Showing all articles in the Featured category
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VueReal lands $8.5M for its micro LED technology
03 October 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
VueReal, a Waterloo based micro LED technologies manufacturer has obtained $8.5 million in funding from Sustainable Development Canada to allow them to expand their team and build out another fabrication… Read more
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Velocity marks 10 years giving startups a boost
28 September 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News, Startups
On Friday Velocity, the University of Waterloo's startup incubator, celebrated 10 years of helping startups, their legacy during this past decade is plain to see, 300 companies have found their start at… Read more
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Pitch In! taps power of personal stories to boost local volunteerism
27 September 2018 | By Kelly Pedro in: Ecosystem, Featured, News
KW Habilitation president Jeff Collins has been running the Pitch In! program, which is helping would-be volunteers find organizations within the tech community that can offer employment to them and need… Read more
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On a corporate innovation quest in London
26 September 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Enterprise, Featured, News
What kinds of innovation drive the most impact and what are key processes that support collaborative innovation? For three days 19 individuals with 11 Canadian based organizations traveled about London… Read more
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The Valley developer bringing talent to Canada
21 September 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
Movnorth.com is a website and service dedicated to helping connect tech workers from Silicon Valley with Canadian companies who are looking for tech talent. Co-founder of Movnorth, Vikram Rangekar talks… Read more
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Building solutions with tech at LCBO Next
20 September 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
Danny Ho, Innovation Activator, Strategy & Enterprise Architect, with LCBO Next builds solutions to help vendors create a better order processing workflow. Read more
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Chamath Palihapitiya wins crowd at Hack the North
15 September 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Events, Featured, News
Chamath Palihapitiya is one of the University of Waterloo's most successful graduates and this week he sat down to speak at Hack the North, Canada's largest hackathon which is hosted annually at the University… Read more
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An on-ramp, not an exit: CEO Corry Flatt on Bonfire's acquisition
14 September 2018 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Featured, News, Startups
Waterloo startup Bonfire has recently been acquired for US$ 108 million to join five other govtech companies and form a publicly traded entity to improve the way public funded agencies do work. Read more
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The fed-up Valley vet who is bringing his startup to KW
13 September 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
UW Alumni and entrepreneur Alan Cannistraro is bringing his startup Rheo from Silicon Valley all the way back to Canada and he expects other entrepreneurs to follow suit. Read more
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Bonfire to be acquired for US$108 million
12 September 2018 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Featured, News, Startups
Waterloo based Bonfire, a software that helps streamline the procurement of public and private institutions, has been acquired for US $108 million to become a part of US based GTY Technology Holdings. Read more