Aleks Poldma and Spencer Kelly have started their own business but they aren’t in it for the money.
The fourth-year mechanical engineering students are co-founders of Hydrated World, a clothing company that donates money to the Safe Water Project in Africa for every fifth item sold.
On April 14 and 15, the University of Waterloo will be at the centre of a global innovation conversation during the Waterloo Innovation Summit held on campus.
Watch the summit online and join the conversation April 14 at 1:00 p.m. and April 15, at 9:00 a.m..
Palette, a company that created a freeform hardware interface that can be built like Lego to control your favourite software, won the first-ever award for best hardware-based startup at the Velocity Fund Finals, and was one of several big winners at the event.
A financially secure retirement is becoming the exception not the norm, says Lee Anne Davies, CEO of Agenomics, a consulting firm specializing in money management and aging.
Today, more and more Canadians are finding themselves burdened with debt during retirement—a worrying trend that shows no signs of slowing.
Four teams of entrepreneurs could soon see their names on a big cheque to help grow their ideas. This week, University of Waterloo startup incubator Velocity revealed the 10 finalists competing for a share of $100,000 in grant funding at this term's Velocity Fund Finals on March 27.
The teams will pitch their ideas for a chance to win one of four grants of $25,000 and a place among the 30+ startups operating at the Velocity Garage in downtown Kitchener.
Would the pain and agony of shovelling snow be less if you knew you were charging your cell phone at the same time as you shivered?
Bin Ma is a computer scientist helping researchers around the world find medical treatments for illnesses like cancer and Alzheimer’s disease.
Bin Ma and PEAKS co-founder Ming Li
Once considered a technology of tomorrow, quantum devices are transforming fields including communication, research and geological exploration in the here and now.
New technologies that operate according to the laws of quantum mechanics, are rapidly moving from the laboratory to the marketplace. The real-world application of quantum devices was the subject of a University of Waterloo-led symposium on Sunday at an international meeting of scientists, policymakers and science media in Chicago, IL.
Companies in the University of Waterloo’s Velocity startup program have raised more than $100 million in funding in the five years since the incubator was launched.
Investment received by Velocity companies includes funding from venture capitalists, angel investors, government programs, and grants from the Velocity Fund, as well as from crowdfunding website, Kickstarter.
Companies in the University of Waterloo’s Velocity startup program have raised more than $100 million in funding in the five years since the incubator was launched.
