Showing all articles in the Featured category
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How Waterloo Region welcomed, and then launched, a pair of San Francisco co-founders
29 January 2020 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
Waterloo Region is more than just a technology cluster. It is a place where people all around the world can meet and share ideas, solutions, and skills. OpenPhone is an example of this, where these two… Read more
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Miovision lands CDN$120 million in new investment
28 January 2020 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
Miovision, who specialize in IoT-based traffic technologies, announced it has successfully raised CDN$120 million, a substantial investment that will help international growth, accelerate growth of its… Read more
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Nine students score $5K each in Code to Win challenge
18 January 2020 | By Bill Bean in: Featured, News
Nine students got a perfect score at Code to Win this year, earning them $5,000 each. Code to Win continues to be a great opportunity for young software engineers and corporate sponsors to connect for… Read more
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Nicoya lands CDN$10-million in Series A funding
14 January 2020 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
Nicoya, which employs nanotechnology and AI to make analytical instruments that help scientists and medical personnel produce treatments for disease, is ready to expand quickly after a CDN$10-million Series… Read more
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How the Flight Deck found a fix for the RCAF's 'football'
13 January 2020 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
Previously, the Royal Canadian Air Force used "footballs" which were 50-150 page packages of information. This was very inefficient as information would quickly become useless as the situations evolved.… Read more
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On to the next adventure: Q&A with Velocity's Jay Shah
09 January 2020 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
Jay Shah, Velocity’s Director since September, 2016, stopped the presses earlier this week with a blog post announcing that he was leaving and moving on to a new, as-yet-undetermined, opportunity. Read more
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True North, the festival: Q&A with Iain Klugman
12 December 2019 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
A Q&A featuring Communitech CEO Iain Klugman answering questions about the rebranding of the True North Festival and what to expect. Read more
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U.S. firm acquires Kitchener startup Emagin
10 December 2019 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
Kitchener Startup Emagin which utilizes AI to optimize water management has been acquired by U.S - based water software and services company Innovyze. Read more
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No pivot required: As D2L turns 20, the mission remains clear
06 December 2019 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Featured, News
D2L Ceo John Baker joins Communitech to answer some questions about the Company turning 20 and their plans moving forward. Read more
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Province injects $20 million into Skills Catalyst Fund
06 December 2019 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, Future of Work, News
In July of 2019 Communitech unveiled its academy program with the help of a $500,000 grant as part of a $9 million initiative from the provincial government. Now over a year later it has been announced… Read more