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RainStick raises over $1M in seed funding
12 August 2021 | By Kevin Crowley in: Ecosystem, Featured
Water and energy conservation startup RainStick has raised more than CDN$1 million in seed funding since winning Communitech's Fierce Founders Competition Pitch in February 2020. Read more
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Ottawa invests $10M in health innovation
10 August 2021 | By Kevin Crowley in: Ecosystem, Featured
The federal government invests $10 million in health-tech innovation in Waterloo Region and Southwestern Ontario. Read more
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Bringing people together when we're apart
06 August 2021 | By Alex Kinsella in: Opinion, Tech About Town
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M-Theory: Rewriting our return-to-work notions
05 August 2021 | By Melanie Baker in: M-Theory, Opinion
Columnist Melanie Baker explores how different our workplace needs and expectation will be as employees begin to return to in-person work after the pandemic. Read more
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Velocity alum raise more than US$2.4B
05 August 2021 | By Kevin Crowley in: Ecosystem, Featured
Companies with past ties to the University of Waterloo's Velocity startup program have collectively raised more than US$2.4 billion in investment funding since the program was launched in 2008. Read more
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Tech Roundup for July 2021
01 August 2021 | By Kevin Crowley in: Monthly tech roundup, News
Communitech's monthly roundup of news and views of relevance to the tech community in Waterloo Region, Ont. Read more
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Steve Woods follows the orange backpack to Inovia
30 July 2021 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Featured, News
As he departs Google for Inovia Capital, Steve Woods reflects on 13 years of building the internet giant's Canadian engineering office into a powerhouse of top tech talent. Read more
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Magnet Forensics wins Forensic 4:cast Awards for third consecutive year
30 July 2021 | By Member News in: Member news, News
Waterloo-based cybersecurity firm Magnetic Forensics won several awards at the Forensic 4-cast Awards, and founder and CTO Jad Saliba was inducted into the DFIR Hall of Fame. Read more
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Promoting diversity in tech
29 July 2021 | By Kevin Crowley in: Ecosystem, Featured, News
Three partner organizations in Waterloo Region have established a $50,000 scholarship fund to help women of colour train for careers in tech sales. Read more
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Shinydocs certified as a Great Place to Work
27 July 2021 | By Member News in: Member news
Shinydocs, an enterprise data management company in Waterloo Region, Ont., has been certified by the Great Place to Work Institute Canada. Read more