Showing all articles in the category
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
Startups-in-residence move into Hub for two programs
21 April 2016 | By Samantha Clark in: Announcements, Startups
The companies will be joining the Co-working powered by Google, as well as the Communitech Digital Media Accelerator, supported by Christie. Both programs provide support by offering 6 months of tenancy… Read more
-
Vidyard launches Plugin, declares war on gentrification apathy
16 March 2016 | By Phil Froklage in: Events, Opinion, Tech About Town
Vidyard launched Plugin as a means to help underserved people and support the community. Read more