Conrad School students continue to be a force to reckoned with on the student pitch competition circuit — both on and off-campus. We are thrilled to share some of the highlights from this fall 2021 term.
Out of all the teams who applied to the fall 2021 Concept $5K, 20 teams were selected to pitch. Of these 20, eight teams emerged as semifinalists. All eight of these teams are comprised of current and former undergraduate and graduate Conrad School students. Our students typically find themselves among these ranks but this term is truly phenomenal!
A financial technology company that was co-founded by a Waterloo Engineering alumnus completed an initial public offering (IPO) this week that valued it at $326 million.
The value of the global media market is expected to reach $2670.66 billion by 20251. Increasing her company’s share of this dynamic economy is Master of Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology (MBET) class of 2014 alumna Zoë Share.
This fall term, Enterprise Co-op students submitted five-minute video pitches for prizes of $5,000 at the Ignition Week pitch competition. Each student video pitch was evaluated by a panel of judges. Meet the fall 2021 pitch winners!
A student project to reduce plastic waste was recently chosen as the Canadian winner of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation’s (CEC) Youth Innovation Challenge.
The spring 2021 term competition circuit was a little quieter than usual, but that did not stop our undergraduate, graduate, alumni students from taking centre stage. Here is a summary of their noteworthy accomplishments during the recent competition season.
The Conrad School of Entrepreneurship and Business is thrilled to announce the appointment of two new faculty members: Horatio Morgan and Dean Pacey.
It takes a particular kind of resilience to pitch an idea for a startup to a radiologist—while you’re in hospital waiting for your cancer treatment.
That’s exactly what Rachel Bartholomew (MBET ’14) did. Today she is the founder of Hyivy Health, a startup that is developing a rehabilitation system – a connected vaginal wand, a patient app and a portal for clinicians – to help women recover from everything from cervical cancer and gender-affirming surgery to childbirth.
This spring term, Enterprise Co-op students submitted five-minute video pitches for prizes of $5,000 at the Ignition Week pitch competition. Each student video pitch was evaluated by a panel of judges. Meet the spring 2021 pitch winners!