How Waterloo-based TextNow built a $1B telecom success
Friday, September 25, 2026
TextNow has surpassed $1 billion in lifetime revenue with just a $1.5-million seed round in 2011 and…
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Media & Reports
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Communitech annual reports
Communitech ecosystem impact reports
- October, 2025
Q1 FY2026 - Ecosystem Impact Report - January, 2026
Q2 FY2026 - Ecosystem Impact Report
Communitech in the news
- March 10, 2025
Digital innovators see Buy Canadian as opportunity to scale up - March 3, 2025
Waterloo region tech companies 'holding their breath' as proposed U.S. tariffs loom - March 1, 2025
Communitech joins call to scrap tariffs on Canadian exports -
February 13, 2025
Could tech startups hold the key to Canadian tariff resiliency? - February 11, 2025
Why did it take Trump to get Canada to think critically about buying Canadian? -
February 3, 2025
Waterloo Region’s tech sector prepares for tariffs, despite delay - December 11, 2024
Communitech startup wants to help men with fertility questions - October 17, 2024
Wound care kits produced in Kitchener fighting infection in Ukraine - October 15, 2024
Kitchener startup sends wound-cleansing kits to Ukraine - October 15, 2024
Kitchener company donates medical supplies to Ukraine - October 11, 2024
Kitchener company donates medical aid to hospitals in Ukraine - October 11, 2024
Uncertainty clouds venture capital markets for startups - September 16, 2024
Waterloo Region tech sector eyeing Detroit as competitor for talent - September 14, 2024
Waterloo Region now competes with Detroit for tech talent - August 26, 2024
Tax changes help, but tech sector says more needed for startups - August 19, 2024
Canadian entrepreneurs get new incentives, but what about their employees (and investors)? - July 17, 2024
Immigration changes will hurt tech sector, UW prof warns - July 13 2024
Mid-year, venture capital investments in Waterloo Region’s tech sector at $88.2M - May 28 2024
How a Guelph, Ont. app is helping cut down on home renovation scams - April 24 2024
Kitchener hoping for downtown boost with $2 million in potential grants to Communitech - April 12 2024
This new technology could save your life if your vehicle ends up in the water - March 12 2024
One mother's digital battle against postpartum depression
In the ecosystem
Black holes, rocket launches and what Waterloo Region's biggest thinkers can teach us about ambition
Thursday, August 13, 2026
Founders & Physicists brought Waterloo Region’s founders and researchers together to explore AI, black…
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From student founder to first-in-human trials: How Ontario’s innovation ecosystem is helping NerView advance surgical care
Thursday, July 30, 2026
How NerView founder Mann Parikh turned 300+ surgeon conversations into Nerve Sense—a breakthrough MedTech…
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