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PORCH Potluck brings immigrant entrepreneurs together at Communitech
13 June 2025 | By Rosie Del Campo in: Events, Featured, Featured news, News
Communitech and PORCH hosted a potluck that brought over 85 immigrant entrepreneurs together over food, founder stories and the power of community. Read more
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Volta Technique is storing clean energy with compressed air, and its tech is now patented in the U.S. and EU
04 June 2025 | By Rosie Del Campo in: Featured, Featured news, Founder Profiles, News
Volta Technique stores clean energy using compressed air. With U.S. and EU patents secured, the Waterloo startup is scaling climate impact from the lab to the world. Read more
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Startups find growth by looking beyond the U.S. and into the world
23 May 2025 | By Rosie Del Campo in: Events, Featured, Featured news, News
Local startup founders share hard-won lessons on scaling globally, surviving funding droughts, and building financial resilience at Communitech Breakfast. Insights on market diversification, go-to-market… Read more
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Waterloo startup offers backup for broken networks after Bell outage leaves Canadians offline
22 May 2025 | By Rosie Del Campo in: Featured, Featured news, Founder Profiles, News
Sweat Free Telecom developed a digital safety net for smartphone users. Using embedded SIM (eSIM) technology, it offers backup data access across all three major Canadian carriers, plus hundreds of networks… Read more
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Tired of feeling like you have nothing to wear? This Kitchener startup can help
15 May 2025 | By Karson Simpson in: Featured, Featured news, Founder Profiles, News
Getting dressed shouldn’t be a daily struggle. Pronti AI, a Kitchener-based startup, helps you create outfits from your own clothes, so you feel confident, ready, and more like yourself. Read more
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Friendlier partners with Coca-Cola and the Toronto Zoo to fight single-use waste
14 May 2025 | By Rosie Del Campo in: Featured, Featured news, Founder Profiles, News
Guelph-based Friendlier partners with Coca-Cola and the Toronto Zoo to fight single-use waste with a reusable container system changing how Canadians dine sustainably. Read more
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VESTA receives up to $2 million in federal funding to expand trauma-informed tech support for survivors of gender-based violence
09 May 2025 | By Rosie Del Campo in: Featured, Featured news, Founder Profiles, News
VESTA secures up to $2M in federal funding to expand its trauma-informed tech platform for survivors of gender-based violence, supporting marginalized communities with safe, accessible options to disclose,… Read more
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Eight medtech startups to watch in 2025
07 May 2025 | By Rosie Del Campo in: Featured, Featured news, Founder Profiles, News
Meet the eight early-stage medtech startups selected for the second cohort of the Communitech MedTech Accelerator program. From AI-driven diagnostics to needle-free fertility solutions, these founders… Read more
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Kitchener-based startup driven to give North America’s broken EV infrastructure a tune-up
02 May 2025 | By Karson Simpson in: Featured, Featured news, Founder Profiles, News
Clockwork, a Kitchener-based startup, is powering up Canada’s EV future by fixing unreliable charging stations with smart software that ensures drivers get a seamless charge every time. Read more
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Startup founder uses lessons from cinema tech to shape the future of operating rooms
30 April 2025 | By Rosie Del Campo in: Featured, Featured news, Founder Profiles, News
A former IMAX executive is bringing cinematic tech to the operating room. Vivo Surgery helps surgeons stream procedures, capture real-time data, and reduce complications - turning surgeries into smarter,… Read more