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Vidyard, a video platform company started as a Waterloo systems design engineering Capstone Design project, announced January 14 that it has raised $18 million in funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners with participation from existing investors iNovia Capital, OMERS Ventures, Salesforce Ventures and SoftTech VC.

Voltera, a startup founded by mechatronics engineering graduates, took first place and a $50,000 cash prize during TechCrunch’s Hardware Battlefield competition at the 2015 International CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas.

Mohamed Kamel, an electrical and computer engineering professor, has been selected as the 2015 recipient of the IEEE Canada A.G.L. McNaughton Gold Medal.

Kyle Daun, a mechanical and mechatronics faculty member and member of the Waterloo Institute of Nanotechnology, has been awarded a Humboldt Research Fellowship to support his upcoming ​sabbatical.

The Southern Rockies Watershed Project co-led by Monica Emelko, a civil and environmental engineering professor, was awarded the 2014 Council of the Federation Excellence in Water Stewardship Award for the province of Alberta.

EyeCheck, a startup that brings eye exams to impoverished and remote communities, was the big winner at the fall Velocity Fund Finals (VFF). The team is one of four Waterloo-based startups to win a $25,000 grant from Velocity, an entrepreneurship program at the University of Waterloo. EyeCheck also won an additional $10,000 as the competition’s top hardware startup.

Exceptional students and alumni were honoured at the 2014 Waterloo Engineering Awards Dinner held November 25.