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$2-million asset sale leads to launch of new startup RootSecure
24 July 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
A new Waterloo Region tech company called RootSecure has emerged from the $2-million sale last week of the assets of RootCellar Technologies to Vancouver-based Uniserve. RootCellar was a managed service… Read more
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Sam Pasupalak and the next big mountain
23 July 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
Communitech News sat down and chatted with Sam Pasupalak, former Maluuba CEO. Maluuba, a natural language and AI startup, was bought by Microsoft for what is believed to be about CDN$200 million and Pasupalak… Read more
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OpenText: Made in Canada, proud of it
10 July 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Enterprise, Featured, News
With 2017 revenues of US$2.3 billion and 10,000 employees in 40 countries, OpenText is now one of the most important, influential and global software companies in the world. But OpenText will remain a… Read more
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No notes required: Carol Leaman's experience speaks for itself
10 July 2018 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Featured, News
Carol Leaman, Axonify CEO and serial entrepreneur, came to Communitech for Pizza with the Prez. Expecting a small group, they brought no notes, yet Leaman had no trouble sharing stories. Leaman started… Read more
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Thinking big at Catalyst137
06 July 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
Catalyst137 has been transformed from a former tire and footwear warehouse into the largest space for hardware manufacturing and development in the world. The brand concept is a facility where the makers… Read more
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ApplyBoard: putting students at the head of the class
28 June 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
ApplyBoard’s web-based AI portal streamlines the process of applying for university, college and high school for international students. ApplyBoard announced a US$13 million Series A raise, led by Silicon… Read more
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Stratford rolls out smart parking program
28 June 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
Parking in Downtown Stratford in the summer is near impossible. Solving this problem requires hard data, so last autumn the city installed small sensors in their parking spaces and the real-time results… Read more
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Wawanesa Insurance launches Innovation Outpost
21 June 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
Wawanesa Insurance cut the ribbon on its new Innovation Outpost at Communitech and simultaneously announced a partnership with a local startup, ProNavigator – leveraging a new, local relationship with… Read more
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Makingspace.tech: Home for tech's LGBTQ+ community
19 June 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
Makingspace.tech is a fledgling organization that aims to “carve out safer spaces and curate them for the underrepresented groups in technology.” In short, it exists to give LGBTQ+ individuals who work… Read more
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Interac lifts curtain on innovation lab
19 June 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
Interac officially opened its lab’s doors with a lunchtime event at Area 151. Debbie Gamble, Vice-President of Digital Products and Platforms said that the proximity of those other corporate companies,… Read more