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Arctic Wolf acquires local startup RootSecure
12 December 2018 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Featured, News, Small to Mid Size
RootSecure, a Waterloo Region startup that helps companies access cyber risk has been acquired by Arctic Wolf. Read more
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FleetCarma to move into Catalyst137, add 100 employees
12 December 2018 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Featured, News
Waterloo-based FleetCarma, whose technology is helping to drive the transition to electric vehicles (EVs) has announced that it will move to Catalyst137 in early 2019. Read more
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Looking back at BufferBox, and what might have been
12 December 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
BufferBox co-founder and current director at Velocity Jay Shah talks about whether or not Canadian startups sell too early and about his own story of selling his startup to Google. Read more
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Ethical AI: People write algorithms. People can fix them
05 December 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
Tessa Sproule, the co-CEO of Vubble, speaks on regulating AI initiatives to generate ethical outcomes and help make society a better place. Read more
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A big bank doubles down on data
04 December 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
VP of CIBC, Santanu Pal, sits down with us to talk about the success of the CIBC lab at the Waterloo Communitech Data Hub back in May of 2017, "It's been an incredible success story" he says. Read more
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Quantum and the data threat: Q & A with Scott Totzke
29 November 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
CEO of quantum computer cryptography company ISARA, Scott Totzke, sits down with Communitech to talk about the status of quantum computing, the threats posed by it and how their recent series A round will… Read more
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TextNow starts a new chapter in a new building
27 November 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
TextNow, a company selling low-cost mobile phones and cloud based wireless and data service will be moving into evolv1, Canada's first carbon net positive building. Read more
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Fierce Founders Accelerator gets $264K boost from FedDev Ontario
26 November 2018 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Featured, News, Startups
Communitech's Fierce Founder's Accelerator program has received a pledge of $264,000 dollars from FedDev Ontario to extend the program for women entrepreneurs in 2019. Read more
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Bains hints Global Skills program to get new mandate
23 November 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
Canada's Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Navdeep Bains talks about the potential of a renewal on the Global Skills Strategy Program, a fast-track visa process for foreign talent… Read more
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True North launches $1 million AI competition
21 November 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
Communitech, the Schulich Foundation, the Leaders Fund and the University of Waterloo have partnered on a new $1-million award called the Leaders Prize at True North. Read more