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KW Prominent in Startup Awards
Founders and evangelists from the Kitchener-Waterloo region featured prominently in the regional Startup Canada Awards for Ontario, announced Thursday by Startup Canada.
Brenda Halloran, CEO of the Waterloo Innovation Network, won the Adam
Top Score Caps Off Successful Year 1
There was another baseball story in southern Ontario on Thursday, and this one involved a Kitchener-Waterloo-based startup.
Amid the hysteria over the Toronto Blue Jays winning the American League East title, Top Score Baseball – previously
Invest Atlantic Expands Pitching
When Nancy Mathis agreed to be the 2015 Chair of Invest Atlantic, the largest networking event in the region for startups, entrepreneurs and investors, she had two conditions: one, the conference needed to scale itself, like the entrepreneurs it
NS Launches 2 Immigration Streams
The Nova Scotia Office of Immigration on Tuesday announced the introduction of two new business immigration streams to help attract international entrepreneurs and retain international university and college graduates.
Both these new streams –
New Google For Entrepreneurs Cohort
Google For Entrepreneurs has announced its fourth cohort at the Communitech hub, and four young companies have begun working as startups-in-residence at the Communitech GFE Network co-working space.
The four startups – all early-stage companies
AHI Files for Voluntary Bankruptcy
Atlantic Hydrogen Inc., the Fredericton company whose technology extracted carbon from natural gas, has filed for voluntary bankruptcy and is searching for a buyer for its assets.
The company issued a statement Tuesday saying it was making the
Communitech Adjusts Rev Model
As it prepares for the second intake for its Rev program, Communitech has initiated some changes to the accelerator that focuses on sales growth.
The Kitchener-based startup and innovation hub launched the Rev accelerator earlier this year with
Coding Academies: The New Tech Ed
When Josh Davies learned the next nine-week programming course at CodeCore began in a few days, he cancelled his flight to Barcelona. And he’s glad he did.
Davies was taking a sabbatical from his IT job at Oracle’s Vancouver office because he
TruLeaf Raises $1.7M+on AgFunder
TruLeaf, the Halifax agricultural technology company, has turned to an innovative platform to raise its next round of funding.
The company that grows leafy greens in vertically stacked trays has launched a campaign on San Francisco’s AgFunder, a
Sociavore Preps for January Relaunch
When Sociavore launches its new platform in January, it plans to have a product whose ease of use and strategic advantages will attract restaurateurs across North America.
Originally launched under the name MyLocal, Sociavore is a marketing and
Clock Ticking for I-3 Entries
There are just over two weeks left for Nova Scotian startups to enter the biennial I-3 Technology Startup Competition and have a shot at as much as $225,000 in development funding.
If that sounds like enough time to put it off, consider this:
FTD Highrise’s Client List Grows
Filip Sobotka believes the coming six months will be critical for his company FTD Highrise Inspection, as he secures a partner with the proper drone and gauges the best way to grow in Toronto’s condo market.
Working on his own for most of the
