Vancouver-based CozyStay launching co-living space in Kitchener-Waterloo
Cozystay, a Vancouver-based vacation rental platform company, recently announced plans to open a shared living space for entrepreneurs…
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Government announces slew of women entrepreneurship investments ahead of election
As election season creeps closer, the federal government has made several announcements this week for investments in women-led…
Bridgit raises $1.5 million from CIBC Innovation Banking
Kitchener-based Bridgit, a project management platform for construction businesses, has received $1.5 million in debt growth…
Report: Canada sees tempered decline in VC deals after record-breaking 2018
According to CB Insights and PwC Canada’s latest MoneyTree report, the first half of 2019 might not have matched a record-setting…
Yourika, VoiceHero accepted to third class of Techstars’ Amazon Alexa Accelerator
Two Canadian startups, EdTech company Yourika, and voice technology startup VoiceHero, have been selected to participate in…
Four student-led startups take home Velocity Fund $5K prizes
Four student teams, Insula Medical, WatFly, Emergency Response Africa, and VOYHS, have each won $5,000 each at the University…
Communitech, Rogers to launch 5G innovation lab in Kitchener-Waterloo
Communitech and Rogers have announced a three-year partnership that will see the organizations open a 5G innovation lab in…
Three Canadian teams win big at global Technovation Challenge
The Technovation Challenge, a global initiative that encourages girls aged 10 to 18 to pursue tech entrepreneurship, has announced…
CTRL Labs acquires North’s patents for Myo armband technology
New York-based CTRL Labs, which is working on a device that can translate electrical muscle impulses into digital signals,…
Six neurotech startups take home $50,000 from ONtrepreneurs Program
The Ontario Brain Institute (OBI) has announced the the early-stage neurotech entrepreneurs taking home $50,000 as part of…
Today in FedDev funding: VentureLAB ($5M), Waterloo EDC ($3M)
Today, the federal government announced two financial contributions to accelerators and startups across Ontario through FedDev…
Google to double the size of its Kitchener-Waterloo engineering office
Google is reportedly gearing up to more than double the size of its engineering office in Kitchener-Waterloo. The Waterloo…
UWaterloo, Microsoft partner to use AI for socially-driven projects
Microsoft has partnered with the University of Waterloo’s Artificial Intelligence Institute, Waterloo.ai, to provide funding,…
#TrueNorth19 speakers argue the future of privacy is the cloud
At day one of True North 2019, held by Communitech in Kitchener-Waterloo, MedStack CEO Balaji Gopalan and Ann Cavoukian, a…
Leaders Prize offers $1 million for an AI solution to fake news at #TrueNorth19
This afternoon at the True North tech conference in Kitchener-Waterloo, Communitech, in partnership with the Schulich Foundation…