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RE: Startup District - rangersfan - 02-07-2016
Article about Wemesh, this article appeared in the paper addition of the Kitchener Post this week but I can't get the Web articles to load on my phone, hopefully it will work for others.
http://m.kitchenerpost.ca/news-story/6261050-local-startup-launches-video-and-messaging-app-wemesh
RE: Startup District - panamaniac - 04-13-2016
From the Record:
Pravala Car scores huge grant to develop connected vehicle platform
Waterloo Region Record
By Terry Pender
KITCHENER — A software startup poised for major expansion into the connected-car market will receive up to $9.7 million for creating new jobs to help bring its platform to the world market.
Pravala Car, which is located on Frederick Street, will receive the federal funds in instalments as it meets hiring targets for engineers, software developers and business staff. ....
http://www.therecord.com/news-story/6495204-pravala-car-scores-huge-grant-to-develop-connected-vehicle-platform/
RE: Startup District - rangersfan - 04-14-2016
Always nice to see local companies teaming up, a little piece on Swift Labs.
http://m.therecord.com/news-story/6482817-former-blackberry-team-finds-quick-success-with-swift-labs
RE: Startup District - rangersfan - 04-18-2016
TextNow is significantly larger than I thought (I didn't even know that EnFlick had changed their name) , great to see them get some local exposure. Too bad their products are not available in their home country.
http://m.therecord.com/news-story/6499719-textnow-s-prospects-soar-south-of-border
RE: Startup District - panamaniac - 04-18-2016
(04-18-2016, 05:47 AM)rangersfan Wrote: TextNow is significantly larger than I thought (I didn't even know that EnFlick had changed their name) , great to see them get some local exposure. Too bad their products are not available in their home country.
http://m.therecord.com/news-story/6499719-textnow-s-prospects-soar-south-of-border
Astonishing, really. The Canadian consumer seems to have an unlimited tolerance for being screwed over.
RE: Startup District - tomh009 - 04-18-2016
I don't think there is really much the Canadian consumers can do about this (or other offerings not available in Canada, such as Pandora). You could write emails or letters, but it's rare for such a campaign to actually sway a major corporation.
RE: Startup District - panamaniac - 04-18-2016
True. The ketchup thing has been interesting precisely because displays of consumer power are so rare in this country.
RE: Startup District - clasher - 04-18-2016
(04-18-2016, 03:43 PM)panamaniac Wrote: True. The ketchup thing has been interesting precisely because displays of consumer power are so rare in this country.
Ketchup is also pretty ubiquitous so that helps drive that. I don't even know what textnow and pandora are so it's hard for me to want them or care about them.
RE: Startup District - Spokes - 04-19-2016
(04-18-2016, 09:13 AM)panamaniac Wrote:(04-18-2016, 05:47 AM)rangersfan Wrote: TextNow is significantly larger than I thought (I didn't even know that EnFlick had changed their name) , great to see them get some local exposure. Too bad their products are not available in their home country.
http://m.therecord.com/news-story/6499719-textnow-s-prospects-soar-south-of-border
Astonishing, really. The Canadian consumer seems to have an unlimited tolerance for being screwed over.
I don't know a lot about this, but is this another example of the big guys (rogers/bell) boxing out any competition?
RE: Startup District - tomh009 - 04-19-2016
(04-19-2016, 08:45 AM)Spokes Wrote: I don't know a lot about this, but is this another example of the big guys (rogers/bell) boxing out any competition?
Not an example as such, no. The lack of competition (Rogers, Bell, Telus dominate the market) has something to do with the reasons, but the US market is also dominated by a small number of companies (Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile) so that's not all of it.
RE: Startup District - panamaniac - 04-20-2016
Kitchener construction tech firm Bridgit raises $2.2 million in seed funding
By Andrea Bellemare, Danielle Kappele, CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/kitchener-construction-tech-firm-bridgit-raises-2-2-million-in-seed-funding-1.3544552
RE: Startup District - rangersfan - 05-05-2016
Local startup wins Google Game Changer award.
http://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/mobile/waterloo-startup-wins-game-changer-award-at-google-demo-day-1.2888120
RE: Startup District - rangersfan - 05-27-2016
This may deserve it's own thread in the future.
Freeport Hospital may become a tech accelerator for health start up/ medical start ups.
http://m.therecord.com/news-story/6690864-tech-incubator-for-health-care-start-ups-proposed-for-freeport-hospital
RE: Startup District - rangersfan - 06-17-2016
Eleven-X, and what they are developing.
http://m.therecord.com/news-story/6727281-waterloo-startup-senses-big-internet-of-things-opportunity
RE: Startup District - jamincan - 06-17-2016
I know a couple of guys at Eleven-X; it's great to see some positive coverage.