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Indigo Fair succeeds with US$12-million Series A raise
22 February 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, Startups
Indigo Fair, the AI-based supplier and marketplace for small retail outlets, has successfully closed a US$12-million Series A. They have offices in San Francisco and Waterloo Region. Read more
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Gord Edall, The Globe and Mail's Director of Globe Labs on the Future of Newspapers
20 February 2018 | By Sara Jalali in: Featured, Multimedia, News, Opinion, Podcast, The Nimble Hippo
Nimble Hippo Radio sat down and spoke with Gord Edall, The Globe and Mail’s Director of Globe Labs and Corporate Security Officer, to talk about the newspaper industry. Read more
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Ratio.City earns $100K at Fierce Founders pitch event
16 February 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Ecosystem, Events, Featured, News, Startups
The Fierce Founders Bootcamp is a six-day, Communitech-run program that helps women tech entrepreneurs improve their companies. This cumulates to a pitch event, and Ratio.City earned the $100,000 grand… Read more
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Toronto-Hamilton-Waterloo group among five to share $950M "supercluster" funding
15 February 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Ecosystem, Featured, News
A coalition of 140 partners in the Toronto-Hamilton-Waterloo corridor lead my Linamar Corp will share $950M. These companies include advanced manufacturing and technology companies and public-sector entities… Read more
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When it's time for the CEO to be 'brutally honest'
13 February 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Events, Featured, News, Small to Mid Size
Dave Kroetsch from Aeryon Labs came to speak at Communitech's Pizza with the Prez. They talked about their journey, and how they knew when it was time to step down as CEO. Read more
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WSIB launches innovation lab at Communitech
02 February 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Ecosystem, Enterprise, Featured, News
The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB), led by Rohan Nandakumar is opening an innovation lab at Communitech to improve customer experience, enhance healing outcomes for injured workers and improve… Read more
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SkyWatch to double Waterloo team after raising CDN$4-million
02 February 2018 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Featured, News, Startups
Waterloo startup Skywatch has recently raised seed funding of Canadian 4 Million dollars and plans to double it's team by the end of the year. The money will allow the company which currently employs 20… Read more
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Nicoya Lifesciences completes $2-million raise
29 January 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Ecosystem, Featured, News, Startups
Kitchener based biotech startup Nicoya Lifescience has recently generated a $2 million raise from 11 investors affiliated with the Toronto Waterloo corridor. Read more
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Fierce resolve: Ora founder reinvents the medical alert device
25 January 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Ecosystem, Featured, News, Startups
Medical alert device Ora's founder Serese Selander talks about her story and what led her to starting the company and what her philosophies on medical alert devices are. Read more
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Auvik CEO Marc Morin: Cease with the Valley envy
17 January 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Ecosystem, Events, Featured, News, Small to Mid Size
Marc Morin, Auvik CEO and co-founder speaks on why they are not aiming to be the "Silicon Valley of the North", but are using their own strengths to develop and grow. Read more