Links We Love 05.23.14.
Welcome to another edition of the Communitech Grow Factor Links We Love blog. We hope this short week has been just as productive as a regular one. Whether you felt like it flew by or dragged on,...
View ArticleLet’s talk women in tech on June 3
Fact: To build sustainable companies and fill the growing talent gap, we need more women working – and advancing – in the technology industry. Fact: It takes a whole community build awareness, promote...
View ArticleFive finalists set to compete for $25,000 from Communitech and BMW Grand River
The stage is set for the BMW Grand River Ultimate Technology Prize pitch competition where five finalists will step up to pitch for a $25,000 prize purse. We’re pleased to announce the five finalists...
View ArticleUnitron’s 50-year head start in wearable tech
Before wearables were a movement, IoT was a buzzword, and before BlackBerry made Waterloo Region a tech magnet, there was Unitron. As the company celebrated its 50-year anniversary earlier this month,...
View ArticleExclusive $100 discount for GROW Conference, Whistler, B.C., Aug. 20-22
In a few weeks, planes, trains and automobiles will bring more than 1,000 of the world’s best entrepreneurs, brands and investors to beautiful Whistler, B.C. for this year’s GROW Conference. GROW is...
View ArticleCTA@India Call for Applications
Expanding in India is no more a challenge for Canadian entrepreneurs! The Trade Commissioner Service in India brings you the Canadian Technology Accelerator in India or “CTA@India”: a unique...
View ArticleDesire2Learn raises $85-million Series B round: report
Kitchener-based education technology company Desire2Learn has raised an $85-million Series B investment round, Reuters is reporting. D2L, as it is known, raised its first outside investment in an...
View ArticleD2L ‘just getting warmed up’ with $85M Series B round: Baker
Kitchener-based Desire2Learn has closed an $85-million Series B investment round as its global footprint in educational technology grows at an ever-quicker pace. It’s the second time in two years that...
View ArticleThe road to success: Thalmic Labs is just getting started
Waterloo Region is no stranger to startups that take off and become worldwide successes. BlackBerry, Desire2Learn and Kik all fit this criteria and Thalmic Labs is the most recent to join the list....
View ArticleFibernetics launches venture service; invests $1.9M in Plasticity
BY TENILLE BONOGUORE Let’s call it the startup entrepreneur’s enigma: If you do your job well, one day you might end up not doing it at all. That feisty thrill of launching a business can disappear as...
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