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Waterloo’s Sandvine ends quarter with solid results
09 April 2015 | By Christian Aagaard in: Enterprise, Featured, News
Sandvine, a Waterloo company that develops systems to securely manage traffic over the internet has seen great results with a reported revenue of $32.4 million for the first quarter of 2015. Read more
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When it comes to careers, is there life after tech?
02 April 2015 | By Melanie Baker in: Ecosystem, Featured, M-Theory, Opinion
What will you do after your life in tech? Once you've started a successful company what is there to do next? Retirement can be a tricky step with many not knowing what they will do once they have stopped… Read more
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Waterloo 'the richest startup ecosystem I've ever seen': Salim Ismail
02 April 2015 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Ecosystem, Enterprise, Featured, News, Startups
Communitech News sat down with Salim Ismail to discuss the exponential change in the region over the last decade. Read more
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Accelerators in global network ‘extremely successful,’ director says
01 April 2015 | By Trish Crompton in: Ecosystem, Featured, Startups
Pat Riley talks about the success of Accelerators in a global network. Pat, Executive Director of the Global Accelerator Network (GAN), discusses how GAN has been a massive help to its members through… Read more
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MappedIn raises $1.51M seed round to fuel expansion abroad
31 March 2015 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Featured, News, Startups
MappedIn has raised $1.51 million in seed financing to continue expanding internationally and developing its indoor wayfinding technology. They allow commercial property owners to digitize their floorplans,… Read more
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Duelling robots: Clearpath, Christie team up to develop 3D game
31 March 2015 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Ecosystem, Enterprise, Featured, News, Small to Mid Size
3D fighting robots. Clearpath Robotics has developed a fun new video game in collaboration with Christie. They have developed a game that is beamed onto the floor of the robotics company’s Kitchener warehouse,… Read more
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Canon challenge turns lens on societal problems
31 March 2015 | By Trish Crompton in: Enterprise, Event recaps, Featured
In mid-January, Canon Canada launched the Through Your Lens competition to challenge Ontario post-secondary students to find problems and provide solutions that improve people’s lives, using existing Canon… Read more
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Aterica tackles severe allergies with EpiPen ‘smart case’
27 March 2015 | By Trish Crompton in: Ecosystem, Featured, Startups
Veta is a smart case that houses the EpiPen, an epinephrine injection device severe allergy sufferers carry in the event of a severe reaction, known as anaphylaxis. Aterica seeks to flip Western Medicine… Read more
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Feld thoughts, Wise words: Startup Opportunities tackles tough questions
25 March 2015 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Event recaps, Featured, News, Startups
Brad Feld talks about his journey and what led him to co-write Startup Opportunities: Know When to Quit Your Day Job, with Canadian Sean Wise. The book is aimed squarely at those still considering whether… Read more
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Clearpath raises $14M; expands into industrial robotics
18 March 2015 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Featured, News, Small to Mid Size
Clearpath Robotics, the six-year-old Waterloo Region company whose stand against killer robots attracted global attention last year, has raised C$14 million in venture capital to fuel expansion into the… Read more