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American VC wonders where the Canadian investors are
29 November 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Ecosystem, Featured, Startups
Jordan Levy, venture capitalist, and general partner at Softbank Capital NY, came to Waterloo Region last Friday with some hard-hitting answers – and some questions of his own – about U.S. and Canadian… Read more
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Q+A: A New York angel on why diversity counts
27 November 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Ecosystem, Featured, Startups
Communitech News chats with Tracey Riese, a New York-based angel investor about diversity. Read more
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bitHound secures $2M seed round led by a Dragon
24 November 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured, Startups
bitHound has raised an over $2M seed round led by Michael Wekerle, investor and Dragon on Dragon's Den. Read more
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Emerging technologies win at Manulife’s Smart Tech Challenge
24 November 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Enterprise, Featured
Manulife's Smart Tech Challenge inspired post-secondary students to think outside the box about the financial services industry. Read more
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Kik to fuel big ambitions with $38.3M funding round
20 November 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured, News, Small to Mid Size
Kik had their Series C investment round and raised $38.3M. With this money, they continue their goal of becoming the "WeChat of the West" Read more
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Blitzen bound for South Korea for Startup Nations Summit
04 November 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured, News, Startups
Startup Canada has selected Kitchener-based Blitzen to represent Canada during this year’s Startup Nations Summit in Seoul, South Korea. The three-day summit, part of Global Entrepreneurship Week, starts… Read more
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Venture capital front and centre at Techtoberfest
17 October 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Event recaps, Featured, News, Startups
Techtoberfest had an unprecedented audience packed into the Tannery Event Centre for Techtoberfest, Communitech’s annual startup celebration. A diverse mix of speakers from both sides of the funding table… Read more
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Building and scaling culture is the secret to innovation
02 October 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Enterprise, Featured, Small to Mid Size
Jeff Gothelf went from circus performer to failed rock star before he found his groove during the dot-com boom. Now Gothelf, a New York-based author and expert in user experience and Lean principles, is… Read more
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Australian accelerator inspired by Waterloo ecosystem
23 September 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Ecosystem, Featured, Startups
Wollongong University’s iAccelerate program has announced a 5-year partnership with the University of Waterloo’s Accelerator Centre. The Accelerator Centre will provide best practices and its methods to… Read more
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Hack the North: A massive success built on community effort
21 September 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Ecosystem, Featured, News, Startups
Hack the North was a great hit with over 200 projects being created over the weekend. Read more