Showing all articles in the startups category
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Dozr raises $2.5M from FairVentures as U.S. market beckons
29 September 2016 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Featured, News, Startups
Dozr, A Waterloo-based tech company with a platform for heavy-equipment rentals, has raised CAD$2.5 million in equity funding from FairVentures Inc. Read more
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CEO Q+A: New platform set to spark global growth for Industry Corporation
22 September 2016 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Opinion, Startups, View from the 'Loo
Andrew Matlock and Tim Nosal, co-founders of Industry Corporation discuss their product Spark – a software platform to centrally manage content for virtually any type of display. Read more
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Swinging for the fences: Stephen Lake on Thalmic Labs' Series B round
20 September 2016 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Featured, News, Startups
Stephen Lake, CEO of Thalmic labs in Waterloo Region, discusses their new product and their growth in the region. Read more
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Sexy won't save the world
15 September 2016 | By Melanie Baker in: Featured, M-Theory, Opinion, Startups
In the coming decades, with the effects of climate change and other issues in society, we will need more innovators focused on practical concerns and problem solving, rather than what the tech industry… Read more
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Giftopia Puts the Fun Back into Gift-Giving
13 September 2016 | By Duncan McDowell in: Startups
Giftopia was able to gain access to the s VentureStart program funded by the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario). With the funding from VentureStart, Giftopia was… Read more
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Stratford's NFC Authority serves up data with your drinks
08 September 2016 | By James Jackson in: Featured, News, Startups
NFC Authority in Stratford, Ontario has developed a tagging system for wine and spirits that provides customers with information about a product using a near-field communication chip that can be scanned… Read more
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The Funder's Side: How to gain an audience of angels
29 July 2016 | By Melissa Durrell in: Featured, Startups, The Funder's Side
Learn more about the process of finding an angel investor, from pitch to investment and everything in between. Read more
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For Karel Vuong, Space is anything but the final frontier
22 June 2016 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Ecosystem, Startups, Tech About Town
Communitech sits down with Karel Vuong, the founder of Spaces, a website highlighting fantastic workplaces around Canada. Read more
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Waterloo students land Thiel Fellowships for second year in a row
22 June 2016 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Ecosystem, Featured, News, Startups
The Thiel Fellowship awards students who are willing to pause or quit their studies to focus on their companies with $100,000. Read more