Ottawa Business Journal

The straight dope: Lessons in financing from an L-Spark grad

Techopia

Christian Desjardins, founder of Punchtime and L-Spark incubator grad, recently went through a second round of seed funding for his SaaS company. What lessons did

Ottawa firm wins Ontario Chamber of Commerce going global award

Techopia

Ottawa’s Valydate was handed the Ontario Going Global, Small Business Award earlier this week at the Ontario Chamber of Commerce 2015 Ontario Business Achievement Awards. Valydate

Lansdowne, LRT on auditor general’s radar next year

City Hall

The city’s auditor general says he will audit how the city managed its Lansdowne contract with Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group next year, three days

Commercial real estate market still sluggish: report

Non-Residential

Ottawa’s commercial real estate market continued its slump in the first nine months of 2015, reflecting skittishness over the economy and the federal election, according

Ottawa aerospace firm’s video technology takes flight

Techopia

There’s a technological movement happening in one niche of the world’s aerospace industry, and a small Ottawa company has been a guiding part of the

ProntoForms’ recurring revenue up for 19th straight quarter

Techopia

Ottawa-based ProntoForms posted third quarter recurring revenue 72 per cent higher than the third quarter of 2014, its CEO said Wednesday. “This revenue growth demonstrates

City won’t see any Lansdowne profit, report says

City Hall

The city says it no longer expects to turn a profit on the Lansdowne Park project due mainly to higher-than-expected repair costs at TD Place

City seeking theme park, “House of Sport” to boost economy

City Hall

The city is hoping to land a theme park or other large-scale tourist attraction and is eyeing a home for major sports organizations as part

Council approves several development plans

City Hall

Several neighbourhoods are now destined for new looks after city council approved a number of planning committee recommendations Wednesday. Council approved a proposed 27-storey tower

BridgePort, Colonnade to merge, become city’s largest landlord

Non-Residential

Two of the city’s leading property managers announced Tuesday they are joining forces to become the largest commercial landlord in Ottawa. Colonnade Management and BridgePort