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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
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Y Combinator’s Sam Altman ‘super impressed’ with Waterloo Region
20 September 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Ecosystem, Featured, Startups
Communitech News sat down with Sam Altman of Y Combinator to discuss Waterloo Region. Read more
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Velocity opens Foundry for hardware startups
12 September 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured, Startups
The University of Waterloo officially opened its Velocity Foundry today with an open house and ribbon-cutting ceremony. The Foundry, an extension of the university’s successful Velocity incubator program,… Read more
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Accelerator Centre set to host Client Showcase Sept. 17
10 September 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured, Startups
The Accelerator Centre will shine the spotlight on its companies at next week’s Client Showcase event, held at the main location in Waterloo with Five to eight Momentum and at least 35 Accelerator Centre… Read more