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ApplyBoard closes CDN$55 million Series B
27 May 2019 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
ApplyBoard has had a busy few weeks, and now to top it off they announced new funding. ApplyBoard, the one-stop startup for international students seeking admission to schools across North America, announced… Read more
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Global push has dividends for Toronto-Waterloo
23 May 2019 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
Startup Genome, a Silicon Valley-based startup that advises governments and innovation agencies on how to boost startup success and ecosystem performance, released its 2019 Global Startup Ecosystem Report.… Read more
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Smart Waterloo Region team vows to forge ahead
14 May 2019 | By Bill Bean in: Featured, News
To the members of the youth panel advising the Waterloo Region Smart Cities Challenge team, it doesn’t matter that their entry didn’t win the $50-million. Waterloo Region was the smallest of the communities… Read more
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Women-in-tech group gets boost from a Nobel winner
25 April 2019 | By Kelly Pedro in: Featured, News
Women in Communications and Technology (WCT) launched its Waterloo Region chapter at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics Wednesday with a talk entitled “Curiosity Drives Innovation,” delivered… Read more
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New office, new growth for ApplyBoard
18 April 2019 | By Bill Bean in: Featured, News
ApplyBoard held the official opening of its new Kitchener office space. They are a one-stop website for international students seeking admission to any of 1,000 schools in North America. Read more
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Trudeau unveils $52.4 million in new scale-up funding
16 April 2019 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau paid a visit to Communitech and came bearing federal funding – funding designed to help Canadian tech companies scale. Trudeau unveiled $52.4 million of new money to be administered… Read more
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Equipping employees for the jobs of tomorrow
15 April 2019 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, Future of Work, News
Ontario Minister of Labour Laurie Scott told Communitech News that governments, and particularly her government, must quickly respond to the shifts now underway, and doing so is in part why she was in… Read more
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Mappedin's push for public safety
02 April 2019 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
Mappedin’s next big thing? Firefighters, first responders, and public safety. Firefighters and first responders care more than anybody about the layout of a building. Incorrect paper versions of buildings… Read more
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New life, new country, new job, new future
01 April 2019 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Featured, News
Talent beyond boundaries has been able to help Mohammed Hakmi, a Syrian refugee find a place in Waterloo, Ontario, working at Bonfire, a procurement software company. Read more
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The startup that's making a big bet – on wagering
29 March 2019 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
Waterloo based startup SmartLines wants to help its users identify the best place for their sports wagers as legalization of sports betting becomes more commonplace in Canada and the United States. Read more