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Waterloo’s VueReal steers the future of automotive and consumer electronics technology
29 August 2024 | By Rosie Del Campo in: Featured, Featured news, Founder Profiles, News
Waterloo-based VueReal is revving up its operations with a major expansion and new production line for its state-of-the-art microLED displays. From driving down a quiet King Street many years ago to driving… Read more
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Making it easier to go green
22 April 2024 | By Alex Kinsella in: Featured, Featured news, News
To celebrate Earth Day 2024, we spoke with two cleantech companies that are helping make it easier to be green—RainStick Shower and Food Cycle Science. Read more
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Saving lives in submersion emergencies
10 April 2024 | By Rosie Del Campo in: Featured, Founder Profiles, News
We have seatbelts and airbags to protect us in a crash, but what happens when a car ends up in water? Drivers and passengers only have one minute to get out. Tech startup AWOS Technologies is working to… Read more
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AI assistants are reintroducing a personal connection in real estate
19 March 2024 | By Alex Kinsella in: Featured, Founder Profiles, News
QuickCasa, a Conversational AI Support Agent, provides automated lead engagement and pre-qualification for real estate and multifamily housing professionals through a human-like conversational virtual… Read more
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Erica Djossa: From a thriving community to a scaling startup
08 March 2024 | By Alex Kinsella in: Featured, Founder Profiles, News
Building and running a successful startup was not part of Momwell founder and CEO Erica Djossa’s life plan. Djossa was working as a trained psychotherapist and said she planned to retire as a practicing… Read more
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Innovation is an act of building trust
01 March 2024 | By Alex Kinsella in: Event recaps, Events, Featured, Featured news, News
Finding innovative ways to reduce burnout for health-care providers was the theme at the Communitech Fast Track Health Showcase on Feb. 27, 2024. Six of Canada’s leading technology companies were selected… Read more
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New microscope hardware is opening the doors for innovation
08 February 2024 | By Alex Kinsella in: Featured, Featured news, News
Kitchener-based ICSPI announced the release of its new Redux AFM, a special kind of microscope called an atomic force microscope (AFM). This is the company's second microscope, following its nGauge AFM… Read more
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Knowing when to raise and when to acquire
29 January 2024 | By Alex Kinsella in: Featured, Featured news, News
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Rebecca Swabey: Environmental engineer turned entrepreneur
25 January 2024 | By Suhani Saigal in: Featured, Founder Profiles, News
Environmental engineer Rebecca Swabey turned her effort to tackle engineering data challenges into Equator, a venture focused on speeding up the design phase of housing and infrastructure development. Read more
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Testing for safe water
04 January 2024 | By Suhani Saigal in: Featured, Founder Profiles, News
ExactBlue Technologies CEO Ela Botos credits the Communitech Fierce Founders program with providing "crucial support and strategic insights" that are contributing to the water-testing startup's growth. Read more