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Environmental tech wins the day at Fierce Founders pitch competition
23 February 2017 | By Craig Daniels in: Ecosystem, Events, Featured, News, Startups
The top winners of the Fierce founders pitch competition, Willow Cup and Genecis EnviroTech are both startups with a mission to make the world more ecologically sustainable. Read more
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Car-sharing service Maven makes its Canadian debut in Waterloo Region
15 February 2017 | By Craig Daniels in: Ecosystem, Enterprise, Events, Featured, Member news, News
Waterloo Region will be the first area in Canada to roll out General Motors Maven car-sharing service. Read more
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Pizza with the Prez: A Q&A with Our Lady Peace front man and RecordMob co-founder Raine Maida
07 February 2017 | By Craig Daniels in: Ecosystem, Events, Featured, News
Raine Maida introduces his Canadian-made video sharing space that brings together elements of YouTube, Reddit, and Facebook. Read more
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Tech Jam: How a Syrian developer found happiness — and a job — in Waterloo Region
25 January 2017 | By Craig Daniels in: Ecosystem, Event recaps, Events, Featured, News, Small to Mid Size, Startups
Mahfouz Al-Sheikh was able to tap into the Waterloo Region tech community thanks to Communitech and the Tech Jam event. Read more
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Aeryon Labs takes wraps off $3M testing complex
16 November 2016 | By Craig Daniels in: Ecosystem, Events, Featured, News, Small to Mid Size
Aeryon Labs has unveiled their $3M testing complex. Read more
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BDC debugs gender gap with $50M for women in tech
10 November 2016 | By Craig Daniels in: Announcements, Ecosystem, News
BDC announced a $50M injection to support women in tech amongst the new about the gender wage gap. Read more
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Thalmic Labs announces largest funding round in a decade for Waterloo Region
19 September 2016 | By Phil Froklage in: Announcements, Ecosystem, Featured, News
Thalmic Labs in Waterloo Region has announced US$120 million in series-B funding, just three years after launching the Myo armband, with funding coming from Intel Capital, the Amazon Alexa Fund Fidelity… Read more
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Talent in Waterloo Region: A conversation with Stephen Lake
13 September 2016 | By Phil Froklage in: Announcements, Featured, News
Stephen Lake, CEO of Thalmic Labs in Kitchener discusses the hire of Tara Kriese their new Chief Marketing Officer, as well as the opening of their new office in San Francisco. Read more
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Top 25 startups announced for Fierce Founders Bootcamp
20 June 2016 | By Samantha Clark in: Announcements
The Fierce Founders Bootcamp cohort was announced and will have a chance to pitch for the prize after the programming. Read more
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Communitech Rev launches fourth cohort with five startups
10 May 2016 | By Trish Crompton in: Announcements, Startups
Communitech Rev has announced their fourth cohort. Read more