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Tech roundup for July 2020
04 August 2020 | By Craig Daniels in: Monthly tech roundup, News
This months Tech Roundup covers Waterloo's growing tech scene, the flurry of COVID-19 R&D projects being funded by the provincial government and some startups and scaleups making waves in the tech sector. Read more
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Patty McCord, on life during, and after, COVID-19
04 August 2020 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
Patty McCord, former Chief Talent Officer at Netflix joins True North TV to talk about how the COVID-19 pandemic will affect how companies find talent and how company culture will be nurtured and created… Read more
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AVIN's second cohort prepares to hit the gas
28 July 2020 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
9 companies from the Toronto-Waterloo corridor have been named to the Autonomous Vehicle Integration Network (AVIN) Ventures at Communitech program which aims to foster development of products, technology… Read more
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Rapid Novor completes US$5-million Series A raise
28 July 2020 | By Craig Daniels in: COVID19, Featured, News
Rapid Novor, a Waterloo based company helps drug makers and pharmaceutical companies make vaccines. The company has recently announced a US $5 Million series A raise led by Co-Win Ventures which will help… Read more
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Hillary Hartley: 'We have shifted the pace inside government'
21 July 2020 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
Hillary Hartley, Chief Digital Officer for the province of Ontario joins True North TV to discuss how government in Canada have responded with unprecedented speed to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 in… Read more
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Premier, two ministers visit Waterloo Region for multiple tech announcements
17 July 2020 | By Craig Daniels in: COVID19, Featured, News, Uncategorized
Significant announcements were made in Waterloo Region surrounding the regions tech sector with new funding for research and development, an Intellectual Property Plan and the creation of a spinoff company… Read more
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Bridgit reaps big gains amid COVID-19 crisis
15 July 2020 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
Bridgit, a Waterloo Region maker of project management software have been gaining more traction towards their product during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more
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Politics key to taming big tech: Tim Bray
07 July 2020 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
Tim Bray, co-founder of Waterloo Region based OpenText joins True North TV to discuss the questionable behaviors of big tech companies and what they say about a far greater problem, "the degree of inequality… Read more
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$1-million Leaders Prize winner to be named Sept. 10
06 July 2020 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
The $1-million Leaders prize , a Canadian competition designed to encourage teams with expertise in artificial intelligence to solve a problem of global significance is entering it's second round with… Read more
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'We're ready to listen, we're ready to make a change'
30 June 2020 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
Communitech CEO Iain Klugman sits down with Bryan Larkin, Chief of the Waterloo Regional Police Service in the wake of the protests that stemmed from the murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020. Read more