Kitchener-Waterloo microprinting tech startup VueReal secures $58.4-million CAD Series C to boost its semiconductor production. #KWtech #CDNtech
VueReal secures $58.4-million CAD Series C to boost its semiconductor production
Kitchener-Waterloo’s VueReal, which aims to transform semiconductor fabrication with its microprinting tech, has closed $40.5 million USD in Series C funding.
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January 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Outgoing @uwaterloo.ca Velocity incubator head Adrien Côté is bullish on Waterloo’s tech future. #KWtech
Outgoing Velocity incubator head Adrien Côté is bullish on Waterloo’s tech future
Velocity’s interim director says the university’s emerging startup community is “growing exponentially.”
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May 7, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Outgoing @uwaterloo.ca Velocity incubator head Adrien Côté is bullish on Waterloo’s tech future. #KWtech
Cybersecurity startup Cavelo secures $5-million seed extension round led by Inovia Capital. #KWtech #CDNtech
Cybersecurity startup Cavelo secures $5-million seed extension round led by Inovia Capital
CEO of Waterloo company claims growth over past year “has been nothing short of incredible.”
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July 29, 2025 at 1:30 PM
ENVGO raises $2.7-million seed round to bring its electric “flying” boat to market. #KWtech #CDNtech
ENVGO raises $2.7-million seed round to bring its electric “flying” boat to market
Waterloo team behind drone maker Aeryon Labs helps aerospace hit the waves.
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June 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Velocity Fund II, backed by @uwaterloo.ca's endowment fund, has secured a first close of $14 million. #KWtech
University of Waterloo-backed Velocity Fund II holds $14-million initial close
Velocity Fund II, the first venture capital fund supported by a Canadian university endowment, has secured an initial close of $14 million CAD.
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May 13, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Velocity Fund II, backed by @uwaterloo.ca's endowment fund, has secured a first close of $14 million. #KWtech
Toronto and Kitchener-Waterloo-based startup Astrus announces $11 million CAD to automate #semiconductor design with #AI. #KWtech #CDNtech
Astrus announces $11 million CAD to automate semiconductor design with AI
Toronto and Kitchener-Waterloo-based AI software startup Astrus has closed $8 million USD in seed funding to help semiconductor companies automate analog circuit design for advanced microchips.
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August 28, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Toronto and Kitchener-Waterloo-based startup Astrus announces $11 million CAD to automate #semiconductor design with #AI. #KWtech #CDNtech
As trade war rages, Kitchener-Waterloo’s Page raises $4.1 million to help organizations track government changes with #AI. #KWtech #CDNtech
As trade war rages, Page raises $4.1 million to help orgs track government changes with AI
Former Shopify employees have closed $4.1 million CAD in seed funding to fuel their goal to turn Page into the go-to platform for government relations.
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March 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM
BinSentry raises $68.8-million CAD Series C as it brings remote animal feed monitoring platform to Brazil. #CDNtech #KWtech
BinSentry raises $68.8-million CAD Series C as it brings remote animal feed monitoring platform to Brazil
Kitchener agtech company claims it has 100 percent year-over-year growth with no customer churn.
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August 13, 2025 at 7:36 PM
OpenText replaces longtime CEO Mark Barrenechea as it considers selling off “non-core assets." #CDNtech #KWtech
OpenText replaces longtime CEO Mark Barrenechea as it considers selling off “non-core assets”
James McGourlay takes over as interim CEO after company reports stalled revenue growth in its latest earnings.
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August 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Cobionix secures $4.1 million to commercialize its collaborative medical robot. #KWtech
Cobionix secures $4.1 million to commercialize its collaborative medical robot
Funding to support pilot projects that move CODI the robot “from bench to bedside.”
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July 9, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Cobionix secures $4.1 million to commercialize its collaborative medical robot. #KWtech
Bridgit’s Mallorie Brodie explains why #CDNtech startups need to think globally from the start. #KWtech #TorontoTechWeek
Bridgit’s Mallorie Brodie explains why Canadian startups need to think globally from the start
Bridgit co-founder and CEO Mallorie Brodie wants to turn the Kitchener-Waterloo-based construction tech startup into one of Canada’s women-led business success stories.
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June 27, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Bridgit’s Mallorie Brodie explains why #CDNtech startups need to think globally from the start. #KWtech #TorontoTechWeek
This year's Startup Genome global ecosystem rankings found weak startup funding to be a common denominator across #CDNtech hubs.
Find out which cities stayed strong, and which have lost ground since last year. #MTLtech #ottcity #YYCtech #YVRtech #KWtech
Find out which cities stayed strong, and which have lost ground since last year. #MTLtech #ottcity #YYCtech #YVRtech #KWtech
Toronto-Waterloo, Vancouver, Ottawa drop in Startup Genome’s 2025 global ecosystem rankings as Montréal, Calgary hold steady | BetaKit
Startup Genome’s latest global startup ecosystem rankings say some of Canada’s largest tech hubs have lost ground since last year while others are hanging on.
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June 16, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Kitchener-Waterloo #biotech startup Nicoya acquires UK’s Applied Photophysics to expand its drug development capabilities and global reach. #KWtech #CDNtech
Nicoya acquires UK’s Applied Photophysics to expand biotech capabilities and global reach
Kitchener-Waterloo’s Nicoya Lifesciences has acquired fellow biotechnology company, United Kingdom-based Applied Photophysics.
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June 13, 2025 at 6:53 PM
ApplyBoard lays off employees due to “policy changes across major study destinations." #CDNtech #KWtech
ApplyBoard lays off employees due to “policy changes across major study destinations”
Edtech unicorn is focusing beyond English-speaking world as Canada and US cut immigration numbers.
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June 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Dozr founding CEO Kevin Forestell moves to chair while Dave Frazier joins as president. #KWtech #CDNtech
Dozr founding CEO Kevin Forestell moves to chair while Dave Frazier joins as president
Kitchener-Waterloo construction technology scaleup Dozr, which offers an online marketplace and white-labelled software for heavy equipment rentals, has shuffled its leadership ranks.
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May 2, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The first medical X-ray to go to space will use Canadian imaging tech from KAimaging. #KWtech
The first medical X-ray to go to space will use Canadian imaging tech
Waterloo startup KA Imaging will help understand the effects of microgravity on astronauts.
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March 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The first medical X-ray to go to space will use Canadian imaging tech from KAimaging. #KWtech
The future of #CDNtech runs through Waterloo. Plus: how meaningful is D-Wave’s claim to #quantum supremacy; the Liberals’ capital gains tax inclusion rate hike is dead but another change is not; FreshBooks reveals a new CEO after securing $179M in debt; and more. #KWtech
The future of Canadian tech runs through Waterloo
Plus: How meaningful is D-Wave’s claim to quantum supremacy?
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March 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
University of Waterloo to open a new #blockchain and #AI research lab with donation from Interop Labs. #KWtech
University of Waterloo to open GENESIS, a new blockchain and AI research lab
New facilities supported by $1.4-million donation from professor-founded blockchain startup Interop Labs.
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February 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
University of Waterloo to open a new #blockchain and #AI research lab with donation from Interop Labs. #KWtech