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- Startup launched five years ago as a backup platform for Shopify merchants only local company to crack the top 50 in newspaper's second annual rankings.
- Longtime tech exec praised for "vision and years of dedication" to building fast-growing Kanata firm.
- Free platform allows patrons to enter their personal information into a secure database upon entering an establishment.
- Ottawa organizations are members of joint Canadian-European program to build “flexible and scalable” antennas that will help transmit data in 5G and high-frequency satellite bands.
- A total of 16 local companies landed VC financing in the first six months of this year, up from a dozen in the first half of 2019.
- Company reported revenues of $3.33 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2021 as shift to remote work fuelled demand for its products.
- Ottawa software firm said revenues dropped 71 per cent in the second quarter to $1.46 million, down from $5 million in the same period a year earlier.
- Company says its system is expected to save unnamed customer more than $380,000 a year in fuel costs and reduce the site’s carbon emissions by 2,868 tonnes annually.
- New antenna technology will be capable of tracking multiple satellites simultaneously and be more energy efficient and cheaper than current systems.
- Eight entrepreneurs from the National Capital Region are among 10 female business founders taking part in the new program.
- After making a name for itself developing an automated patient reminder system for medical clinics, Cliniconex began to expand into the senior care market in 2018.
- Companies in six-month program will gain access to technology and expertise from L-Spark’s partners aimed at creating and commercializing cutting-edge medical software and devices.
- Bioscience firm that's developing cannabinoid-based treatments for chronic pain is slated to move up from TSX Venture Exchange on Aug. 4.
- Firm’s operating system will power sensors and cameras in semi-autonomous electric vehicles from Canoo, a California-based startup.
- I Quit will premiere on the Discovery Channel on Aug. 18.
- Flexibility needed as workplaces reopen to employees
- CMC Microsystems will receive $18.3 million over the next three years through the Canada Foundation for Innovation and its Major Science Initiatives fund.
- Local company on “grandiose mission” to mass-produce technology that will charge electric vehicles in the same time it takes to fill up a tank of gas.
- MindBridge Ai, Ranovus and You.i TV have been named to take part in program based at Toronto’s MaRS Discovery District.
- Former Espial CEO gaining traction in new markets with WishSlate
- Cleantech firm's revenues fell 28 per cent year-over-year, due mainly to a sharp drop in revenue from clients in the defence and government sectors.
- Canada’s flagship carrier said Tuesday it’s asked Spartan “to assess how best to employ” its technology to screen passengers and airline employees.
- Firm reported revenues of $13.1 million in fiscal 2020, up 27 per cent from a year earlier.
- New funding push comes as company looks to cash in on the growing need for reliable wireless networks.
- Local producer of fraud-detection software joins elite group of past honourees on World Economic Forum list that includes Google and Twitter.
- Shares in Ottawa-based firm ended the week at an all-time high of more than $1,200 on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
- Capital's VC haul down more than 75 per cent from the first quarter of last year.
- Advice for startups looking to continue to grow their business amidst the pandemic.
- Partnership will allow Shopify merchants across the United States to sell their wares on Walmart's website.
- Host company says the event will feature business leaders “showcasing the best thinking on sustaining morale, productivity and security for transitioning to a digital-first workforce.”
- "Digital experts” and up to 350 students will work with small businesses in the hospitality, retail, trades and services sectors.
- As more businesses reopen, software firm is seeing growing demand for mobile app that helps determine if employees have symptoms of the novel coronavirus.
- Another high-profile local technology conference has joined the growing list of tech-themed gatherings to go entirely virtual in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Startup has been incubated in Silicon Valley and raised millions of dollars in financing.
- Annual event for software firms and founders will be held remotely over two half-days on Sept. 9 and 10.
- The firm said that despite nearly doubling its revenues in the third quarter, it’s now in a “period of uncertainty” as businesses around the world grapple with the COVID-19 crisis.
- Local software company has achieved significant growth in monthly recurring revenues over the past several years
- A Kanata biotech company says it’s developed a device that allows doctors and nurses to listen to a patient’s heart and lungs while maintaining physical distancing.
- FundMore.ai's Chris Grimes saw an opportunity while working in the mortgage industry. But when is it time to take a great idea and turn it into a business?
- Kanata-based Calian Group cracked the $100-million revenue barrier for the first time ever in the second quarter of fiscal 2020 as the company recorded its 74th consecutive quarterly profit.
- E-commerce giant Shopify said Tuesday it has raised nearly $1.5 billion after selling more than 2.1 million class-A shares.
- An Ottawa-based software company says its planned acquisition of a local data centre has hit a roadblock as it struggles to secure financing for the deal.
- Ottawa’s ProntoForms says it expects interest in its software platform to rise as more of its target customers seek to find efficiencies in their field operations in the aftermath of the COVID-19 p
- The City of Ottawa is helping local companies test-drive new technology in an effort to reignite the local economy once COVID-19 restrictions are eased.
- Less than a week after launching a new mobile shopping app aimed at drumming up business for local merchants, Shopify has unveiled a revamped point-of-sale system.
- From its roots in the National Capital Regional, Bitback's journey has taken it to South Africa and Uganda – leading to lessons for founders managing a virtual company.
- Ottawa-based Shopify is hoping to generate more buzz with a new mobile shopping app aimed at getting consumers to think local.
- Ottawa-based Eclipse Foundation helps bring cutting-edge advances in IoT, AI, autonomous vehicles and cloud applications to market quickly and affordably.
- While it’s still anybody’s guess when campgrounds are going to be open to visitors this summer, an Ottawa-based online RV rental marketplace has found another use for the thousands of vehicles list
- Company looking to raise additional debt or equity financing.
- A local non-profit group is calling on all Ottawa makers to contribute in the fight against COVID-19.
- An Ottawa-based biotech firm says Health Canada has given it the go-ahead to start shipping its rapid COVID-19 testing technology.
- “It’s a little bit of a hit on us as a business for 60 or 90 days, but if we’re helping out our client who is going to be with us for 10 years, it’s a no-brainer."
- A major Canadian tech industry group is urging the federal government to free up billions of dollars in fast-tracked funding to help sustain companies that are struggling to survive as the COVID-19
- Two local startups are among the up-and-coming firms invited to take part in a prestigious mentorship program in Silicon Valley later this year.
- An Ottawa-based high-tech company is shifting its focus to a simpler solution that could solve some common COVID-19 concerns while funding a more rapid response to the pandemic
- Ottawa-based Ruckify is putting its rental platform to work for the United Way and its clients left vulnerable by the COVID-19 pandemic
- Ottawa tech CEOs are joining their counterparts across the province in calling on the Ontario government for immediate relief to maintain the sectors’ operations through the COVID-19 disruptions
- The CEO of Kanata’s Martello Technologies says the era of COVID-19 will test companies that haven’t prepared their business and their workforce for long-term stability
- Ottawa-based Welbi is adapting its platform to better serve care providers in retirement communities amid increasingly overwhelming circumstances
- The Kanata North Business Association is calling on its thousands of tech park employees to support the restaurants and retailers in the surrounding area
- An Ottawa-based startup helping energy utilities across the world more intelligently manage their electricity grids has raised a sizable seed round to help scale up its cleantech solution
- Shopify has added a marquee tech executive from Ottawa to its leadership ranks
- ProntoForms is closing out fiscal 2019 on a high note
- An award-winning bootstrapper joined Techopia Live this week to share the story of how her fledgling startup targeting the oil and gas sector has found its footing in Ottawa without raising major…
- An Ottawa startup’s bold quest to charge electric vehicles in a fraction of the time offered by traditional methods is getting a boost from a public-private initiative
- The annual event is a celebration of self-funded start-ups and entrepreneurs from a variety of categories.
- Alio, part of $14.5M deal, began as a business to connect patients with trained nurses for in-home care
- L-Spark and Queen's recently announced Compass North, an accelerator program targeting female entrepreneurs in Belleville, Kingston and Brockville
- While the cyber arena might be more hazardous than ever before, the physical world – and its intersections with the digital realm – is increasingly under scrutiny for its level of security
- Despite a strong start to the year for Ottawa companies raising venture capital, the second half of 2019 saw a sharp decline in funding for local firms
- The capital’s brightest startups now have access to the services and sales arm of one of the world’s biggest tech companies, thanks to a new partnership between Microsoft and Invest Ottawa
- Three of Ottawa’s most well-funded companies are ranked among Canada’s biggest IPO prospects, according to the 2020 edition of the Narwhal List
- CEO Peter Strom joined Techopia Live this week to talk about how the firm stays fresh in a rapidly changing industry
- Local technology leaders will look to fire up the crowd onstage at TEDxKanata in March as they share their own perspectives on this year’s theme: Ignite
- Ottawa’s local network of angel investors cracked a significant milestone in 2019 as it heads towards a decade of supporting the capital’s up-and-coming startups
- The switch has officially been flipped on 5G in Ottawa as Rogers Communications announced Wednesday it has rolled out its version of the next-generation network in the capital
- The Ottawa tech community is rallying together to support the family of a local startup CEO who died in last week’s fatal plane crash in Tehran
- The local economic development agency’s home at Bayview Yards is bursting at the seams heading into 2020
- An Ottawa-based startup focused on accessible mental health services has made a series of new hires aimed at building out a national network
- Ottawa will join other major North American cities in sharing traffic data with Google’s Waze app, the city announced Thursday
- Students and researchers at the University of Ottawa will now have access to tools and expertise on the cybersecurity sector from IBM Canada
- Shopify has offered a peek into its merchants’ performances over the Black Friday-Cyber Monday weekend, which saw an already fervent period of online sales balloon even more for users on the Ottawa e…
- Techopia Live took a few minutes at this year’s SaaS North conference to explore the differences between Ottawa and Montreal when it comes to building a startup
- Selling at the top level requires proof and patience, Kinaxis CEO John Sicard told Techopia Live this week on the sidelines of SaaS North
- Ottawa’s female business leaders took home a haul of hardware at the Women in Finance and Women in IT awards held this week in Toronto
- With brands the likes of Crate and Barrel using Threekit’s tech to model couches online with a variety of colours and fabrics, big-name investors also started taking notice
- Ottawa students and researchers now have access to another development centre for prototyping new products through the latest tech
- Startup Open House returns to Ottawa Wednesday evening with a series of hubs across the city opening their doors to curious members of the public and prospective tech talent
- Deloitte’s annual ranking of the fastest-growing tech firms in Canada includes one Ottawa-based company, with another burgeoning local startup making the short-list of high-potential firms
- Three Ottawa-based organizations are collaborating on a new learning platform to improve gender equity in the artificial intelligence and cybersecurity industries
- It was a conversation with billionaire Mark Cuban that forged the foundation of Dale Gantous’s business philosophy
- MindBridge Ai has been tapped to pilot its artificial intelligence-powered audit platform with Canada’s central bank, which could give the fast-growing Ottawa firm a major reference customer
- A crop of familiar faces from the University of Ottawa’s entrepreneurial ecosystem are returning to the local post-secondary institution to supe up their startups in an all-new 'garage'
- Invest Ottawa’s newest accelerator program will give a booster shot to entrepreneurs looking to make an impact on the healthcare sector
- Sheila James, Veem’s vice-president of operations, joined Techopia Live this week to explain why she believes the global payments industry is 'ripe for the fixing'
- Techopia Live invited the team from Napkyn Analytics to the show this week to share some of the best practices that have placed the firm on numerous fastest-growing companies lists over the past…
- Techopia Live went inside one of Kanata North’s longest-standing test facilities this week, where we learned how German operator TÜV SÜD is helping local firms bring products to market
- A slew of Ottawa companies will join the latest cohort of L-Spark’s SaaS accelerator this coming fall
- The accolades just keep pouring in for an Ottawa-based concrete sensor developer that is the region’s highest-ranked firm in the Globe and Mail’s inaugural list of Canada’s top-growing companies
- Iversoft, one of Ottawa’s fastest-growing companies, welcomed Techopia Live into its new offices this week to give a peek into what’s fueling the firm’s expansion push.
- The organizers of Ottawa’s annual TiECon Canada conference have extended the deadline an extra week for the 2019 pitchfest, which promises an even bigger prize than previous years’ events
- Giatec co-founder Pouria Ghods said one of the factors helping the firm grow is the attractiveness of its solution to an industry facing a talent crunch
- A 3D-imaging company with roots in Ottawa is putting down seeds in Europe to serve overseas markets.
- An Ottawa-based artificial intelligence company is teaming up with a political marketing firm to track important ridings in the upcoming federal election
- Kanata-based L-Spark and Canadian tech giant BlackBerry are renewing their partnership and opening up applications for a second round of companies looking to shift their businesses into high gear
- Ottawa’s e-commerce darling, a slew of local tech and professional services firms and one bagel shop all make appearances on Canadian Business magazine’s latest ranking of Canada’s fastest-growing…
- Techopia Live went down to CAV Canada this week to see first-hand how the capital’s automotive tech cluster is motoring along
- Applications are now open for SaaS startups looking to make a splash at one of Ottawa’s biggest annual conferences
- In the next 10 years, Startup Garage will move beyond its pre-accelerator roots. A new program called Scaleup Garage will launch this fall, aimed at student or alumni startups that are ready for scale
- Algonquin College students looking to grow their own businesses will soon get a leg up from Ottawa’s own e-commerce giant
- Techopia Live sat down with Ottawa’s Russell Coltess this week to hear about how his new platform is helping HR departments track ROI on employee wellness programs
- One of Ottawa’s rising tech firms will turn to a seasoned finance vet to take over as CFO
- Techopia Live covered emerging sectors, re-emerging entrepreneurs and even a surprise or two over the first half of 2019
- Ottawa companies taking on venture capital in 2019 have raised more on average than firms in Canada’s other major tech hubs, according to the most recent MoneyTree report
- An Ottawa-based company is getting a boost from the federal government as it looks to disrupt networking technologies
- Applications are closing soon for a global pitch competition coming to Ottawa this fall specifically aimed at startups with diverse founders
- Techopia Live showed its charitable side this week with an Ottawa tech firm that’s helping local clients such as Carleton University tailor their fundraising campaigns to a new generation
- Trained software developers in Ottawa who have fallen behind on recent advances in the field will soon be able to get back up to speed with a helping hand from Shopify.
- The Ottawa-based company responsible for the .ca domain is among the first cohort of companies joining a new accelerator spearheaded by L-Spark and its team of corporate partners
- Benbria CEO Jordan Parsons joined Techopia Live this week to break down why the customer engagement field is growing exponentially
- An Ottawa-based entrepreneur will pick up the torch from the late John Reid to advocate on behalf of Canada’s tech community
- Techopia Live brought GoFor CEO Brad Rollo on the show this week to learn how the firm's big win is helping it expand its construction industry marketplace south of the border
- A $400M public-private partnership is opening up a new testbed for companies in Ontario and Quebec to experiment with the coming wave of 5G networks
- Agritech talk was on tap this week as Techopia Live went on tour for a special networking event at TD Place
- An Ottawa-based startup will provide its software to London’s Fanshawe College in hopes of training students to prevent fires in smart cities
- Fresh off his pitchfest win at last week’s AccelerateOTT, CybernetIQ founder Joe Cummins joined Techopia Live this week to talk about how his history as a blackhat hacker helps his startup protect…
- Kanata-based L-Spark is refocusing its accelerator to find the best software-as-a-service firms in Canada
- Techopia Live crashed Syntronic Canada's anniversary party on Thursday evening to hear more about the company’s origins and what’s behind its rapid growth
- The Ottawa Hospital is working with the National Capital Region’s economic development agency on a new program to both improve patient care and support entrepreneurs looking to break into the health-…
- An Ottawa startup looking to change how the health-care sector regrows parts of the human body has raised $500,000 from a group of friends, family and some well-known Ottawa angels
- Discussion on Ottawa’s growing agritech sector is on tap at an upcoming Techopia Talks event later this month
- Techopia Live got a little lesson in humanity this week from, of all places, an artificial intelligence conference.
- A pair of Ottawa space tech companies collectively secured nearly $1 million in fresh funding this week from the Canadian Space Agency to add some rocket fuel to their R&D efforts.
- Ottawa-based UTG Digital Media has put some pep in a new set of steps at one of Toronto’s largest malls, installing a specialized LED staircase as part of recent renovations at the Eaton
- Invest Ottawa has revealed the six startups that will be pitching onstage at AccelerateOTT this year, vying for a shot at $150,000.
- In the crowded market for content management systems where names like WordPress are the standard, a made-in-Ottawa solution is standing out for its emphasis on security.
- Ottawa’s on-the-go entrepreneurs will soon have free access to office space in major cities across the world.
- Virgin Hyperloop One, like many of the world’s biggest businesses, faces challenges with managing and protecting its data.
- Members of Ottawa’s tech and academic communities will guide the federal government in shaping policy decisions around artificial intelligence.
- A new source of federal funding means a boon of up to $3.5 million in grants for doctors, engineers and scientists at two of Ottawa’s post-secondary institutions and research institutes.
- You.i TV’s bid to become the dominant software platform in the sports media market is getting a boost from a broadcasting giant.
- Two of Ottawa’s universities have received a total of $2.5 million in new funding aimed at training the next generation of tech entrepreneurs.
- Shopify is partnering with two of the world’s leading social media companies to make it easier for businesses to advertise on their platforms.
- Modern manufacturing requires a holistic view of a company’s assembly line, increasing the demand for technology capable of collecting and interpreting the vast amounts of data generated
- Two years after launching its first hardware product, Ottawa commerce giant Shopify (
- A new ranking of global startup ecosystems has Ottawa making waves as one of the top 100 tech cities in the world.
- The federal government announced Tuesday it’s loaning out $1 million to support a CRM software developer with operations in the National Capital Region.
- Techopia Live went inside the University of Ottawa’s new space in the Kanata North tech park this week to hear about how the direct partnership between local industry and academia came to
- A major player on the cutting edge of transportation technology is using an Ottawa startup’s solution to manage unstructured data in the cloud.
- As fears of cyber threats spread, an Ottawa-based company is finding opportunities in alerting small and medium-sized businesses to vulnerabilities in their systems.
- The University of Ottawa’s Startup Garage has unveiled the next cohort of eight companies that will be run through its accelerator this year.
- An Ottawa tech firm is teaming with a renowned group of Montreal-based artificial intelligence researchers to bring AI to the concrete industry.
- FedDev Ontario is giving a boost to Ottawa’s SmartCone Technologies in hopes of getting its smart city safety device onto streets sooner.
- An upcoming shot at $150,000 could represent more than just a major payday for a lucky Ottawa startup.
- As Kanata North tech firms prepare to showcase their companies to a flurry of job-seekers next week, Techopia Live sat down with Veronica Farmer, director of operations with the Kanata No
- L-Spark is adding another accelerator program to its repertoire, this time teaming up with Telus, fellow Ottawa firm Solace and existing partner BlackBerry on a new offering targeting Int
- A disagreement over who has the right to customer data has ended a partnership between Ottawa-based Shopify and email services provider Mailchimp.
- With the promise of a self-driving future inching closer every day, the need for a new generation of sensors to guide autonomous vehicles becomes increasingly important.
- An Ottawa-born tech firm is working with a well-known name in insurance to bridge coverage gaps for drivers in the ride-sharing industry.
- Startups looking to improve broadband access for remote and rural communities in northern Ontario could soon receive funding from an Ottawa-based organization.
- Assent Compliance’s enormous series-C round last fall was the largest such venture capital raise from a C
- Ottawa’s homegrown innovation conference is putting up a pretty purse for its annual pitchfest this year.
- It’s about business – not women in business.
- Techopia Live went on tour this past week to OneEleven Ottawa, the latest accelerator in the capital’s ever-changing ecosystem.
- An Ottawa-based artificial intelligence company is among 10 women-led businesses selected to participate in the fourth cohort of the Lazaridis ScaleUp Program.
- 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.
- Kanata-based L-Spark is taking some space at Algonquin College to make its mark on the post-secondary institution’s entrepreneurship programs and connect students to opportunities with the accelera
- Techopia Live visited the University of Ottawa’s STEM building this week to hear how student startup Poly is addressing plastic problems across Canada.
- 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 to be honoured next week.
- An Indian company is branching out to Canada with a new subsidiary in the capital focused on meeting the growing demand for low-latency computing services.
- As pressure on Ontario’s healthcare system rises amid concerns of overcrowding in hospitals, one Ottawa startup is finding its niche in improving at-home care for patients with complex ca
- An Ottawa-based SaaS developer is headed to the Big Apple to join the next cohort of a national accelerator program.
- The Business Development Bank of Canada is putting $8 million from its cleantech fund into a made-in-Ottawa metal powder with the potential to reduce fuel consumption and waste in a varie
- A made-in-Ottawa Internet of Things device will work alongside one of the world’s most powerful artificial intelligence systems in an attempt to minimize worksite hazards.
- 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 tour might just be a fanta
- Invest Ottawa has added another four startups to its rolling accelerator program, bringing the total number of companies under its umbrella to nearly 50.
- Techopia Live got a crash course in business fundamentals this week from Contextere, an Ottawa firm working with the likes of Lockheed Martin and BMW on an artificial intelligence solutio
- Ottawa’s Telesat is partnering with some of the biggest companies in space to put its satellites into orbit and power their connections once they’re up there.
- From its origins as an upstart accelerator for Canadian SaaS firms to its new program partnering with BlackBerry QNX, Kanata’s L-Spark has never been one to rest on its laurels.
- An Ottawa startup equipping first responders with smart tech has received a $615,000 loan from FedDev Ontario, one of the federal government’s regional development agencies.
- Ottawa’s Searidge Technologies will set its software to use at Heathrow Airport in hopes of improving runway visibility for traffic controllers at one of the world’s busiest travel hubs.
- Ottawa’s angels were in a blessing mood in 2018.
- A few days after announcing it had set a revenue record in its last fiscal year, Ross Video added another notch on its belt this week with the news it is backing streaming services for Ya
- An annual ranking of Canada’s highest-potential private firms welcomes Ottawa’s Assent Compliance and MindBridge Ai to the list in 2019 alongside a couple of familiar faces in the Nationa
- Two sets of rings in the Los Angeles Kings’ home arena come from the NHL team’s Stanley Cup championship wins in 2012 and 2014.
- A few of Ottawa’s autonomous vehicles players took a road trip to Las Vegas for the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show this week, where the world’s biggest tech companies are convening to sho
- Before signing off for the year, Techopia Live assembled a panel to share the highlights from the year in tech that was and give predictions on what 2019 might have in store.
- Some of Ottawa’s most well-known tech execs will ask a live crowd to imagine with them at next year’s TEDxKanata event.
- Three of the capital’s rising software firms are among the first seven companies to run through a new accelerator program presented by Kanata-based L-Spark and BlackBerry QNX.
- The University of Ottawa is putting its new STEM Complex and alumni network to work to serve student startup needs with a new program aimed at priming the city’s entrepreneurship pipeline
- If you were at the Shaw Centre this week for SaaS North – the annual gathering of software-as-a-service companies and entrepreneurs in Ottawa – you may have seen
- The Ottawa company known for helping merchants sell online made a major purchase of its own just before one of the biggest shopping weekends of the year.
- While $130-million venture-capital rounds are no doubt exciting for any tech firm, the prospect of scaling a company that rapidly can be daunting.
- An annual ranking of Canada’s fastest growing companies lists dashboard developer Klipfolio as the only Ottawa entrant.
- After years sharing Ottawa’s top two spots on the ranking of Canada’s biggest research and development spenders, Shopify has overtaken Mitel as the capital’s top R&D investor in 2018.
- In the midst of his quest to ensure content creators get a fair shake for their work, Pat McGowan stopped by Techopia Live this week to share how his company BlackBox is hoping to change the media
- Two Ottawa colleges will get a cut of $45 million in previously promised federal funding aimed at promoting research partnerships between post-secondary institutions and private companies.
- Let’s end the suspense: The winner of the TiECon Canada 2018 pitchfest is Aetonix! CEO Michel Paquet took the stage with his fellow pitchers to accept the award.
- Techopia Live sat down with the Kanata North Business Association’s new director of operations, Veronica Farmer, this week to hear about what’s coming down the line in Canada’s largest technology p
- The Canadian Space Agency will look to some Kanata-based expertise in the design of a new lunar rover for the next generation of moon missions.
- A well-funded Ottawa startup is turning to a local post-secondary institution for R&D support in hopes of turning a tiny powder into a big win.
- This week Techopia Live sat down with one of Ottawa’s newest chief executives, Greg Evans, to hear about his vision for the future of PageCloud.
- Ottawa-based health-tech firm Welbi is among six startups receiving funding from the Ontario Brain Institute for promising neurotechnologies.
- An antenna firm that came to Ottawa last year hoping to harness the capital’s telecom talent has released its first 5G-enabled product.
- Two Ottawa firms will reap the rewards of the federal government’s latest round of spending aimed at promoting clean tech.
- The L-Spark accelerator is widening its sectors of focus but keeping closer to Ottawa with the first four companies announced in its 2018 fall cohort, three of which call the National Capital Regio
- Kanata-based accelerator L-Spark has struck a partnership with one of Silicon Valley’s fastest-growing payment processors.
- If your business has ever tapped a third party or remote worker for services, you might be familiar with the logistical and security headaches that come with a far-flung workforce.
- Before autonomous vehicles were being built in our own backyards, people would turn to Hollywood to inform our ideas of what a self-driving car can be: Night Rider’s Kit was exchanging witty banter
- This week, Techopia Live called on some of Ottawa’s largest tech firms to tackle an issue bigger than tech: Me Too and sexual harassment in the workplace.
- While nearly two dozen established Ottawa firms are proving themselves among the fastest-growing in Canada, the National Capital Region was shut out of a list ranking up-and-coming Canadian startup
- A Gatineau-based retail software firm is expanding to Europe this month in response to strong brick-and-mortar demand overseas.
- An Ottawa company’s tech will enable rapid data transfers on a British firm’s platform that manages cryptocurrencies and other digital assets.
- The day almost a year in the making is nearly here: Ottawa’s Martello Technologies will ring the bell on the TSX Venture Exchange as it begins public trading on Wednesday morning.
- In this week’s season premiere, Techopia Live turned its camera on a company that’s itself quite familiar with lenses and sensors.
- Ottawa’s e-commerce giant is expanding its space in Toronto with a sizeable lease at a new office tower set to come online in 2022.
- An Ottawa-based virtual reality software company will bring its creative vision to Silicon Valley this fall.
- A slew of federal government grants awarded to Ottawa organizations are looking to advance new technologies and reduce the carbon footprint of Canada’s transportation sector.
- The University of Ottawa is partnering with a local startup in the hopes of improving transit service in Ottawa and beyond.
- Techopia Live took advantage of a new broadcast location at the Red Dragon Golf Classic to grab Syntronic Canada – a new neighbour of the Marshes golf course in Kanata – and chat between holes abou
- C-COM Satellite Systems’ tech is helping to bridge a critical communications divide in South America, where mobile hospitals are on the fro
- An Ottawa company that connects vehicles to users’ home devices will soon see its tech on the dashboards of Subaru cars.
- A local startup has secured a couple of back-to-back deals that will see its public safety applications integrated into the City of Ottawa’s Fire Services and emergency response teams across the wo
- An Ottawa health-tech company will get a helping hand as it enters the United States thanks to the Boston-based Canadian Technology Accelerator.
- An Ottawa firm’s software will soon keep track of medical samples from newborns across Ontario hospitals, providing technical features that could represent life-changing efficiencies.
- Research from Carleton University might help make new buildings more energy efficient with the help of some fresh federal funding.
- A local consulting company is launching a new venture aimed at helping others tap into the marketing power of Google Analytics, a process that’s less straightforward than one might think.
- A local firm is getting a leg up from the government of Quebec in its mission to restore vision to the blind.
- Carleton University is partnering with a national technology council to ensure the coming generation’s skills will meet the rising demand for autonomous vehicles jobs in Canada.
- A fresh crop of Ottawa tech firms are opening their doors to the public at next month’s Startup Open House, the sixth edition of the annual event.
- Ottawa-based Klipfolio will turn the books over to local tech veteran Gord Wyse, the firm’s second chief financial officer in as many years.
- To consumers, augmented and mixed reality applications often take the form of visually rich playgrounds or immersive gaming.
- In response to debates raging across Canada about whether we have a brain drain – a flood of skilled workers leaving the country – or the reverse, a “brain gain,”
- Shopify has brought another one of the successful developers in its app ecosystem in-house with its latest acquisition.
- Ottawa’s Leonovus will pilot its storage solution with a Government of Canada department this summer, hoping that this first inroad will lead to further trials and future sales with the f
- Strapped with government funding, Ottawa’s Crypto4A dropped by Techopia Live this week to talk about what exactly cryptography means for
- The Kanata-based accelerator program known for its aggressive approach to scaling software-as-a-service firms is opening its application process up to promising startups operating in fiel
- You can’t build a global company for 18 years without one eye focused on the future – or in the case of Ottawa’s March Networks, one len
- A telecommunications veteran with a background in Ottawa tech will lead the locally-based Centre of Excellence in Next Generation Networks, the organization announced this week.
- Techopia Live had the scoop this week on the summer’s hottest conferences and programs for founders young and old.
- Stepping in front of the camera this week on Techopia Live was a member of Ottawa’s own imaging experts – Lumenera.
- Two Ottawa firms will reap the rewards of a bilateral R&D fund between Canada and Israel.
- Techopia Live joined hundreds of Ottawa business leaders at L-Spark’s Female Founders
- The Ottawa-based Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance embraced artificial intelligence at its latest gala, with a prominent local firm
- Ottawa’s museums are turning to the latest tech to attract more visitors and deliver immersive experiences.
- From the Momentum Law offices at 555 Legget Dr., founder Megan Cornell has a great view of the technology firms in the research park.
- MDS Aero Support is putting made-in-Ottawa innovation to the test in the United Kingdom, where the firm recently announced it will partner with Rolls-Royce to build a testing facility for the aeros
- Vikings, aliens and more will be making their new home on Ottawa-based You.i TV’s platform, as the firm announced this week it has signed a deal with A&E Networks.
- Before Jamie Petten officially takes the reins of the Kanata North Business Association
- With students shifting from books to startups in the summer months, Techopia Live turned its attention this week to some of the programs
- What exactly does it mean when that voice on the other end of the line says, “your call may be recorded for quality purposes”?
- Ottawa saw an increase in VC deal volume in the first quarter of 2018, though most of the boost can be traced to a single firm’s series-C.
- An Ottawa company that builds specially designed containers for hydroponic fruit and vegetable growth in northern communities has inked a deal with a Toronto firm that it hopes will signi
- An Ottawa firm is among the first recipients of the Business Development Bank of Canada’s new clean-tech fund.
- With ambitions to put an autonomous rover in space, Kanata-based Neptec has been awarded multiple contracts valued at nearly $1.8 million by the Canadian Space Agency.
- A prominent local CEO and some high-profile out-of-towners are among the first few speakers unveiled for this year’s AccelerateOTT confere
- Edgewater Wireless, an Ottawa-based provider of high-density Wi-Fi networks, says its latest tech can identify and track devices moving
- Coming off a high-growth year, Gatineau commerce firm SMITH has been tapped by Air Canada Vacations to redesign the full gamut of travellers’ booking experiences.
- Like catching a flight, if you’re selling air traffic management technologies to an airport, delays are to be expected.
- Technology developed by one of Ottawa’s fastest-growing companies is
- At Shopify, a machine learning algorithm takes 40 minutes to perform a task what previously took humans more than 730 hours.
- While day-old donuts and tupperware leftovers may dominate the majority of office kitchens today, an Ottawa-based startup believes that the future belongs to healthier alternatives, custo
- Ahead of this week’s Design Day at the University of Ottawa, Techopia Live spoke to one of the event’s star alumni, an Ottawa-based hydr
- Techopia Live got a crash course in live video production last week from broadcasting veteran Ross Video as CEO David Ross discussed how a 44-year
- If the sharing economy can bring a pizza to your door, why can’t it bring some extra lumber to a work site?
- With recreational cannabis sales around the corner, distributors and producers alike are turning to Shopify to power their online pot dis
- Five multinational companies with an Ottawa presence are partnering with federal and provincial governments to put Ontario and Quebec on the forefront of fifth-generation network tech.
- Fresh off a win at last week’s Bootstrap Awards, Ottawa-based SanEcoTec dropped by Techopia Live to talk about why the company’s work in
- An Ottawa startup is reporting troubling levels of Legionella bacteria in government buildings across the National Capital Region.
- There’s a set of servers in Ottawa processing data that may one day uncover a cure for cancer.
- There has never been a better time for women to get into the tech sector but it’s up to them to grab the opportunities: that was the advice from an all-female panel hosted at Ottawa’s You
- For students accepted to Carleton University’s computer science program in the fall, next week is the final chance to apply to make
- If Canada wants to make a name of itself in artificial intelligence, its tech firms better start paying more attention to half of the population.
- The best way to see more women in STEM fields is to make the ones already there more visible, according to this week’s all-female panel on Techopia Live.
- The Toronto Blue Jays’ next call to the bullpen will be powered by an Ottawa telecom firm.
- Lawyers courted tech solutions from coders in Ottawa this past weekend, as the two ordinarily-disparate groups came together to crack the case at a legal-themed hackathon.
- An eco-speaker manufacturer, water treatment firm and the developers of a patient monitoring app are among this year’s recipients of the 2018 Ottawa Bootstrap Awards.
- Teams of lawyers, developers and designers are scheduled to come together this weekend for the Ottawa edition of the Global Legal Hackathon, competing
- The traditional definitions of innovation – the ones that revolve around new technology and disruptive models – are holding back Canada’s female innovators, according to a study released
- Travelling through Bolivia, Siberia and the Middle East early in his career, Jason Lee says the many security and communications projects he was working on all shared a common flaw.
- With a freshly-filed machine learning patent and recent three-year deal with Canada Post, Intouch Insight’s CEO says the shift toward su
- Today’s cybersecurity environment is complicated (to say the least), but Interset president and CEO Mark Smialowicz told Techopia Live this week that the local firm is finding opportunity in simpli
- An Ottawa entrepreneur is putting nearly two decades of mental health experience into a mobile application with the goal of making treatment more accessible.
- A local firm brought football’s biggest stars to life during last night’s Super Bowl.
- Ottawa-based Solink wants to turn millions of hours of unwatched security footage captured around the world into actionable data, the firm’s CEO Michael Matta told Techopia Live recently.
- Ottawa startup Lightship Security illuminated the “darkness that is cybersecurity” on Techopia Live this week, telling us how the firm is helping products get securely to market as quickly as possi
- Though his silver hair wasn’t exactly windswept, Invest Ottawa’s president and CEO joined Techopia Live this week to talk about the “whir
- Sometimes a firm’s change in leadership is the result of competing visions. But not so in the case of Ottawa’s InitLive.
- An Ottawa clean-tech company is among those being recognized in San Francisco this week for its potential to make a significant market impact in the next decade.
- We may have just had Martello Technologies’ CEO on the the program a few months ago, but in just a few short weeks the landscape at the
- With traditional shopping ripe for mobile disruption, U.S.
- A local non-profit is tapping the power of internet giant Amazon in its annual grant program for building smart communities in Canada.
- If 2018 is the year you resolved to launch the startup idea you’ve long had rattling around your brain, Founder Institute’s Ottawa franc
- Ottawa tech giant Terry Matthews has been appointed an officer of the Order of Canada, the latest prestigious accolade for one of the ci
- Before Techopia Live took a break for the holidays, the show crashed L-Spark’s Holida
- After a strong year that saw You.i TV rack up
- The idea for Russell Ure’s latest venture came in the midst of a snowstorm.
- An Ottawa tech firm that powers an Airbnb-like platform to rent recreational vehicles says it;s partnering with a U.S.
- An “explosion” in the size of video files and changes in the way we host data have reinvigorated an Ottawa tech company’s file transfer specialties.
- The busiest shopping day of the year lit up Shopify’s servers as merchants reported record sales on Black Friday.
- For those obsessed with getting the potted plant on their desks in just the right location to block out an annoying coworker, this episode of
- If you go back to the earliest archives of Techopia Live from a year ago, you’ll find one of our first interviews
- If everyone is stressed, there’s a market in relaxing them. That’s the simple pitch behind Mindbliss, a guided meditation and mindfulness app.
- Tandem’s conversion technology recycles CO2 emissions into more palatable byproducts such as calcium carbonate, a key ingredient in paint and toothpaste.
- Three Ottawa firms have landed among the country’s hottest startups, according to Deloitte Canada’s annual ranking of Canada’s 50 fastest-growing companies.
- If you’re hoping for a preview of the 2017 CEO of the Year’s acceptance speech, Calian
- The federal government is hoping to capture a bit of Shopify’s magic.
- Techopia Live put the lights on Spectrafy this week, an Ottawa-based startup with the federal government’s seal of approval.
- Strapped with lessons learned from their previous cohorts, L-Spark’s Leo Lax and Jamie Petten dropped by
- An Ottawa-based startup’s technology will power a network of climate and solar measurement systems across Canada after receiving a contract with the federal government.
- Ottawa startups are closing off October by opening their doors and sharing their treats with the public; it’s like Hallowe’en, but with more artificial intelligence and less artificial sw
- Techopia Live’s Wednesday line-up was full of guests fed up with the status quo.
- Jonathan Gagne’s outlook changed in unexpected ways the first time he tried on a virtual reality headset.
- Kanata’s credentials as the autonomous vehicle capital of Canada will get a major boost tomorrow during the country’s first test of a driv
- Buried in the avalanche of news about Shopify’s shares
- With current fines and penalties proving to be inef
- Local companies including SimWave and Lumbec will be showcasing their work when museum reopens Nov. 17.
- Techopia Live dug into the federal government’s proposed tax changes for small business owners this week.
- If Amazon’s HQ2 wasn’t enough to get you buzzing, a literal hypetrain may soon be speeding
- Shopify timed its release with Apple’s annual product announcement event on Tuesday because the tech giant’s latest operating system includes a QR code scanner natively in the camera app.
- It’s the week before Christmas, at the height of the holiday shopping rush.
- Shopify wrapped up an international competition on Tuesday, selecting eight winning firms that each proved their abilities to scale from
- Ottawa’s top public sector techie will deliver the keynote address this weekend at Drupal North, the first time the annual developers' event has come to the Capital.
- Fortune’s annual 40 under 40 rankings of the “most influential young people in business” features a familiar face: Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke mad
- In the midst of a restructuring plan, Ottawa clean-tech firm Clearford Water Systems received a high-profile endorsement of its technology and commercialization efforts this week.
- Rob White, a perennial Ottawa tech board member and the man purportedly behind one of the biggest acquisitions in the city’s history, i
- A partnership with a North American group is bringing hundreds of downtown management organizations under Ottawa-based Member365’s umbrella
- On the surface, Assent Compliance appears to be chasing a niche market.
- Industry veteran explains the thinking behind the purchase, Mitel’s M&A strategy and why businesses are losing interest in managing their phone and communication systems in-house.
- CATA argues $5.3 billion has been removed from the program between 2009 and 2016.
- Techopia was on the road again this week, dropping by the Rideau Street offices of PageCloud for HackerNest – an international non-profit running self-described “unpretentious tech events
- One of Canada’s telecom heavyweights has joined a local industry organization aimed at developing the next generation of networking technologies.
- Making good on a promise to scale up hiring at its Ottawa office, California-based SurveyMonkey says it now employs more than 100 staff members in Canada’s capital.
- Digital merchants using Shopify’s popular e-commerce platform in the U.S. will have a new way to reach customers later this year.
- Four visiting academic and research chairs will come to Carleton University, including an entrepreneurship chair at the Sprott School of Business, as part of a $16-million, 25-year partne
- In a follow-up to Techopia's feature on the 5G buzz in Ottawa, Ritch Dusome – CENGN's president and CEO – and Rob Cameron, N
- Having outgrown its first digs at Invest Ottawa’s incubator space, FarmLead picked up its roots and moved into a new office space this week.
- Sampford Advisors’ annual survey of Canadian tech CEOs shows that raising capital and acquiring talent are top of mind of the nation’s executives.
- This week, Techopia Live was joined by Steve Byrne, CEO of Thinkwrap Commerce.
- For entrepreneurs and designers with a vision, a new workshop in town aims to be the one-stop shop for turning ideas into reality.
- Techopia Live’s producer Craig Lord (who is definitely not also writing this post) took the hotseat this week to talk about the biggest Ottawa tech
- It had everything but the freeze-frame cap toss at the end of the movie: L-Spark grads walked across the stage Tuesday night, but pitched their bu
- L-Spark's SaaS Showcase is just more than a week away, when the Kanata accelerator touts the best of its cohort of companies in an event that is both pitchfest and celebration.
- As Canadian demographics shift towards an aging population, Ottawa organizations are putting the focus on youth to ensure our local talent has the skills necessary to build business success.
- A new survey conducted by Shopify purports a booming entrepreneurial spirit across Canada, though it seems few eyes are on the e-commerce
- Samsung has officially approved the You.i Engine as a solution for developing apps on its Tizen TV operating system, opening up a new marketplace for Kanata-based You.i TV.
- If your software-as-a-service startup is getting the insatiable itch for growth, L-Spark wants you.
- The Canada Science and Technology Museums Corp.
- Digital storyteller Melanie Coulson took to the TEDx Kanata stage this spring to, what else, tell stories.
- Shopify: (TSX:SHOP): $116.90, up 12.53% on th
- The list of speakers, which includes local champions as well as global leaders in entrepreneurship, is highlighted by a keynote address from Eamonn Carey, managing director of Techstars. Carey has…
- Fresh of a countrywide “Innovation Nation” tour, Microsoft Canada’s John Weigelt was feeling nostalgic for the early days of confederation.
- Invest Ottawa looks for assistance in crafting a five-year strategic plan for growing the National Capital Region’s companies.
- While researchers and innovators may have fallen under the spell of science and technology, many more are seemingly disenchanted by the field, observes Ottawa high school student Mathilde Papillon
- For even the most avid fan, the idea of building a business around sports technology may seem like it's coming out of left field. Yet the industry built around loyal, passionate fans – especially…
- In just its second year, a new degree offered through Carleton University’s Technology Innovation Management program is
- Shopify is ostensibly an ecommerce platform provider, but that hasn’t stopped it from
- Is selling your homegrown company a sin?
- Techopia Live shifted its day and location to take a roadtrip to Kanata North's Technata tech expo and talent hunt. The event was packed with more than 60 exhibitors and hundreds of candidates…
- There’s no better place to live and work in tech than Ottawa, according to a recent study.
- Fresh off the 2017 Bootstrap Awards, winners for best mobile application Chris Desjardins of Punchtime and Steve Borza of Bluink joined us for Techopia Live. We covered the difficult decisions…
- This year’s rebooted Ottawa Bootstrap Awards include a wide range of winners, from a zero-waste grocery story to a new way to punch out at the end of the day.
- During a University of Ottawa lab tour today, federal Science Minister Kirsty Duncan announced more than $50 million in funding for Canadian research projects, $3 million of which will go towards l
- Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke waded into the political waters this week to defend his e-commerce company against a litany of complaints for powering the online store of right-wing media outlet Breitbart N
- Purpose, culture, and long-term vision: If you had to boil it down, this is what Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke thinks about when he’s making decisions about Shopify.
- L-Spark managing director Leo Lax recently wrote a blog post that forecast a banner year for the Kanata-based accelerator, as well as for Ottawa and Canada as a whole.
- Several prominent members of the Ottawa tech community joined their Canadian counterparts in adding their names to a petition calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the federal government to
- Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson put innovation high on his list of priorities during his State of the City address on Wednesday.
- Shopify U has added graphic design to its course offerings.
- Shopify has officially opened its second office in Toronto, the latest installment in a still-growing presence in Ontario's capital.
- Andrew Pelling, the University of Ottawa researcher known for treating “biology like hardware,” has been named a TED2017 Senior Fellow.
- Shopify was caught in political crosshairs this week when a petition emerged on SumOfUs.org calling for the Ottawa-based e-commerce giant to stop powering the online store of Breitbart, a pro-Donal
- The start of the new year means new tech at the Consumer Electronics Showcase, and several local Ottawa area companies are in Las Vegas this week to flaunt their latest products.
- In an October
- If you’re looking for funding, sometimes your best shot is an angel. But more often than not, your prayers fall flat and investors aren’t impressed.
- If you were looking to get involved during Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) this year, the nation's capital was apparently the place to be.
- It’s not all fun and games inside social app startup Bumpn.
- The Ottawa team behind an app that turns spare change into digital currency is joining a California accelerator that’s also making a “significant” investment in the company.
- The exponential growth of two Ottawa firms ranks among the top in the country according to professional services firm Deloitte.
- Research Infosource released its annual report on the top 100 companies in R&D spending, and several comp
- The Better Software Company just raised another $1 million. And, to be honest, no one is surprised anymore.
- Shopify Inc. (NYSE:SHOP)(TSX:SH) just hit a milestone on the TSX: Effective today, the company is now trading with the ticker symbol SHOP instead of SH.
- Wipebook founder Frank Bouchard sure knows how find money.
- L-Spark, the Kanata-based SaaS accelerator, announce
- Sir Terry Matthews – you know, the serial entrepreneur and the force behind Wesley Clover, which helps fund L-Spark,
- Local healthcare IT company Cliniconex says it’s on the hunt for additional software engineers and sales representatives after securing its first seed funding round, led by the Capital Angel Networ
- What does a rapidly growing tech firm do when it meets a team of talented software developers?
- A recently released report is shedding new light on the state of entrepreneurship in Ontario and what drives residents in the province to start their own company.
- News that streaming service Shomi would be shutting down at the end
- Local staff at defence firm DRS Technologies are settling into a new home after the company consolidated its two offices in the region into a single location.
- The Better Software Company is back in growth mode.
- The chief executive of Japan-based Trend Micro says the digital security firm plans to continue adding to its Ottawa-based headcount, according to a local media report.
- One of Ottawa’s hottest tech firms is hoping to accelerate its growth by strengthening a program that gives cash advances to its customers.
- Ottawa’s long history of networking companies might not seem to have much to do with video games, but that track record - and the talent around it - is what led one Vancouver-based game developer t
- Imagine walking into a hotel room that’s already adjusted its temperature according to your personal preference before you arrive.
- The week is off to a prosperous start for the city’s tech sector, which has seen an infusion of $18 million into a pair of its fastest-growing firms.
- The multimillion-dollar transformation of a 75-year-old city maintenance garage into a hub for entrepreneurship and innovation is nearly complete.
- Chris Morrison knows mergers and acquisitions from both sides of the table – buyer and takeover target. The president of Ottawa-based MediaMiser, which creates software and provides services related…
- Post-secondary institutions across Ontario are embracing entrepreneurship education at an unprecedented rate, according to a recent report by the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario.
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- Change is in the air at the Canada Museum of Science and Technology.
- By Michael Woods The federal government’s much-anticipated innovation agenda took centre stage at Ottawa’s Shaw Centre early last month.
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