HitchBOT, the Hitchhiking Robot, starts its journey across the United States
The hitchhiking robot called HitchBOT was conceived in 2013 as a collaborative art project by Dr. David Harris Smith of McMaster…
Qoints wins N100 Startup Competition and $100,000 in equity financing
The winner of the annual N100 Startup Competition has been announced and Toronto-based Qoints secures $100,000 in equity financing.…
Orchard Labs receives $500,000 from the MLA48 Angel Investment Fund
Toronto-based Orchard Labs, the company that makes it easy for iPhone owners to sell their smartphone, has received $500,000…
John Ruffolo honoured with Telfer Private Sector Leadership Award
The CATAAlliance Innovation and Leadership Awards Gala Dinner was held last night in Ottawa. The annual award ceremony recognizes…
Deloitte forms innovation hub within Communitech called d { }
So far, 2015 has proven to be for Communitech. In the first quarter, the innovation center has shut down its HYPERDRIVE accelerator…
PwC’s Vision to Reality Conference focuses on “disruptive innovation”
A lead up to the annual PwC “Vision to Reality” (V2R) Awards, which Waterloo-based Thalmic Labs won last year,…
Accelerator Centre announces first AC JumpStart cohort
With a fresh $8 million under its belt to develop the next group of startups, Kitchener-Waterloo based Accelerator Centre has…
Velocity announces $25,000 and $5,000 Fund finalists
Waterloo is a hotbed of startups, and many of them have come out of the University of Waterloo Veolocity program, such PiinPoint…
MaRS HealthKick 2015 pitch competition offers $60,000 in prizes to health startups
It takes a special kind of person to be in healthcare. Caring for others takes heart and an enormous amount of patience. At…
JUICE Mobile opens Waterloo office
Toronto-based JUICE Mobile is continuing to expand its operations and announced the opening of a Waterloo office at 51 Breithaupt…
CANARIE Supports Startup Communities to come to the Capital
Ottawa-based CANARIE is supporting more than 15 Startup Canada Community leaders to come together in Ottawa next week to meet…
HIGHLINE Brings Silicon Valley Tech Networking Series ‘Startup Socials’ to Canada
Startup Socials, a tech event series that originated in Silicon Valley, is coming to Canada powered by HIGHLINE and SoftLayer…
DailyDealy closes an undisclosed amount of financing, says they will “introduce ground-breaking technologies”
The daily deals websites seem to have been a thing of the past, but not for Vancouver-based DailyDealy.ca. The company states…
Google and Actua launch Codemakers project to ‘change the way Canada’s youth think about computer science and technology’
Actua is a Canadian charity that offers “transformational experiences” to youth in science, technology, engineering…
LINKETT has “seen its valuation significantly increase” since the Apple Pay Announcement
With the announcement of Apple’s entry into the mobile payment space with Apple Pay, Waterloo-based LINKETT has reportedly…