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At the Top of the Food Chain

Suzanne Grant, June 2 2024

Bradley Crepeau is on a mission to keep food waste out of landfills. It’s a bold ambition, and one he’s already starting to accomplish with Ottawa’s Food Cycle Science. Here’s what he told us about innovation, the FoodCycler and his journey with Ontario’s angel investors who supported this incredible

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More Than a Drop in the Ocean

Suzanne Grant, June 2 2024

Innovators from Ottawa-based Planetary Technologies are working on a brilliant way to protect our oceans and fight climate change. Originally published in Ottawa Founders, Ottawa Business Journal , a column prepared by the Capital Angel Network celebrating CAN Portfolio leaders envisioning the

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Ewan Reid leads Mission Control into ‘next wave of human discovery and advancement’

Suzanne Grant, June 2 2024

Founders connected with the National Capital Region quietly build and deliver world-class solutions to complex, universal issues. One of these disruptive companies is Mission Control, which develops software for use on the Earth, moon and Mars. Editor’s note: This article was originally featured in Ottawa Founders, a column prepared by the...

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LearnExperts uses AI to disrupt traditional learning

Suzanne Grant, June 2 2024

Ontario has its fair share of disruptive companies- founders who want to change their industries using brilliant innovations. Many of them are coming up with super-cool technologies that take the market by storm and change the way we live and work. One of these disruptive companies is LearnExperts, an Ottawa-based startup that isn’t about...

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A Lasting First Impression

Capital Angels, June 1 2024

Victoria Xu fondly remembers the first investment she made as an angel investor—it was in a brilliant biotech company cofounded by Ella Korets-Smith. We asked the women to share their journeys both securing and providing investment, and the successes that have followed. Honouring International Women’s Month, Ottawa’s Capital Angel Network and the...

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