Showing all articles in the Featured category
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Where there’s light: P & P Optica broadens uses of spectrometry
24 September 2013 | By Christian Aagaard in: Featured, Small to Mid Size
P&P Optica is in the spectrometry business, developing better devices for reading the light signatures that compounds and elements give off. The heart of P&P’s success lies inside those discs: A thin layer… Read more
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Breaking fast
24 September 2013 | By Briton Burgio in: Featured, Startups
UpStart Breakfast Series returns Wednesday Oct 2! To kick off the season, we have Jonathan Grover from iNotForProfit, Nick Miller from ESL Explorer (Communitech HYPERDRIVE Alumni) and Trevor Orton from… Read more
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An artful end to Startup Weekend
23 September 2013 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Featured, Startups
Chris Shinn didn’t think he’d start a company, but, by the end of the weekend evening, he was founder of Art Everywhereand in first-place. Art Everywhere, a website and app to help you buy original art,… Read more
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Perspectives of a Valley VC: Q+A with Katherine Barr
23 September 2013 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured, Startups
Katherine Barr, a general partner at Mohr Davidow Ventures from Silicon Valley, was at the Communitech Hub last week. This year Barr was named co-chair of the C100, which a non-profit organization helping… Read more
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$4.7B purchase offer proves value of BlackBerry
23 September 2013 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured
BlackBerry’s proposed $4.7-billion sale to a consortium led by Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. is a vote of confidence in the value of the Waterloo-based smartphone maker. We believe this transaction will… Read more
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Guest post: Gary Will on BlackBerry's place in Waterloo Region tech
19 September 2013 | By Communitech in: Featured, Opinion
According to the recently-released 2011 National Household Survey the Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo census metro area (CMA) has passed the Ottawa CMA for percentage of residents working in software & IT… Read more
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I Think Security turns to Kickstarter to fund Dropbox protection device
18 September 2013 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Featured, News, Startups
I Think Security has taken a further step into the consumer market with a Kickstarter campaign to fund its latest product: the Qi4BOX, which secures Dropbox users’ files. The $30,000 crowdfunding campaign,… Read more
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Waterloo's 2G Robotics plays key role in Costa Concordia salvage
17 September 2013 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured, Startups
Waterloo-based 2G Robotics is gaining worldwide exposure after helping in this week’s salvage of the Costa Concordia cruise ship off the coast of Italy. Monday was a huge win for the 20-month project as… Read more
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I Think Security, Monstercat graduate Accelerator Program
12 September 2013 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured
I Think Security Ltd and Monstercat Inc. are the latest graduates of Waterloo’s Accelerator Program and were recognized in a ceremony at the Accelerator Centre this morning. The award-winning program has… Read more
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Festing with the tech stars
09 September 2013 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Featured
Techtoberfest is an entrepreneur-focused conference with various keynote speakers. Read more