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- After more than a year on the 'pitch circuit,' the founders behind local sports marketing app FanSaves have seen their hard work pay off with a $100,000 win at the RC100 competition
- Kanata-based PureColo is more than doubling its footprint to attract larger customers seeking to peer at the first home of the capital’s Internet Exchange Point
- A Montreal-based real estate investment trust is bolstering its Ottawa portfolio with two fully leased properties in Kanata South and the central business district
- Two years after setting out to reshape the federal government’s digital presence, Alex Benay is leaving the public sector to join one of Ottawa’s fastest-rising tech stars
- With the backing of a German giant, the Ottawa-based firm looks to build out its robotics capabilities to deepen its reach into the defence market
- Heritage Ottawa launched a GoFundMe page late Monday looking to raise $150,000 to help fund a legal challenge against the owners of the Château Laurier
- Transparent Kitchen is looking to disrupt the way we choose where we eat in the same way streaming services such as Spotify changed the way we listen to music
- Well-known Ottawa arts centre SAW reopens to the public Friday evening following two years of construction to triple the size of its gallery and event spaces
- Algonquin College has tapped a 20-year veteran of the post-secondary institution to succeed the outgoing Cheryl Jensen and lead it through the next five years
- Even under the effect of a 'brain drain,' Ottawa’s labour market remains among the most concentrated in technology across North America, according to CBRE’s annual tech talent scorecard
- Call it startup summer school: Kanata’s L-Spark accelerator is putting its years of practice helping entrepreneurs score customers and investment into a one-day workshop to help other com
- Hear how a cancer diagnosis inspired entrepreneur Jordan Latourelle to upend the industry his family has worked in for generations
- Ottawa businesses have come out in force to fill the familiar streets lining the capital’s first official Monopoly board
- Two of Ottawa’s serial entrepreneurs are setting their sights on a public listing for their latest venture, citing a torrent of investor interest as grounds for their ambitious goals
- A last-ditch effort to block council approval of the controversial project failed to garner enough support for another debate Thursday
- Though a call to revoke council approval for the Château Laurier’s controversial addition was initially defeated, a move to reconsider the motion on Thursday will see the debate stretch into a second…
- Ottawa’s transit boss delivered a positive update on the long-awaited light rail transit line Wednesday morning, indicating Rideau Transit Group is on track to deliver the system next month
- Ride-sharing app Lyft is doubling down on Ottawa with a lease for a community hub, the tech giant’s first such space in Canada
- A major facelift of a long-vacant federal government building is set to begin next month as contractors ready a temporary home for the Supreme Court of Canada.
- A pending motion for city council to rescind approval of the controversial addition to the Château Laurier could land the municipality in a tough court battle
- Does the road to faster-charging electric vehicles run through Ottawa?
- Martello shares were up 43 per cent to 38 cents in late afternoon trading after co-chair Bruce Linton shined a light on the firm amidst his high-profile exit from Canopy Growth
- Executives at an international commercial real estate company believe Ottawa's tech scene will embrace its brand of flexible office space in the downtown core
- Ottawa entrepreneur Aydin Mirzaee says having Shopify as a lead customer has been a big boost for his latest venture
- Canopy Growth Corp. is putting a cannabis twist on its Smiths Falls headquarters’ tasty roots, launching pot-infused chocolate production at the site
- Ottawa taxpayers won’t be on the hook for an estimated $34.4 million in costs related to the delayed opening of phase one LRT – assuming the city can get the light-rail builder to pay
- The National Capital Commission outlined its role and vision for several major Ottawa building projects – including the controversial Château Laurier addition – on Thursday
- Rideau Transit Group has not provided a new date to hand over the system, though the city has been told to expect work to finish by the second or third week of August
- Ottawa’s planning committee approved the site plan for the Château Laurier’s proposed addition Thursday following hours of debate over procedure and the finer points of heritage design
- One of Ottawa’s leading artificial intelligence firms has secured $29.6 million in series-B financing, matching a contribution from the federal government with venture capital
- Invest Ottawa pulled a fast one on entrepreneurs at AccelerateOTT by boosting the pitchfest prize by $600K at the last minute
- Two years after the automotive giant moved into Kanata, Ford Canada’s chief engineer says the company has doubled its headcount and intends to keep growing in the capital
- An Ottawa-made tech solution bringing analytics to the age-old sports marketing industry is gaining momentum
- The federal government has awarded a massive contract to a consortium of designers and developers to install and maintain clean energy systems across the National Capital Region.
- Ottawa’s light-rail transit line will not be ready by June 30 as promised due to issues with the trains, OC Transpo head John Manconi told Ottawa councillors Tuesday morning.
- As six Ottawa startups prepare their pitches for AccelerateOTT in June, Techopia talked to Mistral Venture Partners’ Code Cubitt and Panache Ventures’ David Dufresne to get their dos and
- A plan to repurpose plastic into affordable pairs of glasses caught the eyes of some angel investors this week, as Ottawa-based EcoVision walked away from a pitchfest with an extra $10,00
- Shopify has quietly acquired a New York-based e-commerce firm, the Ottawa tech giant’s second acquisition of 2019.
- An Ottawa tech firm has tapped the cable industry’s R&D arm to develop a new open-source platform with the potential to disrupt how we access Wi-Fi.
- One year after doubling in size through a major merger, Natural Partners Fullscript is primed to expand again after landing US$25 million in a series-B round announced on Tuesday.
- Solink is no stranger to OBJ’s fastest-growing companies list.
- Shopify is doubling down on Toronto’s talent market.
- A Gatineau-based company looking to disrupt the property management space has closed a multimillion-dollar seed round and is setting expectations sky high for additional funding and hires
- Even with lower-than-expected earnings over the first three months of the year, Kinaxis (
- A software firm that prides itself as the “original sales engagement platform” is primed to double its Gatineau headcount with an additional 30 hires thanks to fresh funding.
- Though its headquarters have now shifted from the National Capital Region to southern Ontario, Quarterhill’s (
- A new tech conference coming to Ottawa next month is looking to bring together government, industry and academia to explore the opportunities in location-based technologies.
- A few years after spinning off from parent company DataKinetics, omNovos is finding enough success in the retail industry to make a major purchase of its own.
- There was something about sitting down in a restaurant that always nagged at Elias Hage.
- Two Toronto real estate firms have staked their claim to the Ottawa-Gatineau market with a pair of apartment building acquisitions in the National Capital Region.
- Invest Ottawa is teaming up with Ontario’s other economic development agencies to help scale a new generation of companies past $100 million in revenues.
- A few days after the National Capital Commission approved final designs for the revitalization of a prominent public-sector workplace in Gatineau, the federal government has awarded a mas
- Ottawa founders unsure where to start on building their businesses are finding their answers in a community born out of a new entrepreneurial boot camp from Invest Ottawa.
- The City of Ottawa’s treasurer fell victim to an increasingly prevalent form of cyber attack last year, costing Ottawa more than $100,000 to a U.S.
- A major global acquisition will have a sizable impact in Ottawa, as French multinational Thales Group completed its $7.3-billion acquisition of Netherlands-based digital security firm Gem
- A U.S. cannabis company is paying top dollar to acquire an Ottawa-based firm with deep roots in the lucrative California market.
- An autonomous shuttle-maker will be among the first companies to put its vehicles through the paces at Ottawa’s custom-made test facilities this spring.
- The City of Ottawa has closed the first of two deals to extend the forthcoming light-rail transit line even as councillors continue to express concerns about the decision-making process f
- Last month, computer scientist Joy Buolamwini penned an article in Time magazine describing a troubling interaction
- City Council will consider a motion at its next meeting to have the auditor general look into the procurement process surrounding the $4.7 billion in contracts for the second phase of Ott
- The Ottawa airport is losing three daily round-trip flights to Chicago starting in June, but is expecting to get them back next spring.
- An innovation in hearing tests born out of an Ottawa hospital is taking its mission worldwide following a recent acquisition by a billion-dollar company.
- The Liberal government’s final budget of its mandate puts a focus on getting municipal infrastructure projects off the ground, including a controversial plan for a new interprovincial cro
- A local startup’s software is not only giving Ottawa firefighters valuable insights before arriving at a frenzied scene, but could also lay the foundations for a smarter and safer nation’
- An Ottawa-area cannabis company has found a suitable plot of land for its growing operations just outside of Perth.
- Gatineau’s Hexo (
- A local artificial intelligence firm has been acquired by a global tech giant with hopes of establishing its AI “centre of excellence” in Ottawa.
- Following a banner year that saw his firm’s user base grow 300 per cent, the co-founder behind an Ottawa app maker says the company’s local foundations set it up for international success.
- The National Capital Commission said Thursday morning it is moving ahead with a new process to redevelop LeBreton Flats, one that will start with a piece of land next to the new central l
- Ottawa city council has approved two multibillion-dollar bids to develop the second phase of its light-rail transit network following a vigorous debate on the tight timeline to go ahead w
- The consortium building the first phase of Ottawa’s light-rail transit system will miss its third handover deadline, with the system now expected to be delivered in the second quarter of
- Ottawa-based Espial Group’s revenues dropped sharply in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2018 as the company increasingly focused on its burgeoning SaaS-based business.
- A couple years after generating buzz around a product aimed at automating the laborious proposal-writing process, Ottawa-based reDock has raised fresh capital to take a pared-down solutio
- Before she was leading Shopify’s data science team, before she was working at one of the world’s biggest investment banks and before she was researching breast cancer predictors in univer
- The Liberal government is adding $40 million in federal money to a $310.5-million pledge from BlackBerry aimed at supporting the development of self-driving car technologies in Kanata.
- With the growing popularity of International Women’s Day events around Ottawa, a few local business leaders recently started asking the question, “Why just one day?”
- A staff report imagining the shifts Ottawa’s economy might see in the coming century could help to guide upcoming creation of the city’s new Official Plan after receiving planning committ
- The head of the consortium constructing Ottawa’s light-rail transit line said Tuesday he’s “confident” the system will be ready to be handed over to the city on March 31, but the city’s t
- Shopify passed a major milestone – and did so faster than any other SaaS firm before it – in its fourth quarter earnings report on Tuesday.
- The local game developer behind a viral sensation is returning to his roots to grow his burgeoning studio, acquiring Ottawa-based Karman Interactive – the same company that gave him his s
- Ottawa youth will soon have the chance to experiment with artificial intelligence, quantum computing, nanotechnology and more through a new local chapter of
- Jamie Blades was raised in real estate.
- The Vancouver-based shipbuilder tasked with providing Canada’s navy with a new fleet of support ships is turning to a defence giant’s local operations to power the brains of the vessels.
- AccelerateOTT will shift farther downtown from its traditional home at Lansdowne Park’s Horticulture Building to the National Arts Centre on Elgin Street when the annual entrepreneurship
- Nokia Canada is looking to bolster its Kanata workforce with fresh government funding aimed at developing new 5G networking technologies.
- A handful of Ottawa-based firms are among a roster of artificial intelligence suppliers that will aim to bring the federal government into the digital age with a new wave of service offer
- You know things are going well at the office when your boss shows up to hand out cheques for $6,000 to you, your co-worker, your team and the rest of the company.
- There’s no use making a prediction if you can’t back it up.
- The chief executive of a Vancouver real estate firm says Amazon’s long-term lease on its new distribution facility in Ottawa was a deciding factor in his fund’s deal to buy a 90-per-cent
- Ottawa Tourism is pressing pause on new efforts to attract and cater to Chinese tourists in light of strained relations between the Asian country and Canada.
- One of Ottawa’s fastest-growing companies has gone back to the well of its existing investors for a follow-on round of financing.
- A made-in-Ottawa application for online retail has attracted the eye of a well-heeled Silicon Valley investor.
- Techopia’s annual tech-firms-to-watch list is about more than high-potential startups.
- A vote of confidence from a large portion of its shareholders put a spring in the stock price of a local cannabis holding firm on Monday as prospective buyers knock at the company’s door.
- The feuding partners in the LeBreton Flats redevelopment have entered mediation in a last-ditch effort to salvage the project before the National Capital Commission officially terminates
- An Ottawa company’s goal to bring wellness services to your door – and on your schedule – is earning it acclaim in the early days of operations.
- With the first pick out of the picture to redevelop LeBreton Flats, second-place Devcore Canderel DLS is arguing the National Capital Commission is legally obligated to enter into negotia
- Solink’s “land and expand” strategy continued to serve the fast-growing video intelligence firm in 2018.
- A major push in hiring and R&D over the course of 2018 have set Leonovus up to record revenues for the first time in years heading into 2019.
- A tight Ottawa talent market couldn’t hold MindBridge AI back from doubling in size over the course of 2018.
- The unravelling of the RendezVous LeBreton partnership continued Tuesday as Trinity Development Group executive chairman John Ruddy announced he’s countersuing Ottawa Senators owner Eugen
- The bar was high for Martello Technologies going into 2018.
- City councillors approved a staff recommendation Thursday to allow pot storefronts in Ottawa, despite a number of complaints about the lack of local zoning powers in the province’s privat
- A Silicon Valley fintech firm announced its money transfer service’s expansion to Canada earlier this week, but the well-heeled startup’s founder and workforce are both already firmly roo
- As Huawei’s Canadian operations come under increasing scrutiny amid an international brouhaha, the Chinese firm’s Ottawa-based research partners are adopting a holding pattern until the p
- As the gift-giving season heats up, Ottawa Flowers Inc. has scored a fitting deal.
- The kingpin of Mitel, and some would argue the whole of Kanata North, has left his chairman role at the company he co-founded more than 45 years ago after the telecom firm announced last
- Two Colonel By Secondary School students have teamed up with Nokia’s Ottawa outpost for a new conference aimed at showing girls that coding is not just a boy’s game.
- The other team that submitted a proposal to redevelop LeBreton Flats says it’s ready to resume negotiations with the National Capital Commission as talks with the Crown corporation's pref
- Four years after first coming to Ottawa, Silicon Valley tech giant SurveyMonkey has found a long-term home for its “HQ2.”
- A local cleantech startup is bringing the decision-making power of artificial intelligence to grids in Ottawa and around the world in an effort to optimize and reduce cities’ energy consu
- With the company’s stock still acclimating to the waters of the public market, Martello Technologies (
- The future of the internet in Ottawa has never looked brighter thanks to the efforts of numerous groups aiming to improve the National Capital Region’s network infrastructure.
- Ottawa’s tech talent market beat out the likes of Montreal, Vancouver and Waterloo for the second year in a row according to CBRE’s annual rankings, but the elusive top spot remains in To
- “Unresolved issues” within the consortium tapped to redevelop LeBreton Flats have pushed the National Capital Commission’s board to set a January ultimatum for RendezVous LeBreton: “Get y
- Organizers for this year’s SaaS North have hit a 50-50 split for male and female speakers this year – a rare feat for a tech conference and a priority that will inform the annual event’s
- A new report is predicting the Liberal government will soon come under pressure to curtail federal spending, putting a drag on the National Capital Region’s economic growth.
- One of Ottawa’s hottest tech firms announced Monday that it’s bringing one of the city’s most vaunted tech executives back into the game to lead the company’s scaling efforts.
- Quality mentorship and family ties were major themes of the evening at the 2018 Best Ottawa Business Awards as the capital’s top companies and entrepreneurs were honoured for the past yea
- An evaluation committee has chosen its preferred team to design the new joint home for the Ottawa Public Library and Library and Archives Canada.
- With fresh funding from some high-ranking sports executives, You.i TV is looking to add up to 100 employees to its bench in a play to dominate the sports media market.
- Owning a piece of prime Monopoly real estate is no longer just a game night goal for local businesses.
- Kinaxis (
- The chaos of Brexit has accelerated demand for digital visas and identification software, opening up opportunities for an Ottawa-based software firm that’s been in the game for two decades.
- Shopify has updated its policy standards to ban groups that promote hate or violence from using its platform, the latest step away from the Ottawa firm’s previous attempts to remain politically neu
- One week after her successful entry into municipal politics, new Kanata North councillor-elect Jenna Sudds says she’s not forgetting her tech park roots.
- Gatineau-based hemp and cannabis company LiveWell Canada reported its first public earnings on Monday since going public via reverse takeover in June, giving investors the first look into the firm
- A Quebec entrepreneur’s background in 3D printing is adding a new dimension to an upcoming performance from the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra.
- The City of Ottawa is surveying residents about whether to allow private cannabis retailers to set up shop in the capital, an all-or-nothing choice that puts decisions about local pot shop location
- An Ottawa company says it made history in the skies above Ontario with a test of its low-Earth orbit satellite – a demonstration that could have bearings on the future of connectivity in air and ma
- A nine-figure series-C round is the next big step in Assent Compliance’s quest to dominate its industry, the Ottawa-based firm’s CEO told OBJ on Tuesday.
- In his third straight term as mayor of Ottawa, Jim Watson will work with a crop of fresh faces after voters in seven wards picked new councillors in the 2018 municipal election.
- Two Ottawa lawyers have filed an $80-million class-action lawsuit against Google, claiming the search giant’s results are inadvertently revealing names protected by a publication ban.
- With technological disruptions leaving two generations of industrial maintenance workers untrained, an Ottawa-based firm is using its simulation software to bridge an emerging skills gap in the man
- Ottawa-based Solufy, which counts the likes of NASA and Disney among its clients, announced this week it had been acquired by a U.S.
- Ottawa’s real estate market had a banner first six months of 2018, according to a report released Wednesday that said two landmark office building sales in 2017 have piqued investors’ interest in t
- Beth Comstock knows a thing or two about making an impact at big companies.
- A slew of expansion announcements and fresh attention on Gatineau-based Hexo have driven the company’s share price up nearly 40 per cent in the three weeks following shareholder’s calls to explore
- Invest Ottawa is leaning on some Waterloo expertise as it rolls out the latest version of its accelerator program.
- After three years piloting the degree program in Ottawa with Carleton University, Shopify is expanding its workplace learning concept to York University in Toronto.
- After spending 14 months carefully curing a single cut of meat in a specialized refrigerator, few things are less welcome than a weekend without power.
- Startups from across Ottawa opened their doors on Thursday night in hopes of attracting talent and showing the public what’s happening in the capital’s burgeoning tech scene.
- The investment arm of Ottawa-area pot producer Canopy Growth went public on the TSX Venture Exchange Thursday morning, sending an already-hectic cannabis market into even more of a frenzy.
- Techopia was curious about exactly what had come out of MadeMill after its first year in operation.
- After years spent searching for the best path to scale up and take on Canada’s cloud communications market, Ottawa-based Versature has decided being acquired by a larger firm is best way to grow.
- For the past year, startups incubated at Bayview Yards have worked just down the hall from a makerspace and digital media lab.
- After long touting augmented reality as the future of commerce, Ottawa-based Shopify is hoping to make good on its word this week, pushing AR capabilities for merchants with the latest version of i
- Martello Technologies rang in its public listing at the TSX Venture Exchange on Wednesday to a roar of applause, but with more acquisitions already in the pipeline, the Ottawa-based firm was lookin
- Ottawa’s light rail system will not be ready by the Nov. 2 handover date and trains aren’t expected to start carrying passengers until 2019, city staff announced Monday morning.
- An Ottawa semiconductor firm that attracted international attention for improving the efficiency of solar panels and power storage technology has been acquired by a Chinese electronics giant.
- Gatineau-based cannabis firm HEXO is under pressure from one of its largest shareholders after the group, disappointed in what it perceives as an undervalued share price, sent a letter to the firm
- One of west Ottawa’s prominent business leaders will tackle issues such as women in leadership alongside the freshly merged board of trade.
- Ottawa software firm Leonovus (
- For someone whose company just reported a 74-per-cent decrease in annual revenues on Wednesday, Edgewater Wireless (
- Revenue continued to trend upward at Intouch Insight (
- An Ottawa-based biotech firm is solving a long-standing problem for research labs on a shoestring budget, all while making margins on its microwave-like machine.
- Former Ottawa Senators president Cyril Leeder will take the wheel at Myers Automotive Group as the organization’s first CEO, a move that keeps the well-known businessman right where he wants to be:
- There are two main reasons why Rick Whittaker founded AirShare, an Ottawa-based company that 3D prints guided missiles designed to disable drones.
- Ottawa-based CannaRoyalty’s early investments in the burgeoning California cannabis market started paying off this quarter, with further
- Days after breaking ground on a massive new warehouse in Ottawa’s east end, Amazon is clearing out of its research and development post in the west just two years after moving in.
- Tucked away in a corner of Makerspace North, Luc Lalande is forging a new venture that he hopes will bring attention to Ottawa’s creative economy.
- The Growcer has returned to its University of Ottawa roots, this time installing its hydroponics system on campus to contribute to the cafeteria’s produce supply.
- The National Research Council might have just taken the first step towards eliminating the need for physical archives with a new blockchain-based database developed by an Ottawa firm.
- It’s been a record first half for Ottawa’s Ackroo (
- A new clothing company’s impact is already being felt by recently-arrived Syrian refugees in Ottawa, but the firm’s young founders have ambitions to tackle an enormous global market.
- One of Ottawa’s struggling tech firms has a new lease on life after an acquisition that sets the digital agency back on its original path.
- Quarterhill’s revenues continued to climb a week after the Ottawa-based firm got some good news about a big patent win.
- One of Ottawa’s up-and-coming studios has been acquired by an Ireland-based gaming giant in a move the firm’s co-founder says could elevate the city’s entire industry.
- The University of Ottawa is inviting the public to rally around the latest cohort of its Startup Garage program at the end of the month.
- Organizations trying to solve some of the world’s toughest medical problems are doing so with the help of made-in-Ottawa software – and the firm behind the solution is reaching new height
- The buzz around Canada’s legal marijuana market has turned Ottawa’s National Access Cannabis (
- Ottawa-based Espial Group (
- Bayview Yards is looking for a new vendor to run its digital media laboratory and manufacturing shop roughly one year after the facilities first opened.
- Huawei’s global sales continued to climb in the first half of the year even as concerns about the smartphone maker’s links to the Chinese government permeated security discussions around the world.
- Momentum in Shopify’s premium user base drove growth at the local firm this past quarter, which also saw the Ottawa e-commerce company re
- News last week that Ontario’s cannabis market might be opened to private retailers was well-received by Gatineau-based Hydropothecary (
- With a combined eight decades of experience in Canada’s space sector, the newly-merged team of MDA and Ottawa-based Neptec Design Group
- Forty startups – some new to the Invest Ottawa brand, some familiar names – will join the economic development agency’s new accelerator progr
- Employees at Shopify, Pythian and Assent Compliance are the most well-connected in Ottawa according to a newly released list from a Toronto startup focused on the power of relationships.
- After 13 years, CanvasPop’s co-founder and chief innovation officer Adrian Salamunovic announced Wednesday he will step away from the O
- Hold on to your hats: Ottawa-based MDS Aero Support dropped by for this week’s edition of Techopia Live, where vice-president of busine
- As the debate surrounding the safety of autonomous cars shifts into high gear, the head of BlackBerry is speaking out against driver mon
- A glut of under-utilized real estate in office portfolios around the world has brought enormous customers such as Amazon and Starbucks to the door of Kanata-based Internet of Things firm
- It may not be a red-hot Tesla Roadster, but a local firm’s satellite was set into orbit by one of the world’s fastest-rising space companies following a successful launch this past weeken
- Susan Richards is stepping into the co-chair position on the board at Invest Ottawa, a ro
- There’s a hole in the capital’s internet infrastructure and a new organization’s efforts to solve the only-in-Ottawa problem could mean an opportunity for a local business.
- Kanata-based L-Spark, known for mentoring Canadian SaaS firms through its accelerato
- Local pot producer Canopy Growth (
- Mitel shareholders voted overwhelmingly in favour of Searchlight Capital Partners’ proposed acquisition of the Kanata-based firm on Tuesday, marking a key approval in the $2-billion deal
- An Ottawa startup thinks the biggest weakness in today’s chatbot offerings is a lack of focus on the other side of the conversation: you.
- Finding strong talent is a challenge for most Ottawa businesses, but being the city’s golden child comes with a unique perspective.
- With Canada Day just passed and Bluesfest fast approaching, many in Ottawa have the security of major public events top of mind.
- Ottawa’s transit boss John Manconi updated councilors on Confederation Line construction this week with the aid of a city-owned drone.
- Invest Ottawa CEO Mike Tremblay gave city councillors an idea of the agency’s economic impact on Tuesday, looking to court future funding when the organization’s budget is up for renewal
- After coming up through the Ottawa startup system, local firm Desk Nibbles is ready to tackle the U.S.
- While Ottawa’s share of the top 250 ICT companies in Canada may be down in 2018, many of the local firms appearing on the latest edition of the Branham300 list are moving up the rankings.
- Hydropothecary is moving up to the Toronto Stock Exchange with a new brand to tackle the soon-to-be-legal recreational cannabis market.
- Since taking over Capital Gaming Expo in late 2016, new owner Jillian Mood has made a lot of changes.
- The day after the Senate passed a bill permitting the purchase and consumption of cann
- Ottawa entrepreneurs will open up about their own mental health at an event this week aimed at promoting honest and oftentimes difficult conversations in the workplace.
- The Ottawa Champions will share the field with some virtual competition at RCGT Park this week thanks to a new partnership with an app developer.
- From a security perspective, the recent G7 summit in Charlevoix, Que., passed mostly without incident. Now, an Ottawa company is stepping up to take a bit of credit.
- An Ottawa company believes its high-tech ethical directory is the search tool vegan eaters have been craving.
- A First Nations-owned coffee company in Ottawa is tackling the subpar water conditions in many of Canada’s Indigenous communities with a little help from Shopify.
- Hundreds of entrepreneurs, investors and mentors made their way to the sold-out AccelerateOTT conference on Wednesday hoping to make new connections, pick up some valuable insights or perhaps just
- An Ottawa startup believes the future of retail is a return to the physical storefront with a virtual twist.
- Ottawa-based Titus has a new chief executive at the helm, poised to lead the data protection firm’s growth in an increasingly cyber-worried world.
- The controversial proposed addition for the Château Laurier finally won city staff’s seal of approval, but not all are pleased with the architects’ latest designs.
- If an Ottawa startup is in the midst of scaling up, there’s one concern you’ll often hear on the lips of leadership: culture.
- Next week’s AccelerateOTT conference is shaping to be the most well-attended yet as organizer
- With future acquisitions and a public listing on the horizon, Martello Technologies announced this week that the local cloud communicati
- Mindbridge AI and FarmLead are among the local firms that have spoken at Product Hunt Ottawa meetups.
- With the help of local universities and other players in the capital’s autonomous vehicles hub, Ottawa-based Smats Traffic Solutions is putting smart sensors on the roads where they’re ne
- A delegation from India’s burgeoning economy will descend on Ottawa next week at an event hoping to reveal investment opportunities between the National Capital Region and the South Asian powerhous
- Despite common age restrictions for young entrepreneurs, three Ottawa teenagers have launched a startup to help parents find babysitters in their neighbourhoods.
- One of the United States’ largest defence contractors is investing US$5 million in an Ottawa-based material sciences startup with ambitions to take 3D printing to the next level.
- Canopy Growth (
- While Intouch Insight (
- With the first fiscal quarter of the year in the books, CannaRoyalty’s CEO suggested that rising revenues and high-potential acquisitions are positioning the Ottawa-based cannabis holding firm to c
- For eight years, Ottawa-based creative agency Soshal has been building up a portfolio of clients ranging from huge brands such as Honda to local startups including Solink and ChangeJar.
- A local startup is rallying the community to crowdfund a made-in-Ottawa fix for trash littering the National Capital Region’s beaches.
- Invest Ottawa is introducing a new accelerator model that will focus the economic development agency’s resources on the city’s highest po
- Ottawa-based Clearford Water Systems (
- An Ottawa-area company is bringing its nearby radio astronomy antenna to the commercial space industry.
- Business and community leaders in Ottawa have assembled as a new task force hoping to put some momentum behind the city’s transformational developments and attract more millennial workers
- Two local chambers of commerce have agreed to merge their operations, subject to the approval of their members.
- An Ottawa tech firm has shaken the foundations of the concrete and construction industries, bringing an age-old sector into the modern era with the latest developments in the Internet of
- Manufacturers’ increasing interest in products with embedded displays is one of the major demands driving growth at Ottawa’s Crank Software.
- When Alex Hebert and Ian O’Halloran were looking to start a business in 2013, they were in search of a traditional brick-and-mortar sector they could bring to the web and scale up.
- High-tech talent, innovative companies and public sector interest could turn Canada’s capital into an AI hub
- Espial had its worst market opening to date in 2018 on Friday as the Ottawa-based firm announced significant revenue declines alongside numerous office closures and layoffs around the wor
- From a physical kiosk business to a software services firm, Intouch Insight (
- Ottawa’s three chambers of commerce are again considering plans to formally amalgamate, though an upcoming vote may leave one of the regional bodies out of the mix.
- Shopify unveiled a slew of upgrades and expansions to its platform and services at its Unite conference on Tuesday as the firm attempts t
- Revenues at Mitel (
- Kinaxis (
- Two Ottawa artificial intelligence firms announced separate funding rounds this week, raising a combined $14.5 million and elevating the capital’s AI profile.
- Shopify (
- Kinaxis Inc. has added a leading tofu manufacturer to its platform, furthering the Ottawa-based SaaS firm’s expansions into Asia.
- Ottawa businessman Maher Arar is hoping a focus on the fundamentals will bring like-minded entrepreneurs to his new coworking space in Vanier – a neighbourhood he believes is forging a ne
- As physicians and techies alike gather Friday night for the second-ever Hacking Health Ottawa event hosted at Shopify, a few of the successful projects from last year’s hackathon are cred
- Several of Ottawa’s leading business organizations are throwing their support behind the Hard Rock Ottawa casino, a redevelopment that could see millions of dollars swing back across the
- The news this week that Mitel would be acquired in a US$2-billion deal may have come as a bit of a surprise, but the Kanata-based communications firm is no stranger to big-money M&A p
- A shift back to private ownership will help Mitel focus on its long-term cloud strategy, CEO Rich McBee told OBJ Tuesday after the firm announced that it had been acquired by an investor
- Though the original plan in 2014 called for 120 employees in five years, Swedish design house Syntronic has just passed a headcount of 200 in Ottawa with plans and provincial funding to grow furthe
- A local drone startup is hoping a pivot and an accelerator will help the firm reach new heights.
- A would-be cannabis producer is eyeing 225 acres outside Burnstown in the Ottawa Valley for an outdoor grow-op, a production method that’s not yet legal in Canada but that could have a su
- Ottawa’s entrepreneurs have the right mindsets to launch and scale up their businesses, but the startup community could use a bit more cohesion, according to the latest report from a global entrepr
- The parent company of one of Ottawa’s largest life sciences firms has announced plans to sell a segment of Kanata-based Nordion, with roughly 150 employees changing firms as part of the d
- While Monday’s unseasonable ice storm may have led many Ottawa businesses to hunker down, the chaos meant a busy day for some – and opportunity for others.
- Tonya Bruin recalls meeting a mother in need at an expo a few years ago.
- If there’s one thing on consumers’ minds today, it’s privacy.
- Martello Technologies will soon conduct a reverse takeover of a publicly listed shell company to secure a listing on the TSX Venture Exchange, the Ottawa-based firm announced Thursday morning.
- In another major executive shakeup, Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group sports president
- The realization that something needed to change came when Liam Mooney bent down to tie his shoes.
- While most auto shows make a spectacle of expensive cars and sleek designs, Ottawa’s Autonomous Vehicle Summit on Wednesday puts the focus on
- Fed up with the grow-fast-or-perish mantra that has dominated startup communities around the world, two Ottawa entrepreneurs are introducing an alternative funding model to support local
- A revised contract for Ottawa’s green bin organics disposal service will cost the city an extra $626,000 annually, adding dog waste and plastic bags to the scheme while skirting further l
- Shares of Ottawa-based Shopify took a hit to start the week as a familiar foe attempted to ensnare the e-commerce giant in the recent Fac
- An Ottawa-based IT and management consulting firm says being acquired will give it the capacity to meet increasing demand from the feds, as the Liberal government increasingly makes digit
- Klipfolio, the Ottawa-based developer of business analytics dashboards, debuted its new 17,000-square-foot space in the World Exchange Plaza to guests at a Techopia VIP event on Thursday night.
- Ottawa Tourism believes a new incentive program will help bring more Chinese tourists to the National Capital Region, and it’s preparing
- A new report is resurrecting security fears related to the Chinese state's influence on Huawei, a telecom firm with a sizable presence in Ottawa that's among the leaders in developing nex
- CareWorx, an Ottawa-based provider of managed IT services and senior care tech, announced Tuesday morning that it has closed $17 million in funding to expand its reach into a rapidly matu
- There’s more to university co-op programs than acting as talent pipelines for mid-size and larger firms.
- Lingering uncertainty surrounding the legality of cannabis in the U.S.
- A Toronto construction firm has broken into the Ottawa market with the help of some local training programs and a capital-first approach.
- The developer behind Kanata, its business park and neighbourhoods across the National Capital Region is being remembered as a visionary with a “demand for excellence,” as well as an inspi
- As Telesat prepares to turn 50 next year, the satellite technologies firm is preparing to move from its east-end campus to two floors ins
- Gatineau-based startup Foko Retail believes untapped customer insights from brick-and-mortar stores are the secret to both sustaining retail chains and maintaining its own impressive grow
- As an Ottawa photonics manufacturer drops deeper into the red, its management is indicating that the firm’s future is at risk without financing to bolster its production capacity.
- Confidence: That was the word Kinaxis CEO John Sicard used repeatedly during the firm’s year-end earnings conference call, in which the Ottawa-based supply chain software supplier recorde
- A depressed fourth quarter wasn’t enough to bring down a year of record annual revenues for Quarterhill, as the firm says its acquisition strategy introduced last year is now poised to be
- BluMetric turned another profit this past quarter despite a nine-per-cent drop in revenue as the company continues to pivot towards a few
- Two months into Ontario’s first of two planned minimum wage hikes, Ottawa restaurant owners are coping by cutting down hourly
- Growing up in the Ottawa Valley, Vicki Saunders learned the value of hard work and entrepreneurship on her family's farm.
- When you break it down, running a company is really about one thing: collaboration.
- An Ottawa fintech firm has brought China’s two biggest payment platforms to more than a thousand Canadian merchants after just a year i
- Thinkwrap Commerce is joining forces with two other firms to form a single commerce services company, letting the Ottawa-based firm foc
- Only one year after taking the reins, Tom Anselmi is stepping aside as president and CEO of the Ottawa Senators.
- Artists playing this weekend’s Megaphono festival might be the first in the world to be paid royalties in cryptocurrency, thanks to an Ottawa firm’s app.
- After initial public feedback sent Larco Investments Ltd.
- Calian Group set a new record for Q1 revenues, the Ottawa-based firm reported today, thanks to some help from last year’s local acquisition.
- Ottawa firms raised $79 million in a total of 20 venture capital deals last year, according to PwC Canada and CB Insights’ annual
- Ottawa’s light-rail transit line will open by the end of November, almost six months after the original date the city was to take possession of the system, Mayor Jim Watson announced today.
- Calling all Ottawa railfans: If you’re feeling nostalgic or have an extra few thousand dollars just lying around, you could be the owner of the city’s old O-Trains.
- In a big white warehouse on Hamilton Avenue, a local company has been turning customers’ photos into works of art without a cent of venture capital for nine years.
- The successes of Ottawa 2017, the city’s booming development scene and trepidation about incoming marijuana legalization were top of mind for Mayor Jim Watson as he delivered his State of City addr
- A local indie studio will soon find its popular characters on mobile app stores and mainstream consoles thanks to some key partnerships and the viral success of its games.
- As anticipation for legal recreational marijuana reaches new highs, one Ottawa cannabis company doesn’t want consumers – or investors – forgetting about the medical side.
- After more than 40 meetings and 120 hours of negotiations, the National Capital Commission and RendezVous LeBreton Group have officially reached an agreement to transfer ownership of LeBreton Flats
- Ottawa-based Kinaxis will manage the supply and demand processes for the largest automobile manufacturer in the world.
- The prospect of offering realtors a full-suite of video and VR options has brought Ottawa firms 3Dshowing.com and Waterbridge Media together to form Bookmylisting.com.
- A local startup is helping the federal government take its first steps into the blockchain with a pilot program to publish open data on grants and other financial contributions.
- In its most active year yet, the Capital Angel Network invested $3.3 million in 20 companies, giving many up-and-coming local startups their first taste of funding.
- Techopia Live kicked off its 2018 season with iBIONICS’ CEO and co-founder Suzanne Grant
- “Optimistic” Ottawa entrepreneurs intend to invest more into growing their companies than the provincial average in 2018, according to a report from the Business Development Bank of Canada.
- One of Ottawa’s newest prospects will be in attendance this year at hockey’s all-star annual showcase – working its magic in the stands rather than on the ice.
- BlackBerry is hoping its latest offering can provide peace of mind to automakers developing connected cars, a rapidly-accelerating field fraught with security concerns.
- News that one of the U.K.’s largest contractors is folding may be sending shockwaves in business circles around the world, but a local health-care facility that relied on Carillion to bui
- The annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is known for its flashy tech: high-flying drones across the aisle from high-definitio
- Any U.S. air base across the world could now opt to choose Senstar’s FlexZone when replacing or upgrading perimeter security.
- An Ottawa founder believes your DNA is the extra personal touch that will separate his new startup from legacy competitors in the skincare and supplements industries.
- BlackBerry QNX knows how to play the game at the Consumer Electronics Show, so instead of just telling you that they’ve locked down a deal to underpin a self-driving platform for NVIDIA, they also
- Hydropothecary says it’ll soon be ready to tackle the national marijuana market after raising the largest deal of its kind in Canadian cannabis hi
- The Kanata North Business Association’s search for a new leader will continue, but the tech-focused BIA has named an interim executive director until a permanent replacement is found.
- The Château Laurier’s aging parking garage may be torn down before its proposed expansion even begins, as the hotel’s engineers have de
- The hazy state of legal cannabis in the United States spurred a tumultuous week for Ottawa-area pot firms, with local companies approaching the end of 2018’s first trading week on a low n
- Martello Technologies Kanata’s Martello Technologies wasted no time proving why 2018 will be its year.
- Unlike our fleshy human bodies, when trees break a limb, they don’t have casts put on their branches.
- With ambitions of going public later this year, Martello Technologies is starting 2018 with a merger that its CEO says completes its pro
- As we turn the page to 2018, OBJ looks back at some of the people and businesses that we featured on the front cover of the newspaper this past year.
- As Shopify grew, the tech firm entered further into the mainstream and into the scrutiny of the public eye.
- Ottawa firm buys SaaS company ClearSlide, a San Francisco-based developer of sales support software that counts The Economist and Buzzfeed among its clients.
- One of Ottawa’s most prominent entrepreneurs will help to guide Canada’s public broadcaster for the next five years.
- Officials from around the country hoping to establish Ottawa as a hub for autonomous vehicles seem to have set the pace car in their efforts: BlackBerry QNX.
- Competition to host “HQ2” left Ottawa’s tech sector to speculate about if the city would have a shot – and whether winning would even be a good thing.
- The city's main economic development agency evolved over the course of 2017 under new leadership.
- Despite winning a long legal battle against a U.S.
- Late last month, Techopia sat down with three local entrepreneurs to hear their views of the past year in Ottawa tech, how they feel the city’s industry is doing today and what challenges
- In an attempt to help tourists discover Ottawa’s top sites, the city’s tourism body has partnered with a local startup to put a tour guide right in the pockets of visitors to the National
- Patients with complex healthcare needs in the Ottawa region are using a local startup’s platform to better connect with doctors and family, thanks to $1.2 million in public and private fu
- After going several quarters starved for sales of its secure data storage technology, Ottawa-based Leonovus is turning heads in the market with its latest blockchain offering.
- One year ago, Jason Lee took the stage at TiECon Canada’s annual pitchfest.
- The number of contested hearings at the Ontario Municipal Board involving the City of Ottawa has dropped significantly since 2015.
- Ottawa-based Quarterhill (TSX:QTRH)(
- Huawei Canada is reaffirming its 5G confidence in Ottawa, as the Chinese telecom fir
- Year two of SaaS North nearly doubled the exhibitors’ space and inspired a fresh crop of startups, but organizers and attendees say the Ottawa-based conference has a bigger ambition: turning global
- Earlier this year, longtime Ottawa firm Halogen Software was acquired by Saba Software
- Whether they choose a traditional hotel room or make use of platforms such as Airbnb, Ottawa tourists may find a new tax on their stays in the new year.
- Making good on it’s vision of consolidating the North American water management industry, Ottawa’s Clearford Water Systems (
- Windmill Development Group has passed through planning committee on its path to redeveloping a portion of Bank Street’s Southminster Uni
- The Ottawa startup hoping to revolutionize personal DNA testing has pivoted its portable solution to detecting airborne Legionella bacteria in office buildings.
- After submitting its bid for the next generation of Canadian warships, Lockheed Martin Canada says its coalition is the best choice for
- Recurring revenues are on the rise at Intouch Insight, as the Ottawa-based firm sets its sights on a lucrative new market in 2018.
- In an attempt to capitalize on coming next-generation network capabilities, the City of Ottawa is partnering with the federal government to set up a
- Ottawa is the second-best tech city in the country, according to a report by a national real estate firm released today, but the capital’s tech sector’s strengths and shortcomings reveal
- When Andrew Ralph landed in Ottawa in 2015, his goal was to start a business and settle into a home for his young family.
- Small business owners will now be able to access the same commerce and delivery solutions as larger retailers.
- Ottawa gamers will have the chance to brave chilling winds to battle fire-breathing monsters during a weeklong event across the city.
- The CEO of Sciemetric Instruments says the Ottawa company has an opportunity to shift its growth into “high gear” in the aftermath of its acquisition by an Ohio-based company.
- Interim CEO Shaun McEwan urged investors to look at the firm’s “long-term value rather than quarter-by-quarter numbers.”
- Galtronics may be nearing 40 years in the antenna business, but the firm’s recent expansion to Ottawa has its team feeling young again.
- Ottawa’s tech companies (and one pot firm) saw a mixed week on the markets as six firms reported their quarterly earnings.
- An Ottawa-based cloud security firm is gaining momentum with a pivot to blockchain technology, two proof of concept deals and millions
- As Mitel’s revenues continue to climb, the CEO of the Ottawa-based telecom firm says he’s on the lookout for additional takeover targets.
- Digital initiatives could soon be hitting Ottawa’s streets with the goal of turning the capital into a “smart city,” according to a report going before the city’s Finance and Economic Dev
- Tasked last spring with bringing Canada’s analog public sector into the digital age, chief information officer Alex Benay sat down with
- Even though it was Halloween, Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke was not spooked by a “short-selling troll” as he defended the firm against what he called “preposterous claims” during its quarterly earnings ca
- Celebrating five years of bringing the world’s entrepreneurs to Ottawa, TiECon Canada returns to Canada’s capital this week with an impr
- Toronto’s e-commerce giant Shopify ranks among the best tech employers in the world, according to a recent survey by jobs platform Hired.
- A day after DragonWave-X formally
- After announcing its intent to acquire DragonWave earlier this month, Arizona-based Transform-X said W
- Silicon Valley, a land of dreamers, seems at first glance like the perfect place to build a company working with “magic internet money.” But Bitaccess CEO and co-founder Moe Adham told Techopia Liv
- Ottawa’s L-Spark accelerator revealed the lineup for its new fall cohort this week, naming seven companies from across the country to ta
- As cybersecurity threats spread like the flu, an international firm claiming to be the cure has expanded its operations to Ottawa.
- Enough talk of Amazon and Shopify: Gatineau’s SMITH dropped by Techopia Live
- The forthcoming LeBreton Flats development may have an enormous anchor tenant in the form of Amazon HQ2, according to one visi
- After four successful years at the organization’s helm, today marks Jenna Sudds’ final day as the executive director of the Kanata North Business Association.
- Ottawa’s e-commerce darling is expanding its presence elsewhere in Canada, announcing today that it plans to triple the size of its workforce in
- The National Capital Region’s two mayors sent off a collaborative bid to Amazon today, imploring the e-commerce giant to consider the benefits of locating its HQ2 in Ottawa-Gatineau.
- A final few visitors took in the top-notch topiaries of MosaïCanada150 this past weekend as the horticultural exhibit wrapped up its widely successful run in Gatineau’s Jacques-Cartier Pa
- The days of considering cryptocurrencies a niche interest – reserved for a few brilliant but isolated programmers – are over.
- Spurred by backlash to the federal government’s proposed tax changes, the Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance has launched a campaign calling for the government to pause and reset its priorities
- What do Harvard University, the United States Department of Defense and a group of monks in Myanmar have in common?
- Fresh off Martello Technologies’ listing on the Profit 500 list, CEO Bruce Linton told Techopia Live the coming year will likely see the firm make an acquisition or two and possibly even launch a…
- While Ottawa’s central downtown population grew at the fastest rate last year, data from the city’s annual development report show neighbourhoods just outside of the greenbelt are gaining ground.
- Three years ago, Silicon Valley came knocking at Ottawa’s doorstep.
- Two Ottawa execs reflected on their firms’ 20-year anniversaries on Techopia Live this week.
- Two weeks ago, Amazon set cities around the world alight with excitement at the prospect of
- From its humble beginnings as the Open Source Business Resource to its status today as an internationally acclaimed journal for academics and businesspeople alike, the Technology Innovation Managem
- Speaking to a crowd of aspiring merchants on Wednesday night, Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke advised them not to let their customers’ retail experiences fall by the wayside, lest their businesses end up li
- A young Ottawa firm’s mission to create an affordable phone for the masses has hit a major setback after Indiegogo suspended the company’s
- ChangeJar, an Ottawa-based mobile solution to carrying pesky coins, has just added two mainstream functions that its founder says will rapidly help with user adoption.
- Wireless connectivity speeds in Nunavut may see a 20-fold increase thanks to a long-term contract between an Ottawa-based satellite operator and Bell Canada.
- Canopy Growth (TSX:WEED) is making headlines again this week, this time reaching a deal worth millions of dollars to supply cannabis to Ne
- Nearly 20 Ottawa companies landed on the 2017 Profit 500 list, an annual ranking of the country’s fastest-growing companie
- Five Ottawa gaming companies are set unite under a single roof later this year with the goal of building a hub for the local sector.
- A European self-hire boating service has Ottawa Tourism officials excited about a new draw on the Rideau Canal, as operations officially
- A flurry of complaints have pushed Kitchissippi ward councillor Jeff Leiper to call for an industry-backed solution to what he says is “
- Les Rechan has landed on his feet after leaving the recently-acquired Halogen S
- After three years guiding early-stage companies through the University of Ottawa’s Startup Garage,
- Amazon is looking for a city to build its second headquarters – a $5-billion project that will bring roughly 50,000 jobs to the successful applicant – and local officials are eagerly putt
- This week, Techopia Live sat down with frank.
- Ottawa’s restaurants, bars and clubs have a new tool to drive larger groups to their venues this weekend, thanks to a local startup’s app.
- The person at the heart of the Kanata North Business Association since its launch four years ago is leaving to pursue a new opportunity.
- Techopia Live dealt with some dense topics this week – literally – as Giatec founder Aali Alizadeh joined us to talk about how the company is hoping to “revolutionize the concrete industr
- Local businesswoman and former chair of the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce Marie Boivin has been removed from the United States Treasury Department’s sanctions list.
- With an eye on the future of online retail, e-commerce firm SMITH says it’s investing millions of dollars in “SMITH Labs,” a new divisi
- Iversoft Solutions has acquired an Ottawa-based digital marketing agency as the firm sails past the revenue goals it set for itself at t
- As a parent searching for activities and lessons for his five-year-old son, Fadi Ghaby would use his local park as a search engine.
- After only its second-ever quarter as a public company, a local marijuana holdings firm’s investments have brought in more than $1 million in revenue to date.
- Serial founder, entrepreneur and “trouble maker” (his words, not ours) Steve Cody dropped by Techopia Live to talk about the lessons he
- The federal government’s efforts to close a tax “loophole” are drawing backlash from industry observers who say the “ill-conceived” legislation could end up hurting entrepreneurs and smal
- For three years, Ottawa-based ChangeJar has been on a quest for change.
- Revenues continue to climb at ProntoForms (TSX-V:PFM).
- A survey sent to members of Ottawa’s business community offers a glimpse at some of the fresh directions Invest Ottawa is considering under its new president.
- Contract options could extend up to 35 years, valued at $5.2B
- In the debut episode of Techopia Live from KRP Properties, Jim Roche – president and CEO of Stratford Managers – came aboard to discuss
- Cushman & Wakefield’s latest acquisition puts a few local properties under new management and continues an expansion of the global brokerage firm’s Canadian services.
- Techopia Live took to the skies this week to hear from local firms about the opportunities for drone pilots and the restrictions concerning entrepreneurs.
- Invest Ottawa is hoping a new name for its incubator space at Bayview Yards will excite – or rather, incite – the types of hard-working firms it hopes to attract.
- Q3 revenues dropped eight per cent to $67.3 million
- Quarterhill’s bet on the emerging industrial internet of things market is showing early signs of paying off after the Ottawa-based comp
- Summer can be a rough time for entrepreneurs.
- Strong North American earnings continue to bolster Ottawa-based Espial’s results, as the firm reported a 72 per cent spike in revenues fo
- Kinaxis executives may be excited about the firm’s pace of growth, but were forced to lower the Ottawa-based company's guidance for its fiscal 2017 year due to the loss of a large Asian c
- A recently announced community housing project in Little Italy has a prominent neighbourhood developer and property manager eagerly anticipating the incoming growth in foot traffic.
- A group of insiders in the Ottawa gaming industry is setting out to fix a glaring glitch in the local sector: A worrying scarcity of women working in games.
- One of Kanata’s fastest growing firms is moving, but not far: You.i TV has a new home, with plenty of space for its freshly expanded team.
- The Ottawa International Airport’s main runway is closed for the summer as part of two multimillion-dollar reconstruction projects on the tarmac.
- Entrepreneurs make thousands of decisions every day, from major ones such as where to pivot their startup to minor ones such as what to eat for breakfast.
- An Ottawa cybersecurity company is taking its solution to market with the feds behind it, thanks to a program focused on giving startups their first step into the industry.
- After 23 years as an independent business, Ottawa-based nonlinear creations has been acquired.
- Ottawa’s largest hotel got a little bit bigger this week as renovations finished on a new glass-enclosed event space that features sightlines of the refurbished National Arts Centre, the
- The thousands of travellers passing through the Ottawa International Airport daily will get a peek at one of the city’s top technology companies as well as a piece of Hollywood hardware.
- Tech leaders and politicians often like to pitch Ottawa as a potential hub for automotive software, but it may be more accurately described as a battleground.
- The company has posted regular losses and suffered declining revenues, subsisting largely on funding from local tech icon and Magor chairman Terry Matthews and his companies.
- Ottawa-based Learn Leap Fly is among 11 semifinalists in an international competition designed to discover how technology can improve access to education for hundreds of millions of youth
- The message floating about social networks and news sites this week is that Amazon is coming to Ottawa.
- Health Canada has approved two new buildings at Hydropothecary’s Gatineau facilities and granted the pot producer a licence renewal to grow
- MindBridge AI needs to expand to meet demand, and founder Solon Angel says its $4.3-
- But if you think this is the best deal on the Internet, what commenters had to say will blow your mind
- After just a year and a half in business, Ottawa’s Sampford Advisors is taking its mergers and acquisitions expertise to Toronto.
- As companies scour the globe for markets that are both financially and physically safe to explore, Invest Ottawa says it’s helping local companies capitalize on shifting political tides.
- Sir Richard Branson led the marquee on an all-star panel of entrepreneurs in Shopify’s Ottawa office on Thursday to launch Amplify, a new initiative aimed at promoting female entrepreneur
- Gymnasts from across the globe will soon have a new place to tumble in Ottawa after veteran developer Bruce Firestone announced a $20-million-plus development for a new sports facility in Orleans.
- Global automaker Toyota Motors is dropping BlackBerry QNX’s infotainment software from its best-selling Camry vehicles in a move that analysts say reveals a growing threat to the technolo
- Quaterhill may be in the midst of diversifying its revenues, but it showed this week that the patent licensing business can still pay dividends as the Ottawa firm settled deals with two b
- Though the Claridge name often calls to mind highrise condos and new-built suburban homes, the Ottawa family-owned residential developer is continuing to diversify its portfolio with a ne
- The 2017 edition of the Branham300, an annual list of the top Canadian public and private ICT companies ranked by gross revenue, is a Capital bummer.
- Member365 will soon join the ranks of the Kanata North tech park, as the Ottawa-based SaaS firm graduates from its home in the
- Developers of high-budget, blockbuster games for the Xbox and PlayStation consoles are nowhere to be found in Ottawa.
- When BluMetric was down, its board of directors turned to company man Roger Woeller to right the ship.
- Staff at Ottawa’s two major daily newspapers have voted 91.3 per cent in favour of giving their union a mandate to strike against employer Postmedia, according to a union representative.
- DragonWave (TSX:DRWI)(NASDAQ:DRWI) shares
- Would you like to read a story about why Shopify is making its chatbot marketing assistant free to merchants?
- The two projects may be in early days, but emerging details surrounding the long-unused Booth Street and Gladstone Avenue properties are earning positive reviews from the Preston Street B
- City staff are proposing a new umbrella organization, modelled as an innovation centre for the arts that brings together representatives of local creative industries, to help boost Ottawa
- As debate swirls about the political and economic impact of the U.S.
- The search is on for a new chief financial officer at You.i TV, one who will not only be tasked with raising capital for the Kanata firm’s n
- With roughly 72 million square feet of managed property valued at more than $800 million between them, two Ottawa condo management firms are joining forces in preparation for impending ch
- In response to a letter from shareholders criticizing the company’s “ineffective and stagnant” board of directors, Ottawa-based Espial (
- More defence work is coming to the nation’s capital after Lockheed Martin Canada secured a contract to replace the combat management systems for three of the Chilean Navy’s frigates.
- DragonWave’s struggles to reduce its debt load and avoid a de-listing by the NASDAQ continued as investors drove down the Ottawa-based company’s share price to an all-time low after it re
- There’s a buzz in the Capital.
- Lured by local talent and with an eye on future growth, an American telecom and cloud services firm has tapped Ottawa for its latest global expansion.
- Ottawa’s e-commerce story, some may believe, begins and ends with Shopify.
- With nearly $1 billion in funding at stake, the country’s economic development minister travelled Wednesday to one of Ottawa’s top tech firms to unveil details about how businesses can access the c
- Shopify markets itself as an e-commerce solution, the simple storefront that allows its merchants to sell everything from coffee to electronics to clothing, all online.
- For more than two years, Alex Benay manned the helm of the Canada Science and Technology Museums Corp.
- To keep up in the rapidly evolving market for green consulting, a company needs to grow quickly.
- Fans of the action-adventure video game series Legend of Zelda have an opportunity to become heroes in their own rights next weekend by solving puzzles at a local ‘temple’: the Canadian Mu
- Shopify believes an additional share offering worth about $500 million will better position the firm for future acquisitions, the Ottawa-based e-commerce firm told OBJ on Friday.
- 2017 Fastest Growing Companies: #3
- Mitel (TSX:MNW)(NASDAQ:MITL) wil
- Five years after first making its impact, Ottawa’s hub for social enterprise has moved into an office with the room and functionality to provide resources to a growing community.
- Ottawa physicians, coders, designers and entrepreneurs came together this past weekend to find some common ground on some of healthcare’s most pressing problems.
- At a time of renewal for the National Capital Commission, board member Bob Plamondon will succeed Russell Mills as interim chair, ending the 10-year tenure of the prominent Ottawa leader.
- A new tool is hoping to inject intelligence and a little personality into project management for small and medium businesses.
- When you’re trying to get from the Rideau Centre to Bayshore Mall, you may know that starting on Sunday you’ll have to take bus route No. 11 instead of the traditional No. 2. But how will Google Map’…
- After spending more than a decade growing Ottawa-based WiLAN (TSX:WIN, NASDAQ:W
- Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: Three Ottawa CEOs walk onto Parliament Hill…
- One month after it began delivery of its naval combat system to New Zealand’s lates
- Twice named one of OBJ’s fastest-growing companies, price intelligence firm 360pi said today that it has been acquired by Chicago’s Market Track.
- Montreal-based developer Canderel received support from Ottawa’s planning committee on Tuesday to construct a new eight-
- In an effort to offer more bilingual services, Argyle Public Relationships has partnered with Tact Intelligence-Conseil
- Roughly 130 Kanata businesses are poised to unite under a new banner this year after a city committee endorsed a budget and appointed a board for the Kanata Central Business Improvement Area.
- Capital Gaming Expo’s new owner hit the reboot button on the annual event this past weekend, bringing Ottawa’s gaming community together with industry leaders from inside and outside the city.
- Analysts say Ford’s decision to hire hundreds of former BlackBerry employees and set up shop in Ottawa will lead to more
- Almost exactly one year ago, we published an article asking the question, “Can Ottawa be an autonomous vehicle hub?” Today, with Ford’s announcement that it would be investing $337.9 million to build…
- Auto giant will employ up to 300 Ottawa staff as part of a $337.9 million investment in the city.
- Companies such as Neptec and QNX Software Systems brought their test vehicles to the showroom floor to show off the work candidates could potentially get their hands on.
- Changes to government procurement were among the highlights of Wednesday’s budget for local businesses alongside cash for technology firms across the country.
- 500 Startups’ partner David Dufresne dropped by Invest Ottawa on Thursday to give the scoop on the organization’s new Canadian venture capital fund.
- We’ve brought you here to talk. Please sit down.
- Algonquin College and Siemens Canada are expanding their partnership with new programs aimed at meeting the demand for skilled workers with advanced manufacturing expertise.
- “We hire people so quickly that filling up (a building) has not ever been a problem.”
- After carefully tending to its seed round, Ottawa-based FarmLead has successfully harvested $6.5-million in series-A funding.
- As craft brewing continues to grow in popularity, Clocktower Brew Pub is looking to assert itself as the Ottawa original with another expansion downtown and its first in the suburbs.
- As university graduation season nears, the minds of students in Ottawa are turning towards their legacy. Specifically, the Legacy Conference, aimed at encouraging students to develop their…
- The City of Ottawa received a new design application earlier this month for the derelict Somerset House, opening the lat
- Two of the navy’s frigates will be upgraded with Lockheed Martin’s CMS 330, developed in its Ottawa location
- Boston Pizza is opening a location in a long-empty Glebe building, according to a provincial liquor licence application.
- Hire Immigrants Ottawa has been championing the integration of newcomers into the local economy for a full decade, and at its annual summit this week, reflected on its progress and honoured its par
- Just a short trip down Carp Road will take you to the headquarters of Senstar, the 35-year provider of perimeter security systems for jails and prisons worldwide.
- Representatives of both the public and private sector came together at Ottawa’s Westin Hotel on Thursday to break down the frustrating features of federal government procurement and to make suggest
- In February, in a cozy room in the Lord Elgin Hotel, I was part of a crowd of IT professionals and public servants attending a seminar called “Digital Transformation Under the Obama Administration:
- Bill Charnetski loves his job.
- The L-Spark family of companies grew by six today as the Kanata-based accelerator
- After Tuesday’s Amazon Web Services outage brought much of the internet to a standstill, an Ottawa cloud services provider says there’s still no reason for businesses to turn their backs on the clo
- After winning an industry pitchfest, an Ottawa startup is looking to take a chunk out of the fantasy sports market with
- Shopify chief operating officer Harley Finkelstein was honoured at the Canadian Startup Awards in Toronto last night, taking home the Canadian Angel Investor of the Year award.
- Hintonburger, the popular Hintonburg burger joint with meals named after nearby streets such as The Parkdale and The Armstrong, may soon need to add The Somerset to its menu as today it announced p
- Some 600,000 pounds of lumber, numerous hotel bookings and more than a fair share of hype have gone into preparations for Red Bull Crashed Ice, one of the first marquee events scheduled for what’s
- Ottawa-based Kinaxis Inc.
- Ottawa technology firm Espial reported a strong fourth quarter on Thursday to round out a record revenue-generating year.
- Mitel Networks CEO Rich McBee struck an optimistic tone about the Ottawa-based firm’s post-mobile future, despite announcing a loss in the company’s fourth quarter Thursday.
- A Chinese clean-tech company is setting up an branch plant in Ottawa and has its eyes on Plasco’s displaced talent.
- Coming off a strong holiday retail season, Shopify executives were in a cheery mood as they shared details of the company’s fourth-quarter earnings results in a call to investors and media this mor
- The owners of Ottawa’s iconic Château Laurier are pushing ahead with their controversial expansion plans and recently filed a site plan application with the city that contains new details about the
- An Ottawa startup has brought a new approach to public consultation in the city, using artificial intelligence tools to break down how residents feel about proposed developments.
- Less than a month after communications company Avaya filed for bankruptcy protection, local competitor Mitel has begun targeting its Kanata neighbour’s clients.
- A 40-minute commute and a quick border hop away from Ottawa lies the small town of Ogdensburg, N.Y.
- Ottawa entrepreneur Michael Golubev, founder of 3DPrintler.com, is showcasing his latest venture at the TechCrunch Crunchie Awards next week in San Francisco.
- With the help of foreign investment, an Ottawa-based entrepreneur is hoping to make his models the faces of Indian advertising by expanding his talent agency to Mumbai.
- After getting a small taste of Ottawa developer talent, Toronto-based Relish Interactive has opened an office in the city.
- Cyril Leeder gave few hints about his future as he expressed his gratitude to the Senators executives, his family and local hockey fans in his first public comments since being dismissed as preside
- In a major executive shakeup with implications for the city’s tourism industry, the Ottawa Senators have replaced team president Cyril Leeder with Tom Anselmi, the former president and chief operat
- A stretch of Bronson Avenue south of the Queensway is set for a major facelift after the City of Ottawa’s planning committee has unanimously approved two proposals for buildings on the street near
- In the midst of aggressive hiring plans, Klipfolio is moving into the former theatre space at the World Exchange Plaza later this year.
- Fresh off its first-ever acquisition, Iversoft Solutions has plans for massive growth in 2017.
- The Lord Elgin Hotel has completed its multimillion-dollar renovations in time for what management hopes will be a record year in 2017.
- A high-profile Silicon Valley accelerator has come to Ottawa, and its first cohort is ready to pitch.
- A student residence developer is proposing a 12-storey, 172-unit tower a kilometre north of Carleton University, near the intersection of Bronson and Carling avenues.
- Iversoft Solutions has made its first-ever acquisition in the form of local gaming studio Jelly Smeared Games, but that’s just the start
- DragonWave reported its Q3 2017 results this week, and looking back year-over-year, it wasn’t good news.
- Halogen Software shares continued to rise Friday, a day after the Ottawa-based tech company said outside suitors have ex
- DragonWave (TSX:DWI,
- The Bootstrap Awards are returning in 2017 after a three-year hiatus with a new owner and a new sponsor.
- Yishel Khan has taught children with special needs all over the world, and noticed a disturbingly common problem in many places she went.
- Claridge Homes says it wants to turn a barren plot of land near the Canadian War Museum into a 1,600-unit, five-tower complex aimed at mixed-income households.
- The Ottawa Chamber of Commerce is currently without a chairperson as its former board leader, Marie Boivin, continues to battle sanctions by the U.S.
- Ottawa’s Shopify has established a series of high-profile partnerships with some of the planet’s biggest tech firms.
- Shares of Shopify spiked before market close on Thursday in anticipation of an announced deal that allows the company’s merchants to sell on the Amazon marketplace through the platform.
- As Apple offers a rare glimpse into its App Store sales data, several Ottawa developers say the California tech giant has made several significant changes that make publishing to the popular platfo
- Klipfolio has kicked off the new year by landing a $12-million series-B financing round that the Ottawa-based company says will help it hire dozens of new employees.
- Fresco Bistro Italiano’s Elgin Street location, as well as its adjoining cocktail lounge The Guest Room, are both closing on Thursday.
- Few industries rely on happy workers like restaurants.
- An Ottawa-based marketing and events firm has has acquired Capital Gaming Expo (CGX), and the new owner is hoping to turn the annual event into a beacon for Ottawa’s burgeoning gaming sector.
- Mitel shares plunged Tuesday morning, the day after the Kanata telecom company said it was divesting its mobile division, but analysts say a simplified Mitel is well-positioned for growth and futur
- BlackBerry (TSX:BB) (NASDAQ:BBRY) subsidiary QNX is stepping up its work on autonomous vehicles in Ottawa, announcing Monday morning that it would open a new $100-million “innovation centre” dedica
- Trinity Development’s proposal for its Bayview Station highrises flies a little too close to the sun, concerned residents told the group at a public consultation on Wednesday night.
- Zighra is hoping to double its local presence and expand its customer base in the New Year after a stellar 2016 that saw the Ottawa-based company land a pilot project with Barclays, win “Best Tech”
- Construction of Ottawa’s first coach house is underway, and builder Ottawa General Contractors (OGC) is hoping the discrete form of infill represents a big market opportunity.
- The Ottawa-based CEO of one of Canada’s largest marijuana firms is lauding yesterday’s federal report that recommends how the Liberal government proceed with its plans to legalize pot.
- Condo owners across the province could find it more difficult to rent out their units for short periods using services such as Airbnb following a landmark court ruling involving an Ottawa
- Startups move fast. Investors? Well, traditionally less so.
- Shares of Ottawa-based CannaRoyalty Corp.
- Developers took the first step in establishing Zibi as a go-to outdoor event space today with the announcement that Cirque du Soleil will bring a new show to the site, starting in August
- After slowly building up its headcount in Ottawa over the last two years, California-based software firm SurveyMonkey plans to go on a local hiring binge in the new year by adding dozens of staff,
- As a growing number of businesses confront what they perceive as a shortage of skilled workers in Canada’s capital, an association representing the city’s festivals is making the case for companies
- Shopify Inc. (TSX:SHOP) (NYSE:SHOP) isn’t slowing down as it approaches the holidays, announcing today that it has made its third acquisition of the year in the form of app studio Tiny Hearts.
- The Ottawa Hospital and local politicians say they’ve reached a compromise on the location of a new Civic Campus.
- In September, Shopify announced a partnership with Carleton University to put their students to work.
- Attempts to keep a troubled business alive hit a snag this week as Magor Corp.
- This week, Ottawa hosts the inaugural SaaS North conference, featuring hundreds of key players in Canada’s software-as-a-service industry.
- Ottawa fintech firm Telepin Softwarehas landed a deal to become the mobile financial services platform provider for Mascom Wireless Botswana, the country’s largest wireless provider.
- Four years ago, a Silicon Valley venture capitalist returned to Canada to start something bold: An Ottawa-based fund with a focus on Canadian startups.
- Intouch Insights Ltd. (CVE:INX) was well on its way to break even on its third quarter this year, but an unexpected bankruptcy of a customer put the company in the red.
- L-Spark, the Kanata-based incubator that is a partnership between Wesley Clover and Invest Ottawa, continues to churn out promising startups.
- Last year, the Information and Communications Technology Council made big predictions about the demand for Canadian tech talent in coming years.
- The future site of the Ottawa Hospital’s Civic Campus became a little clearer today as the NCC officially recommended a parcel of land on Tunney’s Pasture for the development.
- Plans for a Kanata Central Business Improvement Area (BIA) are coming closer to reality.
- A number of promising new startups formed after a long 54 hours at the University of Ottawa's 2016 Startup Weekend event.
- The development team behind the controversial proposed addition to the Chateau Laurier presented a revised vision of the plan to the public on Thursday night that scaled back the size of
- The City of Ottawa is joining a pilot project with Ericsson and Rogers Communications to develop a “connected water” solutio
- SmartEV Mobility Inc. is opening its first Canadian showroom on Montreal Road this Saturday with a goal of showing the Canadian market a greener si
- Carleton University is preparing to launch a $50-million initiative to reduce its carbon footprint by making its facilities more energy efficiency, retrofitting several building as well as creating
- Last month, Senstar Corp. celebrated its 35th anniversary as a provider of perimeter intrusion detection systems.
- City officials recently paid tribute to the community impact and contributions of four local businesspeople with roots outside of Canada.
- Ottawa’s Halogen Software (TSX:HGN) reported an increase in revenue and profits in the third quarter, but the company says it still has work to do in acquiring and retaining customers.
- Kinaxis (TSX:KXS) said a growing customer base helped the Ottawa-based firm record a sharp increase in third-quarter revenues, although higher expenses dragged down the software company’s profits.
- Espial Group Inc.
- Shopify’s core strategy of focusing on helping its merchants sell more products is paying off, the CEO of the Ottawa-based commerce technology firm said Wednesday morning after reporting significan
- An Ottawa tech company is changing perspectives on art, offering a virtual reality tour of the Ottawa Art Gallery.
- Lockheed Martin Canada’s facility in Kanata is developing a reputation in the naval industry, one it’s hoping to capitalize on with
- Ten years after discussions first began about developing a prime Sparks Street property, one block south of Parliament Hill, Ashcroft Homes says it plans to break ground on its condo and luxury ren
- Two years after its launch, L-Spark is dropping the incubator label.
- From the windows of his Kanata office, Jack Gulas has a fine view of the Peace Tower.
- Feenics, the Ottawa-based provider of cloud-based security solutions, says it’s expanded its office space to nearly 5,000 square feet on St.
- Despite an overall drop in revenue year-over-year, Thermal Energy International (CVE:TMG) trimmed its net loss and boasted a strong order backlog in its fiscal first quarter.
- A year after Edelman set up shop in the city, the public and government relations firm says it has big plans for expansion in the nation’s capital.
- Several Chinese billionaires were in Ottawa Tuesday, meeting with the city’s business leaders and eying investment opportunities in the nation’s capital.
- “TiECon’s goal is to connect Ottawa entrepreneurs to what’s happening in the world,” says Bharat Rudra, president of TiE Ottawa. And you can’t put it much simpler than that.
- Ottawa’s Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE) announced this week that Spartan Bioscience is t
- Hydro rates, infrastructure and fostering business growth were on the minds of Ottawa’s business leaders as the Mayor’s Breakfast series welcomed Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne.
- Earlier this week, Ottawa Business Journ
- DragonWave (TSX:DWI)(NASDAQ:DRWI) executives say restructuring efforts are improving the Ottawa-based tech firm’s financial picture, even as the company reaches six straight years without turning a
- The spending slowdown in North America’s oil and gas sector contributed to a dramatic drop in quarterly revenues and profits for an Ottawa tech company that counts the industry among its customers.
- Algonquin College says it plans to construct a new learning centre and Institute for Indigenous Entrepreneurship featuring a makerspace for students to experiment with technology and a multimedia p
- Moe Abbas saw the same problem with a lot of the talent that was joining his startup team, Bumpn.
- “Guanxi,” a traditional Chinese term, refers to the networks and relationships that facilitate business dealings.
- Put up the sold sign: UniqueHomeSites.com is officially under new ownership.
- A Canadian not-for-profit is steering recent graduates off the path towards a career in big business and on the road to entrepreneurship.
- The leaders of one of Ottawa’s hottest tech companies believe there is a better way to teach students about how to be a part of a successful startup.
- The past couple of months for Espial have been huge.
- An event being held as part of the One Young World conference in Ottawa on Friday is putting the spotlight on the Capital’s social enterprise sector.
- Techopia was back on the road this week, dropping in on video production technology firm Ross Video.
- On Friday, Aydin Mirzaee will punch out for the final time from the company he’s spent some eight years building.
- The autonomous driving industry is revving up, and Ottawa seems primed to lead the pack.
- On a Saturday afternoon, in a small, crowded living room in Ottawa, a group of entrepreneurs are trying to code their way to a better democracy.
- The Kanata North BIA commissioned Doyletech Corporation to perform a market gap analysis study alongside its economic impact study to assess what’s still missing in the local tech hub.
- Creating prototypes, finding clients, building revenue streams, getting to scale – starting a business isn’t easy. It can all be very daunting, especially to a new entrepreneur.
- Frank Bouchard, one of the founders of Wipebook, knows a thing or two about crowdfunding. His first run at Kickstarter had a modest goal of $4,000, but he ended up raising more than $400,000.
- Blogging is no longer just the realm of conspiracy theorists and teenagers with a celebrity crush.
- Christian Desjardins, founder of Punchtime and L-Spark incubator grad, recently went through a second round of seed funding for his SaaS company.
- L-Spark might be the first to notice it: Ottawa could be on its way to becoming a hub for software-as-a-service startups.
- Eight companies from the first cohort of L-Spark, the Kanata-based incubator and accelerator program, walked across the stage at the SaaS Showcase on Thursday night.
- Steve Cody wants you to use better software to run your business.
- For all of the hype lately around Ottawa’s burgeoning tech scene, it’s easy to gloss over its shortcomings.
- Ottawa startup eCelery is bringing the flavours of your favourite home-cooked meals to, well, your home.
- Sir Terry Matthews sent out a rallying call to more than 200 people at the Mayor’s Breakfast Thursday morning.
- Klipfolio hosted a number of Ottawa companies at its newly-expanded space Wednesday, hosting its first Dashboardpalooza event.
- Ottawa startup Solar On Site plans to generate plenty of power – and a lot of buzz – at Westfest next month.
