Invest Ottawa, the city’s lead economic development agency, recently celebrated a big milestone, its 10th anniversary. At its home, Bayview Yards, and virtually, Invest Ottawa delivers a wide range of programs to new entrepreneurs and established businesses. Select companies are invited into accelerator and scale-up programs.
In the episode of Techopia Live, Ottawa Business Journal publisher Michael Curran speaks with Nick Quain, vice-president of venture for Invest Ottawa. Three award-winning companies ‒ Ekidna Sensing, LearnExperts and Trellis ‒ that benefited from Invest Ottawa programs are featured. Quain shares his take on why these companies could be the next big thing in technology in Ottawa.
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