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MappedIn raises $1.51M seed round to fuel expansion abroad
31 March 2015 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Featured, News, Startups
MappedIn has raised $1.51 million in seed financing to continue expanding internationally and developing its indoor wayfinding technology. They allow commercial property owners to digitize their floorplans,… Read more
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Duelling robots: Clearpath, Christie team up to develop 3D game
31 March 2015 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Ecosystem, Enterprise, Featured, News, Small to Mid Size
3D fighting robots. Clearpath Robotics has developed a fun new video game in collaboration with Christie. They have developed a game that is beamed onto the floor of the robotics company’s Kitchener warehouse,… Read more
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Feld thoughts, Wise words: Startup Opportunities tackles tough questions
25 March 2015 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Event recaps, Featured, News, Startups
Brad Feld talks about his journey and what led him to co-write Startup Opportunities: Know When to Quit Your Day Job, with Canadian Sean Wise. The book is aimed squarely at those still considering whether… Read more
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Giving back and getting involved: How one university student spends her free time
18 March 2015 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Ecosystem, News, Startups, Tech About Town
Communitech News follows busy student, Alexa Roeper, on how she spends her free time getting involved. Read more
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Clearpath raises $14M; expands into industrial robotics
18 March 2015 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Featured, News, Small to Mid Size
Clearpath Robotics, the six-year-old Waterloo Region company whose stand against killer robots attracted global attention last year, has raised C$14 million in venture capital to fuel expansion into the… Read more
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Communitech Rev names 10 companies to first cohort
16 March 2015 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Featured, News, Startups
Communitech's new program, Rev, has announced their first cohort. Read more
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Oregon taps Waterloo’s IMS to drive change to road-usage fees
15 March 2015 | By Christian Aagaard in: Featured, News, Small to Mid Size
IMS and Sanef ITS of New York have teamed up to equip the northwestern American state with a system that charges and collects a fee based on the distances drivers travel on all of its roads. It is the… Read more
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OpenText takes a stand on International Women’s Day
05 March 2015 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Ecosystem, Enterprise, Featured, News
Canada’s largest software company, Waterloo-based OpenText has gone beyond talk to become a tech sector leader in diversity, with women making up 30 percent of its workforce and occupying three of nine… Read more
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Auvik, Dejero, Intellijoint land $1.8M in FedDev investment
05 March 2015 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Featured, News, Startups
Three Waterloo Region tech companies are getting some federal government investment to help them bring new products to market faster. Auvik Networks, Dejero, Intellijoint Surgical all received fund from… Read more
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Perimeter Institute and Chalk.com team up to spread joy of physics
24 February 2015 | By Christian Aagaard in: Ecosystem, Featured, News, Startups
Perimeter and Chalk announced a collaboration: Perimeter’s science lessons will land on Planboard, Chalk’s digital suite of teaching services. It is Chalk’s first offering of fee-based, premium content. Read more