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OpenText finalizes Micro Focus acquisition
01 February 2023 | By Kevin Crowley in: Featured, News
The biggest deal in Waterloo Region tech history closed this week as OpenText finalized the US$5.8-billion acquisition of British SaaS company Micro Focus International. Read more
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Easy rider
30 January 2023 | By Kevin Crowley in: Featured, News
Vic Fedeli, Ontario Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade, paid a visit to Communitech to announce the renewal of a program that helps founders accelerate development and commercialization… Read more
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M-Theory: What are you running toward?
26 January 2023 | By Melanie Baker in: M-Theory, Opinion
With layoffs mounting in the tech sector, columnist Melanie Baker takes a look at how upheaval in the labour market is prompting people to take stock of their working lives and, in some cases, quit their… Read more
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Game time
20 January 2023 | By Kevin Crowley in: Featured, News
Although they had ties to the game-dev scene in Los Angeles, the founders of Odyssey Interactive chose to launch their game-design startup in Waterloo, Ontario. Read more
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Magnet Forensics enters deal to be acquired for $1.8 billion
20 January 2023 | By Kevin Crowley in: Featured, News
Magnet Forensics Inc., based in Waterloo, Ont., has entered an agreement to be acquired by Thoma Bravo, a U.S. private equity firm, in a deal worth CAD$1.8 billion, making it the highest-value acquisition… Read more
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Innovative health care
17 January 2023 | By Kevin Crowley in: Featured, News
Tech leaders share top issues with Ontario Finance Minister during visit to Communitech Hub in Kitchener. Read more
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‘Seize the moment’
13 January 2023 | By Kevin Crowley in: Featured, News
Francois-Philippe Champagne, Canada's Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, paid an enthusiastic visit to Communitech in Kitchener, Ont., where he met with tech leaders and voiced support for the… Read more
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M-Theory: In praise of thinking small
12 January 2023 | By Melanie Baker in: M-Theory, Opinion
Thinking big is often the cultural default of the business world, but is bigger always better? Columnist Melanie Baker explores the merits of thinking small in a world where big gets all the glory. Read more
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Vidyard adds global scaling experience
11 January 2023 | By Kevin Crowley in: Featured, News
Kitchener-based Vidyard has hired top tech executive Jonathan Lister to drive the video-for-business company’s global sales, marketing and customer service functions. Read more
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Aligning innovation and national security
11 January 2023 | By Kevin Crowley in: Featured, News
Defence Minister Anita Anand visits Communitech to meet with tech founders and discuss innovation in the defence and national security space. Read more