Published on May 3, 2013 Courtney Symons (OBJ) It’s been slightly more than a year since Invest Ottawa rose from the ashes of OCRI. With a renewed mandate to focus on local startups and an increased investment of time and resources from the City of Ottawa, Invest Ottawa has spent its time thus far working ...

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The Honourable Bob Chiarelli, Ontario Minister of Infrastructure and MPP for Ottawa West-Nepean with Mayor Jim Watson, Yasir Naqvi, MPP for Ottawa Centre and Invest Ottawa Co-Chair Jeff Westeinde, today announced that the City of Ottawa will receive $15 million from the Province of Ontario to establish an “innovation complex” at the Bayview Yards site ...

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By Alex Boutilier, Metro Ottawa The provincial government is kicking in $15 million for a new “innovation centre” for Invest Ottawa on the soon to be redeveloped Bayview Yards. The provincial funding will allow the economic development agency to build a new home on the Bayview lands in anticipation of a major redevelopment for the ...

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By Courtney Symons, Ottawa Business Journal The vision for Ottawa’s planned “innovation complex” has attracted city council’s support and $15 million in provincial funding, but key details such as the final price tag remain unknown. The project received unanimous support from city council on Wednesday, contingent upon the provincial funding it had asked for. With ...

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BY DAVID REEVELY, OTTAWA CITIZEN OTTAWA — A $15-million provincial grant for a new “innovation complex” at Bayview Yards is set to be announced Thursday, after city council signed off on the plans in a Wednesday meeting. The prime piece of real estate between Mechanicsville and the Bayview transit station is owned by the city ...

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By Rob Lewis, TechVibes This week, Mistral Venture Partners announced the close of their first round of venture capital funding. The fund was originally slated to close at $10 million, but managing director Code Cubitt revealed the fund was impressively oversubscribed: its overall target is now $35 million. Mistral is the first new fund to ...

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BY VITO PILIECI, OTTAWA CITIZEN OTTAWA — Mistral Venture Partners has announced that it has closed the first phase of a “made in Ottawa” investment fund and now is actively seeking companies into which to place the money. The first phase of the fund, officially known as a round of investment, attracted more than $10 ...

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By Neco Cockburn, Ottawa Citizen OTTAWA — More than $10 million has been raised so far for a venture capital fund aimed at helping the city’s technology community. Mistral Venture Partners, which oversees the fund, announced the close of its first round of funding on Monday. Code Cubitt, Mistral’s managing director, said the firm “exceeded” ...

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By Courtney Symons, Ottawa Business Journal Ottawa’s newest venture capital fund has raised over $10 million and has closed its first round, the head of the fund announced at City Hall on Monday morning. Mistral Venture Partners was announced in July 2012 with the goal of raising $35 million overall, which will be used to ...

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BY TONY LOFARO, THE OTTAWA CITIZEN OTTAWA — Ottawa’s film and television commissioner expects more productions to shoot here in 2013 and surpass the disappointing totals from last year. “I’d say that 2012 was an average year,” said Geneviève Ménard-Hayles, who recently completed her first year as film commissioner. She came to the job after ...

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