Showing all articles by author: Anthony Reinhart
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Shinydocs serves up an exciting solution to a boring problem
12 March 2015 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Enterprise, Opinion, Startups, View from the ‘Loo
Shinydrive, overcomes a big, boring and expensive problem: the reluctance of office workers to store and share documents on company systems, and their risky reliance on local desktops and cloud solutions… Read more
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Eric Migicovsky: Walking tall as Pebble orders pile up
25 February 2015 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Opinion, Small to Mid Size, Startups, View from the ‘Loo
Pebble started a Kickstarter and it has been a huge success with many preorders. Communitech News spoke with Eric Migicovsky about the great news. Read more
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Beyond MTV: Microsoft opens space in Communitech Hub
12 February 2015 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Ecosystem, Enterprise, Opinion, Startups, View from the ‘Loo
The newest arrival to the Communitech Hub is Microsoft, the world’s largest software company, which has set up a post in the partners’ concourse at the Hub. Microsoft has recognized the value of proximity… Read more
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MappedIn lands $600K in FedDev support
12 February 2015 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Featured, News, Startups
MappedIn will receive up to $600,000 from the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev) to adapt its digital wayfinding and indoor mapping technology. The repayable contribution… Read more
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Salary Survey helps guide tech compensation in Waterloo Region
11 February 2015 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Announcements
The Salary Survey offers benchmarks on cash compensation and benefits to help HR professionals find and fix gaps in existing compensation packages. Valued at up to $3,000, the report is available to Communitech… Read more
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Miovision raises $30M to expand traffic management platform
10 February 2015 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Featured, News, Small to Mid Size
Miovision, whose technology helps cities reduce traffic congestion, is hitting the gas pedal with C$30 million in new investment. The Series B round, led by Montreal-based merchant bank MacKinnon, Bennett… Read more
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Co-founder Q+A: Clearpath's ethical stand against killer robots
28 January 2015 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Opinion, Small to Mid Size, View from the 'Loo
Clearpath is world's first company to join the movement to ban lethal autonomous weapons. Communitech News sat down with co-founder Ryan Gariepy to discuss this. Read more
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FedDev pledges up to $8M to Accelerator Centre JumpStart program
15 January 2015 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Featured, News, Startups
Accelerator Centre is using $8M from FedDev to run AC JumpStart, a program which is expected to help almost 200 companies in the next 4 years. Read more
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Communitech launches Rev to accelerate sales for startups
14 January 2015 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Featured, News, Startups
Communitech launches their new program, Rev, which focuses on startups who already have a product and are ready to scale revenue. Read more
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Vidyard raises $18M round led by Bessemer Venture Partners
14 January 2015 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Featured, News, Small to Mid Size
Vidyard's most recent round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners, who have also backed other major successes such as Pinterest, Shopify, and LinkedIn. Read more