UWaterloo's Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

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Thank you to every one who attended on Thursday, April 9. This exciting event included a live pitch competition that featured ten start-up companies comprised of Waterloo’s very talented and innovative students and alumni. Eye Check was the winner of the $5000 prize, provided by TD Insurance Meloche Monnex.

Below are listed the ten companies that were featured at the event. We invite you to find out more and connect with them. They are eager to hear from you!

DraftingSpace takes the pain out of the renovation process by automatically creating construction-ready designs, which you can customize to your desire.


Eye Check aims to eradicate preventable blindness.


Grobo is a a revolutionary smart product that lets you easily grow what you want, when you want, where you want.


Lani is a 3D printing payment system.


Medella Health is developing contact lenses that continuously and non-invasively monitor patient's glucose levels, and transmit the data to a mobile device, so patients can better manage their diabetes.


Palette, now Monogram allows users to build their own controllers.


Pout is the social network for fashion and beauty.


Suncayr is a marker that indicates whether sunscreen is still being effective and protecting the wearer by changing colour when UV rays are penetrating through to the skin.


Vitameter measures your vitamin levels within minutes with a personal handheld device.


Voltera enables circuit boards to be prototyped within minutes, eliminating the frustrations with traditional fabrication processes and drastically reducing hardware development time.