Showing all articles in the Featured category
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Vidyard adds global scaling experience
11 January 2023 | By Kevin Crowley in: Featured, News
Kitchener-based Vidyard has hired top tech executive Jonathan Lister to drive the video-for-business company’s global sales, marketing and customer service functions. Read more
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Aligning innovation and national security
11 January 2023 | By Kevin Crowley in: Featured, News
Defence Minister Anita Anand visits Communitech to meet with tech founders and discuss innovation in the defence and national security space. Read more
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Year-end Roundup 2022
01 January 2023 | By Kevin Crowley in: Featured, Monthly tech roundup, News
The 2022 year-end roundup of news from the Waterloo Region tech community. Read more
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DarwinAI raises US$6M
22 December 2022 | By Kevin Crowley in: Featured, News
Waterloo-based DarwinAI has raised US$6 million to help it improve its AI-powered visual quality inspection system for the manufacturing of printed circuit boards. Read more
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Communitech awarded $38M to help startups strengthen IP
19 December 2022 | By Kevin Crowley in: Featured, News
The federal government has awarded Communitech $38 million as part of a $90-million program to help startups develop strategies to commercialize and protect their intellectual property (IP). Read more
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An urgent need for national security innovation
09 December 2022 | By Kevin Crowley in: Featured, News
Communitech convenes roundtable to kick off discussion about how to modernize Canada's national security efforts. Read more
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Data management is a ‘team sport’
28 November 2022 | By Kevin Crowley in: Featured, News
Setting standards to govern the sharing and use of data is a crucial step in protecting privacy, building trust and using artificial intelligence for the good of society, says Anil Arora, Canada’s Chief… Read more
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‘Bigger than I ever expected’
22 November 2022 | By Kevin Crowley in: Featured, News
It was 21 years ago this month that Eldon Sprickerhoff co-founded eSentire, a Waterloo-based cybersecurity company that has grown into a unicorn with US$100 million in annual recurring revenue, 1,500 customers… Read more
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Ukrainian startups – a story of resilience
18 November 2022 | By Kevin Crowley in: Featured, News
In a 30-minute documentary, Canadian innovation advisor Dan Herman visits Ukraine to document the resilience of the country's startup founders in the midst of war. Read more
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Vision Zero
15 November 2022 | By Kevin Crowley in: Featured, News
Communitech sponsors discussion about using technology to improve road safety and reduce fatalities. Read more