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Arctic Wolf Networks hits US$1.3B valuation with new $200M funding
22 October 2020 | By Kevin Crowley in: Featured, News
Cybersecurity company Arctic Wolf Networks announced a US$2-million Series E funding raise and have become the only cloud based managed detection and response vendor to reach "unicorn" status with a valuation… Read more
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AirMatrix off to flying start with drone tests in Waterloo Region
21 October 2020 | By Kevin Crowley in: Featured, News, Startups
Toronto-based startup AirMatrix, which won Communitech's $100,000 Fierce Founders Pitch Competition last year, is a participant in the AVIN Waterloo Ventures at Communitech program, using aerial mapping… Read more
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Connecting teams while keeping apart
16 October 2020 | By Alex Kinsella in: Opinion, Tech About Town
Although adjusting our lives to keep each other safe requires people to stay apart, three local businesses are offering unique team building services for remote teams. Read more
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M-Theory: The ongoing evolution of vapourware
15 October 2020 | By Melanie Baker in: M-Theory, Opinion
In this M-Theory column, Melanie Baker examines Vapourwave, a term coined in the 1980's referring to hardware or software tech that is announced but never actually made or released. Read more
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Knowledgehook raises $20M as pandemic fuels edtech growth
15 October 2020 | By Kevin Crowley in: Featured, News
Knowledgehook, a Waterloo Region-based maker of math software, has raised CDN$20 million in a Series A funding round. Knowledgehook's AI-enabled platform supports district-wide math improvement by using… Read more
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Cloud DX announces appointments, new manufacturing facility and key milestones
14 October 2020 | By Member News in: Member news, News
Cloud DX, a provider of remote patient monitoring systems, has announced the opening of a new 7,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Kitchener, Ontario. Read more
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Global giant Cargill to distribute BinSentry feed-bin sensors
13 October 2020 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Featured, News
Waterloo Region agriculture tech startup BinSentry has partnered with global agriculture giant Cargill to distribute BinSentry's sensors, which accurately track levels in livestock feed bins. Read more
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Waterloo Region poised to play major role in medtech, PPE: Fedeli
13 October 2020 | By Kevin Crowley in: Featured, Intellectual Property, News
Vic Fedeli, Ontario's Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade, speaks on the importance of Waterloo Region in the effort to help Ontario strengthen its medtech and PPE industries. Read more
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Mental health a challenge for tech workers
08 October 2020 | By Kevin Crowley in: Featured, News
Amandah Wood, founder of the Ways We Work digital publication and a member of the Employee Experience, Diversity and Belonging team at Shopify in Waterloo, is an advocate for mental health awareness and… Read more
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Pairing it forward
07 October 2020 | By Alex Kinsella in: Opinion, Tech About Town
It's important to support locally-owned businesses during the pandemic. To help with this, the LCBO has recently launched a campaign called "Pair it Forward" with Ontario wineries, breweries and distillers… Read more