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Building solutions with tech at LCBO Next
20 September 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
Danny Ho, Innovation Activator, Strategy & Enterprise Architect, with LCBO Next builds solutions to help vendors create a better order processing workflow. Read more
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Chamath Palihapitiya wins crowd at Hack the North
15 September 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Events, Featured, News
Chamath Palihapitiya is one of the University of Waterloo's most successful graduates and this week he sat down to speak at Hack the North, Canada's largest hackathon which is hosted annually at the University… Read more
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An on-ramp, not an exit: CEO Corry Flatt on Bonfire's acquisition
14 September 2018 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Featured, News, Startups
Waterloo startup Bonfire has recently been acquired for US$ 108 million to join five other govtech companies and form a publicly traded entity to improve the way public funded agencies do work. Read more
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The fed-up Valley vet who is bringing his startup to KW
13 September 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
UW Alumni and entrepreneur Alan Cannistraro is bringing his startup Rheo from Silicon Valley all the way back to Canada and he expects other entrepreneurs to follow suit. Read more
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Bonfire to be acquired for US$108 million
12 September 2018 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Featured, News, Startups
Waterloo based Bonfire, a software that helps streamline the procurement of public and private institutions, has been acquired for US $108 million to become a part of US based GTY Technology Holdings. Read more
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Fable Tech Labs earns first place and $75K at Fierce Founders Pitch Competition
06 September 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
Fable Tech Labs, a Toronto based software as a service company that helps businesses test how accessible their online products are for people with disabilities have won $75,000 in prize money at the seventh… Read more
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A tour de force for Dejero at the Tour de France
10 August 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
In late July, Britain’s Geraint Thomas toasted his well-earned victory in the Tour de France. Dejero, its equipment and expertise had played no small role in the win, providing Team Sky with upgraded internet… Read more
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Medical image search engine aims to speed diagnosis
08 August 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
Huron Digital Pathology has partnered with the University of Waterloo and the Grand River Hospital to create a medical image search engine where every tissue sample that every pathologist in the world… Read more
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The Velocity startup making a cannabis breathalyzer
31 July 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
As the country marches ever closer to Oct. 17, 2018, the date that recreational marijuana use will become legal for Canadians, SannTek, a Velocity company, specializing in the field of nanotechnology is… Read more
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The startup that makes globetrotting more affordable
27 July 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
Backpacker College, a startup launched in Waterloo’s Accelerator Centre that connects those with a lust for travel with quality, inexpensive accommodation – mostly in university residences. Travellers… Read more