Prosperous Landing: CDMN Secures $8.75 Million Over Five Years
The Canadian Digital Media Network (CDMN), organizers of the popular Soft Landing Program for startups, has announced today…
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VeloCity Gives 10 Startups the Nod for $100K Competition
University of Waterloo-based student startup and innovation hub VeloCity has named the ten startups that will compete in the…
PumpUp’s Brush With Dragons’ Den Shows the Good, Bad and Ugly of Tech Startup Valuations
Wednesday night’s episode of Dragons’ Den saw one Waterloo-based startup that we’ve covered go into the…
Communitech Startup Hub to Receive $15 Million from Ontario Government
Kitchener-Waterloo startup hub Communitech just hit the jackpot, in the form of a $15 million investment over three years from…
Filmmakers on Upcoming Startup Community Doc: “A Biography of Our Region at This Time”
Filmmaker and photographer Taylor Jackson, Lindsay Coulter and their film crew are nearly done completing the “Startup…
“Autistic Genius” Jacob Barnett’s Story is Touching, But How Much Money Will be Made Off Of His Intelligence?
The mother of a Waterloo “autistic genius” teenager will speak to a Toronto audience on December 2 on the heels…
Who is John Chen, BlackBerry’s New Man in Charge?
News struck quickly this morning that BlackBerry, the embattled Canadian smartphone maker that had apparently found a buyer…
University of Waterloo Shines in Maclean’s Rankings for 22nd Straight Year
This year’s Maclean’s magazine annual university rankings are out and the University of Waterloo has been named…
Student Startups to Vie for $100,000 at VeloCity Fund Finals
VeloCity, the University of Waterloo-based campus for entrepreneurially-minded students, has announced that its $100,000 VeloCity…
Waterloo’s HYPERDRIVE Selected as an Official Startup Visa Incubator, Nominates Startup
Waterloo-based startup accelerator HYPERDRIVE, part of the Communitech hub, wrote in its blog today that it has been selected…
Will the AIRO Health-Monitoring Wristband Kill the Activity Tracker?
The fitness bracelet is back. It hasn’t been since 2004 that I’ve seen so many people sporting a rubber band on their wrist…
Waterloo’s Cream.HR to Help Jobless Former BlackBerry Workers
There’s a large number of jobless tech workers in the Waterloo area after the recent BlackBerry layoffs, and local startup…
Waterloo’s TribeHR to be Acquired by NetSuite
It’s not the sexiest acquisition news you’ve ever heard, but another Canadian startup has hit paydirt. Waterloo-based…
Reddit Founder to Tell Waterloo Students to “Suck Less” Next Month
Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian is giving a talk to students at the University of Waterloo in late November. According to a release,…
Dragons’ Den-Pitching Fitness Geeks Launch App for Personalized Workouts
Waterloo-based fitness startup PumpUp has launched its 2.0 version, adding a fitness community function to its 100,000 user-strong…