Ottawa Business Journal

Startups to Watch 2011

OBJ's crop of startups to watch for 2011. Congratulations to this year's group of hot, young Ottawa companies!

Amika Mobile CEO Sue Abu-Hakima. (photo by Mark Holleron)

STARTUPS TO WATCH: Amika Mobile

January 24, 2011 - 14 h 29

Sue Abu-Hakima said she was saddened to see that message didn’t reach students until two hours had passed. With 32 people killed in the shootings, Ms. Abu-Hakima...

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Section: Special Reports
STARTUPS TO WATCH: Atreus Pharma

January 24, 2011 - 14 h 32

“We’ve made a deliberate attempt to make it a very virtual company – the plan has always been to contract out when we can, and not build a bricks-and-mortar...

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Section: Special Reports
STARTUPS TO WATCH: Chide.it

January 24, 2011 - 14 h 36

And it’s for that very reason that their first product, FluidSurveys, has done so well. Mr. Mirzaee explained the functionality afforded by Chide.it’s technology...

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Section: Special Reports
STARTUPS TO WATCH: FaveQuest

January 24, 2011 - 14 h 40

After all, the firm launched its first major product – a “Viewtube” application that includes modules clients can drop into a website, Facebook applications and...

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Section: Special Reports
STARTUPS TO WATCH: Magor Communications

January 24, 2011 - 14 h 42

“It’s very difficult to be successful in that way,” acknowledged Ken Davison, Magor’s vice-president of marketing. “But we looked to the market and we found...

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STARTUPS TO WATCH: PatientWay

January 24, 2011 - 14 h 45

In fact, the head of PatientWay says the health care software supplier benefits from selling into a maturing market that increasingly sees the value in upgrading...

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Section: Special Reports
STARTUPS TO WATCH: Pretzil

January 24, 2011 - 14 h 47

“There is a large amount of content in the app stores and app worlds, so much so that it has become difficult to find the content,” says Mr. Criswick. “Another...

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Section: Special Reports
STARTUPS TO WATCH: Select Start Studios

January 24, 2011 - 14 h 49

Secondly, and perhaps most important, is that they each loved to develop mobile applications – in particular, for tablet devices such as the iPad. But one thing...

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Section: Special Reports
STARTUPS TO WATCH: Valydate

January 24, 2011 - 14 h 54

Traditionally, a company’s top hardware engineers each spent half a day reviewing the design, before meeting and collectively going through it line by...

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Section: Special Reports
STARTUPS TO WATCH: Zeebu Mobile

January 24, 2011 - 14 h 59

Partnering with the CHEO Foundation, a non-profit branch of the hospital, Zeebu Mobile’s Anthony Rizk and Dan Gagliardi began offering hospital clients the Super...

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Section: Special Reports | 1 Comment