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I Think Security eyes Asian expansion via Hong Kong accelerator
08 September 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured, Startups
I Think Security Ltd. is preparing to expand into Asia after being chosen as one of eight companies to attend Hong Kong’s FinTech Innovation Lab, one of the world’s leading accelerators. The Kitchener-based… Read more
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Wine app pours its way to top of app store
22 August 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured, News, Startups
Wine reviews & ratings has a built-in barcode scanner that pulls up ratings, reviews, recipes and food pairings. Its integration with the LCBO and SAQ (Quebec’s liquor retailer) gives users accurate inventory… Read more
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PumpUp raises $2.4M seed round to scale social fitness app
24 July 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured, Startups
PumpUp has landed $2.4 million in seed financing to help the app scale to meet demand from its ever-growing online community. Its social app combines photo sharing and fitness tracking, allowing users… Read more
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Connection by design: Toronto, Waterloo Region creative teams join forces
23 July 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Ecosystem, Featured
Method Jam, a gathering that started out of a collaboration between Toronto-based creative firms Heist and GRAND, and Waterloo-based Boltmade, is exploring the process for designers, developers and project… Read more
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Structur3D prints its way to Kickstarter success
22 July 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured, Startups
Communitech HYPERDRIVE company Structur3D Printing celebrates funding the mass production of the Discov3ry paste extruder, which is an add-on for 3D printers, an inexpensive option to use household materials… Read more
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Collaborative video app turns moments into memorable events
17 July 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured, Startups
To solve the problem that people experiencing an event together have trouble reliving it later, because each person’s photos and videos wind up scattered across their individual social feeds. Clipter is… Read more
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Love affair renewed: Paul Salvini on Waterloo Region’s bright tech future
07 July 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Ecosystem, Featured
Salvini was named CEO of the Accelerator Centre in Waterloo. He will also serve as the new Associate Vice-President, Research Commercialization at the University of Waterloo. Sharing his experience, his… Read more
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How watching TV turned into a fashionable career change
26 June 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured, Startups
Sarah Juma turned watching TV into a business: StyleID: a mobile app that helps fans find items that they see on TV. It allows you to look up an episode from among 21 different TV shows and find exact… Read more
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Unitron's 50-year head start in wearable tech
24 June 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Enterprise, Featured
Unitron celebrates its 50-year anniversary. The company was founded in Newfoundland in 1964 before moving to Waterloo Region, and released their first hearing aid in 1965. Read more
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India’s Tata Consulting launches collaborative innovation network in Canada
20 June 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Enterprise, Featured
K Ananth Krishnan, chief technology officer at Tata Consultancy Services in Mumbai, India discusses Waterloo Region, and the Co-Innovation Network. Read more