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Kitematic joins Docker and heads to Silicon Valley
12 March 2015 | By Trish Crompton in: Ecosystem, Featured, Startups
Kitematic (formerly local startup Kite) announced Thursday that it has been acquired by Docker. Kitematic automates the typically manual effort of deploying and managing Docker environments, an open platform… Read more
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DraftingSPACE hones vision at Blackbox
11 March 2015 | By Trish Crompton in: Ecosystem, Featured, Startups
The two-woman team at DraftingSPACE, a company specializing in renovation design software out of the University of Waterloo Velocity Garage, has taken part in the Blackbox Connect program. They spent two… Read more
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Azure Websites Lunch and Learn - More Than Hosting
11 March 2015 | By Angela Larraguibel in: Announcements, Startups
Azure Websites Lunch and Learn to teach people that their platform is a lot more than just hosting. They have many different ways to deploy, manage & scale .NET, PHP, Node.js, Python and Java websites… Read more
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Google ignites fresh batch of startups
06 March 2015 | By Trish Crompton in: Ecosystem, Featured, Startups
On Friday, Google’s Waterloo Region office, above the Communitech Hub, hosted the incoming and outgoing cohorts of the Google for Entrepreneurs program. The four new companies, Coqui, FunnelCake, PickUpHub.net… Read more
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Canadian Tire leader takes inventory on the progress of women
05 March 2015 | By Trish Crompton in: Ecosystem, Enterprise, Event recaps, Featured
The chair of Canadian Tire came to Kitchener on Wednesday and left an audience of more than 100 with something to ponder as International Women’s Day approaches. She also toured the Communitech Hub, where… Read more
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Red Hat Industry Collision Day
05 March 2015 | By Angela Larraguibel in: Announcements, Startups
Red Hat is the leading global provider of open source software solutions, using a community-powered approach to develop and offer reliable and high-performing operating system, virtualization, middleware,… Read more
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Google space welcomes four new startups
02 March 2015 | By Sam Trieu in: Announcements, Startups
Coqui, FunnelCake, PickUpHub.net, and WeMesh will receive mentorship, funding, and first-pass access to Google for Entrepreneurs programming when they take up residence in the Google innovation space at… Read more
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Voltera surfs hardware wave to China and back
26 February 2015 | By Trish Crompton in: Ecosystem, Featured, Startups
The Voltera team closed up shop at the University of Waterloo Velocity Foundry, got visas, vaccinations, and flights, and moved to China within two weeks of their acceptance to HAXLR8R. The startup solves… Read more
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Realtors look to startups as industry evolves
25 February 2015 | By Trish Crompton in: Ecosystem, Event recaps, Featured, Startups
On Tuesday, more than 160 realtors and property developers came to hear from 13 startups at the Real Estate Showcase at the Waterloo Inn. The showcase, in partnership with Kitchener-Waterloo Association… Read more
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Apply for Communitech Business Development Fund
19 February 2015 | By Angela Larraguibel in: Announcements
The Communitech Business Development Fund provides up to $5,000 in funding as a grant for eligible Communitech client companies in order to undertake business development-related activities. Read more