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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
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Sweet victory for Structur3D: Shipping of beta units begins
19 February 2015 | By Samantha Clark in: Ecosystem, Featured, News, Startups
Structur3D launched its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter in July, surpassing its initial $30,000 goal in just two days. Now, they’re working hard to ship units out to their beta backers within the… Read more
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MappedIn lands $600K in FedDev support
12 February 2015 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Featured, News, Startups
MappedIn will receive up to $600,000 from the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev) to adapt its digital wayfinding and indoor mapping technology. The repayable contribution… Read more
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Miovision raises $30M to expand traffic management platform
10 February 2015 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Featured, News, Small to Mid Size
Miovision, whose technology helps cities reduce traffic congestion, is hitting the gas pedal with C$30 million in new investment. The Series B round, led by Montreal-based merchant bank MacKinnon, Bennett… Read more
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Kik builds high engagement on app and in person
02 February 2015 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Ecosystem, Featured, News, Small to Mid Size
Kik is giving back to the community by hosting a hackathon on the University of Waterloo campus. Read more
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Microsoft to lead Industry Collision Day and evening event Feb. 12
02 February 2015 | By Angela Larraguibel in: Announcements, News, Startups
Industry Collision Day is coming soon, and Microsoft is leading it with multiple different programming. Read more
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Soft Landing program accepting applications until Feb. 13
30 January 2015 | By Angela Larraguibel in: Announcements, News, Small to Mid Size, Startups
The CDMN Outbound Soft Landing program, which supports companies enter new markets, is accepting applications until Feb 13th. Read more
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Chalk.com raises $500K seed round; moves to larger space
22 January 2015 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured, News, Startups
Kitchener edtech company Chalk.com raised $500K seed round, and also announced their departure from Velocity. Read more
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FedDev pledges up to $8M to Accelerator Centre JumpStart program
15 January 2015 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Featured, News, Startups
Accelerator Centre is using $8M from FedDev to run AC JumpStart, a program which is expected to help almost 200 companies in the next 4 years. Read more