How smartphones and startups are increasing access to healthcare
With a constant flood of new apps and games, it’s sometimes easy to forget that the smartphones we carry around in our pockets…
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Velocity Fund Finals $5k Qualifier Open For Applications
For early stage startups looking for experience, registration is open to attend or pitch at the Velocity $5K Qualifiers. The…
Pebble’s Eric Migicovsky shares lessons learned ahead of Velocity event
Later today, Pebble founder and CEO, Eric Migicovsky, will take the stage at the University of Waterloo’s Humanities Theatre…
Jim Balsillie reveals the moment he knew BlackBerry was done
On this week’s The Disruptors, hosts Amber Kanwar and Bruce Croxon talked about former co-CEO of BlackBerry, Jim Balsillie,…
Desire2Learn CEO: Edtech is going through a “huge transformation”
Desire2Learn has been working to disrupt the education sector by bringing technology to classrooms since 1999. Through tech,…
DraftingSPACE has been acquired by Vancouver’s BuildDirect
Vancouver-based BuildDirect has acquired Waterloo-based startup DraftingSPACE for an undisclosed amount. DraftingSPACE is an…
Terepac incorporates quantum cybersecurity into its IoT systems
Terepac Corporation, a Waterloo-based Internet of Things (IoT) solutions company, announced that it was partnering with the…
Tech Leadership Conference 2015 finds the right mix
Over 800 attendees descended upon Bingemans Conference Center in Kitchener recently for the 2015 Communitech Tech Leadership…
Pebble CEO to speak at Velocity on June 18th about “the state of hardware startups”
Pebble, the smartwatch that was co-founded by Canadian Eric Migicovsky, is known as one of the first devices to reach mass…
Four young Canadian entrepreneurs named Thiel Fellows
The Thiel Foundation announced today the 2015 class of Thiel Fellows. Drawn from an application pool of 2,800, the 20 newly…
Future Design School expands “Innovation Camp” to Waterloo
The Future Design School is aimed to help create the next generation of Canadian entrepreneurs. The summer camp is the brainchild…
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…
Communitech’s Tech Leadership Conference declares “what worked yesterday is obsolete tomorrow”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 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.…
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…