Today's Pick: Ottawa's technology community strengthened through $44 million initiative

Here’s the round-up of the week in the newsfeeds. Below I highlight my favourite articles of the week from each category.

Today’s Top Pick – “Ottawa’s technology community strengthened through $44 million initiative“. Find out more under Information and communication technology.

• Biotechnology “Cellerix bags $40M in venture funds for stem cell work”
• Cleantech “Cleantech financing hits $1billion on TSX”
• Health care “10 Wireless health clinical trials”
• Information and communication technology “Ottawa’s technology community strengthen through $44 million initiative”
• Pharmaceuticals “Big Pharma paying more for new biotech deals”
• Venture capital “Government Funding for Startups Really Does Exist, Uncle Sam Ponies Up $2.5B in Q3”
• Business and entrepreneurship “How to pick a co-founder”
• Science and innovation “AUTM, six universities embrace global access initiative”
• Social Innovation and entrepreneurship “Scaling Social Impact”

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