwitting cities is enough to send townsfolk heading for the hills, but an upcoming

Ottawa bets on NCC farm as future precision agriculture hub

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Local tech firms, politicians and economic development officials are pushing to turn the Greenbelt Research Farm in south Nepean into an R&D centre for the

Techopia Live: Breaking down Capital Angel Network’s 2018 investments

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Ottawa’s angels were in a blessing mood in 2018. Capital Angel Network’s Jennifer Francis and Nolan Beanlands dropped by Techopia Live this week to discuss

Ottawa startup The Growcer triumphs on Dragons’ Den

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Friends, family and local business members gathered at Bayview Yards on Thursday evening to watch one of Ottawa’s rising entrepreneurial duos take on the Dragons’