Written by Nathan Drescher, published Dec 5, 2025
Alida Burke has spent more than a decade helping build Growcer, a sustainable food technology company, working her way through university programs and accelerator and scale-up stages.
Last year, Anya Geerts launched Paloma, an event booking app and back-end system that allows guests and planners to easily book events from start to finish. Paloma saw beta customers report booking increases of 75 per cent.
Yoobin Lee killed her first product after 18 months, despite realizing revenue, and pivoted her startup, Quip, to medical billing desktop software.
These three founders represent a growing cohort of women-led tech companies in Ottawa that are gaining traction, often with little fanfare.
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