Showing all articles in the startups category
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Golden Triangle Angel Network announces Pauli Award recipients
09 October 2013 | By Trish Crompton in: Small to Mid Size, Startups
The Golden Triangle Angel Network held its third annual Pauli Awards on Tuesday night at Bingemans Conference Centre. The award recognized leading contributors of the local tech investment ecosystem. Read more
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Kite fights its way to the top at Startup Smackdown, Round 2
27 September 2013 | By Trish Crompton in: Event recaps, Startups
At Communitech’s second Startup Smackdown on Thursday night, entrepreneurs Mark McArdle and Carol Leaman brought their A-game as judges. Read more
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MaRS IAF Launches New Website
26 September 2013 | By Duncan McDowell in: Startups
MaRS’ early-stage investment arm has recently launched a new website to better showcase their team and portfolio. Read more
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Applications Open for Province's Youth Employment Fund
25 September 2013 | By Duncan McDowell in: Startups
Young people (aged 15-29) can now apply to Ontario’s new Youth Employment Fund to find jobs and gain valuable work experience. Read more
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Breaking fast
24 September 2013 | By Briton Burgio in: Featured, Startups
UpStart Breakfast Series returns Wednesday Oct 2! To kick off the season, we have Jonathan Grover from iNotForProfit, Nick Miller from ESL Explorer (Communitech HYPERDRIVE Alumni) and Trevor Orton from… Read more
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An artful end to Startup Weekend
23 September 2013 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Featured, Startups
Chris Shinn didn’t think he’d start a company, but, by the end of the weekend evening, he was founder of Art Everywhereand in first-place. Art Everywhere, a website and app to help you buy original art,… Read more
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Perspectives of a Valley VC: Q+A with Katherine Barr
23 September 2013 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured, Startups
Katherine Barr, a general partner at Mohr Davidow Ventures from Silicon Valley, was at the Communitech Hub last week. This year Barr was named co-chair of the C100, which a non-profit organization helping… Read more
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View from the 'Loo: Kevin Newman starts up, again
19 September 2013 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Startups, View from the ‘Loo
As one of Canada’s most familiar and accomplished network news anchors, Kevin Newman has been around – and been moving around – long enough to see trends come and go, programs launch and die, experiments… Read more
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I Think Security turns to Kickstarter to fund Dropbox protection device
18 September 2013 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Featured, News, Startups
I Think Security has taken a further step into the consumer market with a Kickstarter campaign to fund its latest product: the Qi4BOX, which secures Dropbox users’ files. The $30,000 crowdfunding campaign,… Read more
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Waterloo's 2G Robotics plays key role in Costa Concordia salvage
17 September 2013 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured, Startups
Waterloo-based 2G Robotics is gaining worldwide exposure after helping in this week’s salvage of the Costa Concordia cruise ship off the coast of Italy. Monday was a huge win for the 20-month project as… Read more