Ottawa Business Journal

How pickleball can help fuel Ottawa’s economic recovery

A resurgence in sports tourism is expected – in part, due to a set of new state-of-the-art sports facilities opening in the community.

PwC acquires Ottawa IT firm Avaleris in bid to boost cybersecurity offerings

Techopia

“It seemed to be the right time (to sell),” Ottawa firm’s CEO Ron Mac Donell said. “It was all very natural.”

Social commerce platform Millions.co gets millions in VC funding

Techopia

Ottawa-based sports marketing platform announced this week it has scored $US10-million in series-A financing from a group led by Boston’s Volition Capital.

Ottawa-Gatineau housing starts plummet 50% in August: CMHC

Residential

It’s the third month in a row that new builds lagged behind their pace of a year ago.

Clearford Water Systems takes out US$2M in new loans to boost balance sheet

Techopia

The Ottawa-based water solutions company said earlier this week the new loans are valued at US$1 million each and carry an interest rate of 9.75

Rewind on a roll: Ottawa software firm lands US$65M series-B round

Techopia

Data protection software company raises its 2021 funding haul to US$80-million as it looks to push into new markets.

Soaring stock price lands Shopify at No. 2 on TSX’s hot 30 list

Techopia

The Ottawa-based e-commerce powerhouse’s share price has risen 846 per cent on the Toronto exchange over the last three years.

For craft beer makers, a post-pandemic tax challenge brews

Ottawa

‘There’s still a lot of debt to pay back’

Bayshore stake sold in deal that values shopping centre at $387-million

Non-Residential

KingSett Capital is now sole owner of the region’s second-largest shopping mall after purchasing Ivanhoe Cambridge’s 50 per cent stake in the west-end plaza.