Velocity acquires Toronto’s Tab Payments to expand mobile hospitality platform
byUK-based Velocity announced today that it has acquired Tab Payments, a Toronto-based startup enabling mobile payments within…
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Velocity Fund Finals $5k Qualifier Open For Applications
byFor early stage startups looking for experience, registration is open to attend or pitch at the Velocity $5K Qualifiers. The…
Velocity announces $25,000 and $5,000 Fund finalists
byWaterloo is a hotbed of startups, and many of them have come out of the University of Waterloo Veolocity program, such PiinPoint…
MappedIn secures up to $600,000 from FedDev to offer its indoor map technology in multiple languages
byWaterloo-based MappedIn, the makers of an interactive indoor navigation system that offers mobile app or touchscreen kiosk…
Velocity announces Ten finalists competing for over $100,000 at the Velocity Fund Finals on November 27th
byTen finalists have been named to compete at the upcoming Fall 2014 Velocity Fund Finals on November 27th. Velocity, an entrepreneurship…
Blitzen’s Josh Wright on representing Canada at the Startup Nations Summit
byOn November 23rd, Josh Wright will be in Seoul, South Korea, pitching on behalf of Canada. Wright is the co-founder of Blitzen,…
VeloCity Hires New ‘Coach’ In Conestoga Entrepreneurship Instructor and Startup Founder
byStartups at the University of Waterloo’s VeloCity Garage will have a new “skip” around town to look up to,…
Next VeloCity Fund Finals Set for November 27
byIt was only two weeks ago where #VeloCityFundFinals trended number one on Twitter, as the twice-annual event handed out over…
The 10th VeloCity Fund Finals Are Set for July 24
byThe University of Waterloo’s VeloCity Fund Finals are just two weeks away. The contenders come from diverse backgrounds…
Applications for VeloCity Fund Finals Are Open Again and A Few Past Winners Are Doing Well
byThe application period for the University of Waterloo’s VeloCity incubator space “VeloCity Fund Finals” pitch…
Pebble Smartwatch Named Second Most Wanted Wearable Among Tech Experts
byCanadian Eric Migicovsky’s Pebble Smartwatch, which earned $10.3 million from its 2012 Kickstarter campaign, has been…
UWaterloo to Open New Velocity Foundry as Kitchener-Waterloo’s Hardware Revolution Continues
byHardware startups are outnumbering software startups for the first time in the University of Waterloo VeloCity Garage program’s…
Angel Investor Mike Stork Gives $1 Million to VeloCity
byAn entrepreneur and angel investor named Mike Stork has poured a bit more fuel on the Waterloo Region startup community with…
VeloCity Graduate PiinPoint Is Latest Y Combinator Startup
byPiinPoint, a location analytics startup that previously won $25,000 at the VeloCity Fund Finals, has become the latest company to…
UWaterloo’s VeloCity Fund Finals Set to Hand Out $100,000
byThe University of Waterloo startup’s incubator Velocity unveiled today the ten finalists that will compete for their…