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Waterloo alumni named among Forbes 30 Under 30 in Toronto
By Darren McAlmont. This is an excerpt of an article originally published on Waterloo News.
For the first time ever, Forbes’ 30 Under 30 produced a “local Toronto” list, which features four individuals with connections to the University of Waterloo. The list highlights some of the most entrepreneurial minds in Toronto, who work in industries like technology, finance, health, sports and the arts.
The game-changers named to this inaugural list have been making a significant impact with their businesses across the finance, creative and health-science industries.
Griffin Keglevich (BCS '20) and Ruslan Nikolaev, Co-founders, Float
Category: Finance
Float was founded by Keglevich and Nikolaev during their fourth year at Waterloo. Touted for being the best way to manage corporate spending, Float prides itself on simplifying spending so companies and teams can focus on growing their business. Float’s products are a derivative of a typical credit card, with services aimed specifically to meet the needs of businesses. For example, the manual inputting of transactions and scanning receipts that come with preparing expense reports are made obsolete with Float’s software that automatically matches receipts to transactions.
Float also offers smart cards that let users spend, track, approve and reconcile CAD and USD expenses on one, user-friendly platform. The company was created out of work the two former students did with the University of Waterloo’s startup incubator, Velocity. To date, Float has garnered over $37 million CAD in investment funds from Golden Ventures and Tiger Global. Some of Float’s 3,000-plus corporate clients include Neo Financial, Knix, Clutch, and Nerva Energy.
Just last year, the pair was named among the C100 fellows – a fellowship that empowers 20 of Canada’s most promising early-stage founders through mentorship with the world’s most innovative companies.
Read the rest of the article on Waterloo News.
2023-2024 Warriors season passes and tickets are now available
A message from Athletics and Recreation. This article was originally published on the Athletics website.
The start of the 2023-24 Waterloo Warriors season is just around the corner, and tickets are now on sale to catch your favourite Warriors teams in action. Game Day and Season Passes are available for the sports of Basketball (M/W), Football, Men's Hockey, Women's Hockey, and Volleyball (M/W).
Passes on sale
- All Sport Season Pass - Come cheer on your Warriors at any of our regular season home games for football, hockey, basketball or volleyball with this All Sport Season Pass!
- Single Sport Season Pass - Season passes include admission to all regular season and exhibition home games to one of the following varsity sports: football, men's and women's basketball, men's hockey, women's hockey, or men's and women's volleyball.
- Black and Gold Alumni Pass - Alumni and a guest access to one of the following varsity sports: football, men's and women's basketball, men's hockey, women's hockey, or men's and women's volleyball.
- Student Tickets - Tickets to Warriors regular season games continue to be FREE for all UWaterloo students.
- Discount Packages (Up to 30 per cent off) - Football Multi Pack, Battle of Waterloo Multi Pack, and more!
Home openers
The Warriors football team kicks off their season on the road against Ottawa on August 27 (4:00 p.m.). They will return to Warrior Field for their home opener against the York Lions on September 3 (6:00 p.m.).
- Football - September 3 (6:00 p.m.) vs. York Lions;
- Men's Hockey - October 5 (7:00 p.m.) vs. Windsor Lancers;
- Women's Hockey - October 12 (7:00 p.m.) vs. Windsor Lancers;
- Men's Volleyball - November 3 (7:00 p.m.) vs. Guelph Gryphons;
- Women's and Men's Basketball - November 11 (6:00/8:00 p.m.) vs. Guelph Gryphons
- Women's Volleyball - November 24 (6:00 p.m.) vs. Trent Excalibur.
We look forward to seeing you in the stands. Go Warriors!
Student publishes guided self-reflection journal; other notes
Psychology student Aliza Faruqui has published a self-reflection journal entitled “Me vs. Me: A Guided Journal to Help You Confront Yourself.”
“The overall theme is one of self-confrontation,” Faruqui writes. “I’m a psychology major so I’ve taken a lot from my academic knowledge and applied it to the creation.”
The journal has sections for childhood experiences, romantic relationships and other formative events, with self-reflective questions on every page. It also contains pages with activities, affirmations, and stress-busting tactics.
The journal is available on Amazon.
The Centre for Teaching Excellence's New Faculty Teaching Days are taking place this week from Tuesday, August 15 to Friday, August 18. Courses on offer include LEARN Course Templates Workshop (CTE7544), Getting Started in LEARN (CTE6656), Working Effectively with TAs (CTE7017), Who Are Our Learners (CTE9910), Course Dynamics and Engagement (CTE9906), and many more.