News archive - 2019

Monday, November 18, 2019

NERv Technology Takes Top Prize at Entrepreneurship World Cup Global Finals

NERv Technology wins Entrepreneurship World Cup Global Finals

NERv Technology emerged victorious through three days of pitching against a group of 100 finalists at the Entrepreneurship World Cup Global Finals.

NERv Technology is an innovative monitoring system for post-operative patients that strives to ensure that no patient loses their life because of an undetected post-operative complication, received a US$500,000 cash prize and a “Shenzen Prize” package to help the company expand into China and in-kind support and services from a collection of EWC partners.

Wednesday, October 9, 2019

NERv Technology Inc. continues building a future of safe surgeries with latest round of funding

NERv Technology Inc., an innovative medtech venture co-founded by a number of University of Waterloo alumni, has secured $1 million CAD in pre-seed funding. In partnership with a number of physician angel-investors, a hospital, and Sunhope Capital VC, this recent round of funding will help to cover the costs associated with preclinical studies and further development of their flagship post-operative sensory platform product.

Friday, October 4, 2019

Meet the fall 2019 Enterprise Co-op pitch winners

Aileen Agada, BeBlended with $5000 award cheque

This fall term, Enterprise Co-op students pitched for prizes of $5,000 at the Ignition Week pitch competition. Each competing student had five minutes to pitch their venture to a panel of judges, followed by a three-minute question period. Meet the fall 2019 pitch winners!

Thursday, October 3, 2019

Environmental sustainability and accountability is the challenge for this year’s Hult Prize

Hult Prize at Waterloo decorative banner image

The road to the world’s premier social impact entrepreneurship competition, the Hult Prize, begins next week on campus in Engineering 7. This competition is for any and all entrepreneurial students at Waterloo, A kick-off event on October 10 will present and explore this year’s challenge: to build startups that have a positive impact on our planet with every dollar earned.

Monday, September 2, 2019

Consulting: a new undergrad and grad course offering for fall 2019

BET 580 Consulting. A new course offering.

This fall 2019 term, the Conrad School of Entrepreneurship and Business is pleased to launch a new course for both undergraduate and graduate students all about consulting — a dynamic and in-demand skill-set and profession.