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An on-ramp, not an exit: CEO Corry Flatt on Bonfire's acquisition
14 September 2018 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Featured, News, Startups
Waterloo startup Bonfire has recently been acquired for US$ 108 million to join five other govtech companies and form a publicly traded entity to improve the way public funded agencies do work. Read more
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Bonfire to be acquired for US$108 million
12 September 2018 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Featured, News, Startups
Waterloo based Bonfire, a software that helps streamline the procurement of public and private institutions, has been acquired for US $108 million to become a part of US based GTY Technology Holdings. Read more
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View from the 'Loo: Giving shape to the smart city
18 July 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Opinion, View from the 'Loo
Is IoT, more specifically smart cities the next big technological 'thing'? Many cities are starting to implement 'smarter' technologies into their cities. City of Kitchener late last November opened its… Read more
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No notes required: Carol Leaman's experience speaks for itself
10 July 2018 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Featured, News
Carol Leaman, Axonify CEO and serial entrepreneur, came to Communitech for Pizza with the Prez. Expecting a small group, they brought no notes, yet Leaman had no trouble sharing stories. Leaman started… Read more
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FleetCarma acquired by Geotab as electric vehicle adoption grows
12 June 2018 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Featured, News, Small to Mid Size
Waterloo-based FleetCarma, whose technology eases the adoption of electric vehicles, has been acquired by Geotab of Oakville, Ont., whose Internet of Things platform helps improve management of commercial… Read more
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Tech Roundup for May 2018
04 June 2018 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Monthly tech roundup, News
The month of May was as busy as ever, Communitech’s new flagship conference, True North, debuted with a bang in late May. Many companies also attracted serious investment, such as Auvik, Miovision, and… Read more
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#TrueNorth18 live blog
31 May 2018 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Featured, True North
Dispatches from the 2018 True North Conference. Read more
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Corridor Demo Day puts startups in front of 180+ investors
31 May 2018 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Featured, News, True North
Corridor Demo Day is a collaboration between Corridor-based organizations including Communitech, Velocity, OneEleven, MaRS, DMZ, the Accelerator Centre, Innovation Factory, NEXT Canada, RIC Centre, Creative… Read more
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How one CEO hardwired his company for good
24 May 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, Opinion, True North, View from the 'Loo
Fiix, a small, cloud-based, software-as-a-service outfit from Toronto, has three stated goals: to make money, to make the environment better, and to make lives better. The company has found that 11 per… Read more
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Green lights ahead as Miovision raises $15M to grow smart-cities platform
07 May 2018 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Featured, News, Small to Mid Size
Miovision, the traffic-tech company Kurtis McBride co-founded in 2005 to automate vehicle counts at intersections, announced CDN$15 million in new investment to create, in software terms, fundamental architecture… Read more