Neverfrost keeps its pitch cool on #TheDisruptors
Sometimes big ideas come in small packages, and there’s nothing smaller right now than nanotechnology. Neverfrost, the Kitchener-Waterloo based, Y Combinator-backed, Velocity Foundry startup,…
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Communitech’s Tech Leadership Conference declares “what worked yesterday is obsolete tomorrow”
Over 800 people will infiltrate the Kitchener-Waterloo region this Thursday for Communitech’s Tech Leadership Conference. The annual experience is one of the best one-day…
The Pebble Time will ship May 27th
Less than a week from now, the latest smartwatch from Pebble will begin shipping to consumers from its warehouses in Asia. Pebble Time, beneficiary of…
Communitech Women Entrepreneurs Bootcamp has $100,000 in funding up for grabs
Back for a second year is Communitech’s Women Entrepreneurs Bootcamp. The inaugural event in 2014 saw 96 applicants from across Canada, US and Europe…
EyeCheck expands its focus to include revenue opportunities closer to home
Last week on The Disruptors, Kitchener-Waterloo based EyeCheck pitched its solution to the global vision deficit – millions of people worldwide without reliable eyewear…
Salesforce partners with Communitech, launches Salesforce for Startups in Canada
Salesforce and Communitech today announced a new partnership that will see the CRM software company and innovation hub work together to help local area…
Control presentations with this new Myo app
Since 2002 and the release of Minority Report, hand gesture driven computing has been a dream of UI designers everywhere. Thanks to a Canadian…
PCH Hardware Hackathon hits #KWRegion this June
As a sponsor of the first ever Hardware Hackathon in Toronto, we an attest to the care and attention PCH puts into such community…
Canadian Tire launches new digital innovation centre in Kitchener-Waterloo
Canadian Tire Corporation today yesterday the opening of a new digital innovation facility in Kitchener-Waterloo. Called the Digital Garage, this new facility will be…
Watch Miovision and Lighthouse Labs pitch on #TheDisruptors
As a show about disruption, BNN’s The Disruptors wouldn’t be worth its salt without presenting the Canadian startups taking big swings across our fair…
Lazaridis and Ontario government invest $35 million to create a tech management school
One of the “most powerful Canadians” has stepped up and pledged to donate millions towards Wilfrid Laurier University. Mike Lazaridis, co-founder of BlackBerry, announced…
Rev shows Communitech is focused further down the startup stack
I will admit some confusion when Communitech announced that it was shutting down its HYPERDRIVE accelerator program in favour of Rev. It wasn’t…
GTAN|START pitch competition has eight startups vying for $17,000 in prize money
If Waterloo was not busy enough cranking out talent and sought-after startups, the Waterloo Region’s Angel group and Golden Triangle Angel Network (GTAN) have…