Showing all articles in the startups category
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Auvik, Dejero, Intellijoint land $1.8M in FedDev investment
05 March 2015 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Featured, News, Startups
Three Waterloo Region tech companies are getting some federal government investment to help them bring new products to market faster. Auvik Networks, Dejero, Intellijoint Surgical all received fund from… Read more
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Red Hat Industry Collision Day
05 March 2015 | By Angela Larraguibel in: Announcements, Startups
Red Hat is the leading global provider of open source software solutions, using a community-powered approach to develop and offer reliable and high-performing operating system, virtualization, middleware,… Read more
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Google space welcomes four new startups
02 March 2015 | By Sam Trieu in: Announcements, Startups
Coqui, FunnelCake, PickUpHub.net, and WeMesh will receive mentorship, funding, and first-pass access to Google for Entrepreneurs programming when they take up residence in the Google innovation space at… Read more
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Voltera surfs hardware wave to China and back
26 February 2015 | By Trish Crompton in: Ecosystem, Featured, Startups
The Voltera team closed up shop at the University of Waterloo Velocity Foundry, got visas, vaccinations, and flights, and moved to China within two weeks of their acceptance to HAXLR8R. The startup solves… 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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Realtors look to startups as industry evolves
25 February 2015 | By Trish Crompton in: Ecosystem, Event recaps, Featured, Startups
On Tuesday, more than 160 realtors and property developers came to hear from 13 startups at the Real Estate Showcase at the Waterloo Inn. The showcase, in partnership with Kitchener-Waterloo Association… Read more
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Perimeter Institute and Chalk.com team up to spread joy of physics
24 February 2015 | By Christian Aagaard in: Ecosystem, Featured, News, Startups
Perimeter and Chalk announced a collaboration: Perimeter’s science lessons will land on Planboard, Chalk’s digital suite of teaching services. It is Chalk’s first offering of fee-based, premium content. Read more
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Sweet victory for Structur3D: Shipping of beta units begins
19 February 2015 | By Samantha Clark in: Ecosystem, Featured, News, Startups
Structur3D launched its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter in July, surpassing its initial $30,000 goal in just two days. Now, they’re working hard to ship units out to their beta backers within the… 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