Showing all articles in the Featured category
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Vidyard invites people to come to camp (no tent required)
12 June 2013 | By Communitech in: Featured, Small to Mid Size, Startups
Vidyard, a company that formed two years ago and grew in the VeloCity space of the Communitech Hub, plans to push that point June 26 when it holds a day-long workshop on the power of video. The Space Camp… Read more
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Thalmic Labs, after Series A news: Work now, celebrate later
07 June 2013 | By Christian Aagaard in: Featured, Small to Mid Size, Startups
Startups dream of the kind of spring enjoyed this year by Thalmic Labs, maker of the buzz-worthy MYO arm band. The company announced June 5 that it had closed a venture-capital deal worth $14.5 million,… Read more
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Uptown finds its way and gets MappedIn
06 June 2013 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured, Small to Mid Size, Startups
Uptown Waterloo has done a lot in the past few years to revitalize itself and make it one of the top retailing spaces in the region. This morning MappedIn officially launched their free mobile wayfinding… Read more
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Thalmic Labs lands $14.5 million Series A funding round
05 June 2013 | By Communitech in: Featured, Small to Mid Size, Startups
A startup raised in the VeloCity Garage at the Communitech Hub has earned a $14.5-million vote of confidence from investors. Thalmic Labs, which makes the MYO armband that turns gestures into computer… Read more
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Eyedro and Waterloo North Hydro – a match made in hydro conservation
05 June 2013 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured, Small to Mid Size, Startups
Hydro companies are educating consumers in energy conservation by investing in technology. Last week Waterloo North Hydro announced a strategic equity investment in Eyedro Green Solutions Inc., a startup… Read more
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Rebellion Media adds Crucial Interactive to their power-packed roster
05 June 2013 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Featured, Small to Mid Size, Startups
Waterloo Region-based Rebellion Media has bought another company. Crucial Interactive, a digital media company that works with brands to engage with online consumers, is the 12th company to be acquired… Read more
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A pinkie-sized solution to a global threat
13 January 2013 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Featured, Small to Mid Size
Chris Bennett of Kitchener based Panoptic Telematics has a possible solution for detecting explosives and radioactive materials on cargo ships using a tiny sensor that can detect beta and gamma rays which… Read more
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Finding answers to the Waterloo ‘why?’
| By Tony Reinhart in: Featured
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The biggest hack at Hack the North
| By Phil Froklage in: Event recaps, Events, Featured, News
Hack the North draws 1,000 participants from all over the world to the University of Waterloo for Canada's biggest hackathon. Read more
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M-Theory: Communication breakdown, it's always the same
| By Melanie Baker in: Featured, M-Theory, Opinion
People find it weird that kids nowadays can make money online by simply streaming on Twitch or posting a couple of Instagram photos, but hasn't that been the concept of fan clubs since forever? Read more