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RE: Startup District - Spokes - 10-10-2018
Good news for the owners, and good news that it won't impact anything on a day to day local level.
RE: Startup District - Spokes - 10-11-2018
Not that we should be surprised, but Waterloo Region was named best place in Canada to launch a tech startup
http://dailyhive.com/toronto/best-canadian-cities-launch-tech-startup-2018
RE: Startup District - jgsz - 10-12-2018
(10-11-2018, 10:09 PM)Spokes Wrote: Not that we should be surprised, but Waterloo Region was named best place in Canada to launch a tech startup
http://dailyhive.com/toronto/best-canadian-cities-launch-tech-startup-2018
That is very good news. Of course the other part of the equation is to keep them here.
RE: Startup District - rangersfan - 10-19-2018
VueReal has been awarded $8.5 million dollars in funding from the Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC).
https://news.communitech.ca/vuereal-lands-8-5m-for-its-micro-led-technology/
RE: Startup District - rangersfan - 10-19-2018
AUVIK ACQUIRES NETWORK TRAFFIC ANALYTICS COMPANY TALAIA
https://news.communitech.ca/auvik-acquires-network-traffic-analytics-company-talaia/
RE: Startup District - rangersfan - 10-19-2018
General information on Grobo.
GROBO: THE SMART BOX THAT LETS YOU GROW YOUR OWN
https://news.communitech.ca/grobo-the-smart-box-that-lets-you-grow-your-own/
RE: Startup District - rangersfan - 10-27-2018
An article on Silicon Valley startups that have fast growing engineering teams in Downtown Kitchener.
The one company is leasing the third floor of the former Budds building.
https://www.therecord.com/news-story/8990822-silicon-valley-startups-are-run-by-engineers-in-kitchener/
RE: Startup District - rangersfan - 11-07-2018
Artic Wolf has raised $45 million in it's latest fundraising round.
https://news.communitech.ca/arctic-wolf-raises-us45m-to-accelerate-company-growth/
RE: Startup District - rangersfan - 11-16-2018
Grand River Hospital is going to be trialing an x-ray technology developed by KA Imaging.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/ka-imaging-grand-river-hospital-x-ray-1.4905652
RE: Startup District - panamaniac - 11-16-2018
(11-16-2018, 09:07 AM)rangersfan Wrote: Grand River Hospital is going to be trialing an x-ray technology developed by KA Imaging.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/ka-imaging-grand-river-hospital-x-ray-1.4905652
The difference in the quality of the images shown in the article is amazing. I continue to be impressed by the amount of startup activity in the Region that has health/medical applications.
RE: Startup District - Spokes - 11-16-2018
Wow. That's astonishing.
I heard that the medical field is a huge untapped market that can be massive for our region
RE: Startup District - rangersfan - 11-21-2018
Waterloo startup Monarch Clothes has developed clothing that is easier for caregivers and dementia patients to work with.
https://www.therecord.com/news-story/9040856-waterloo-startup-developed-adaptive-clothes-for-people-with-dementia/
RE: Startup District - rangersfan - 11-21-2018
ISARA Corp has announced $10 million dollars in venture capital funding. The company which develops security solutions for threats posed by quantum computing plans to announce further rounds in the near future.
https://news.communitech.ca/isara-lands-us10-million-in-vc-funding/
RE: Startup District - rangersfan - 12-05-2018
SSIMWAVE has moved into a new space in the R&T Park formerly the home of TextNow.
RE: Startup District - rangersfan - 12-13-2018
Faire (formerly Indigo Faire) has raised $100 million dollars US in its latest rounds of investment.
The company is planning to move it's local office to a larger space at 165 King St W. The company currently has 20 employees in Waterloo Region, up from 10 a year ago, with plans to grow to 50 but the end of next year.
https://news.communitech.ca/faire-raises-us100-million-as-growth-surges-forward/