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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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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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Changing lives, quietly: The ON Semiconductor story
17 February 2015 | By Trish Crompton in:
Semiconductor’s technology is changing lives. With the increase in startup activity, competition for talent has increased, but ON Semiconductor’s life-changing technology – unseen as it might be – sets… Read more
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Founders share thoughts on life after acquisition
04 February 2015 | By Trish Crompton in: Ecosystem, Featured, Small to Mid Size, Startups
What happens after the ink dries on the agreement to sell your company? Steve Woods, Engineering Director at Google Canada, moderated a panel of three Waterloo Region tech founders: Joseph Fung, Kerry… Read more
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I Think Security finds success in Hong Kong
02 February 2015 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured, Startups
Cybersecurity startup, I Think Security, was previously accepted into Hong Kong's FinTech Innovation Lab and has been finding success overseas. Read more
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Co-founder Q+A: Clearpath's ethical stand against killer robots
28 January 2015 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Opinion, Small to Mid Size, View from the 'Loo
Clearpath is world's first company to join the movement to ban lethal autonomous weapons. Communitech News sat down with co-founder Ryan Gariepy to discuss this. Read more
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Chalk.com raises $500K seed round; moves to larger space
22 January 2015 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured, News, Startups
Kitchener edtech company Chalk.com raised $500K seed round, and also announced their departure from Velocity. Read more
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Courting a Valley VC: Inside Vidyard's big raise
14 January 2015 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Ecosystem, Opinion, Small to Mid Size, View from the 'Loo
Communitech News speaks with Donna Litt on Vidyard's Series B journey. Read more