Entrepreneurship

Two companies that got their start at the University of Waterloo’s Velocity Garage have placed first and second in the Techvibes 2013 Canadian Startup Awards.

Thalmic Labs and Vidyard took first and second place in the “Startup of the Year 2013” category—making up 74 per cent of the 36,000 votes cast by Techvibes readers.

Local students who need to find volunteer jobs and keep track of their hours to graduate from high school will be getting help from a University of Waterloo startup.

Charity Republic has announced that an online tool, Hour Republic, will be rolled out to new high school students in the Waterloo Catholic District School Board this summer.

Two recent Waterloo graduates have put their own spin on the adage about clothes saying something about the wearer.

Dhananja (DJ) Jayalath and Christopher Wiebe will ship the first orders this summer for fitness apparel — form-fitting tops and bottoms — that measure such key performance indicators as muscle activity, heart rate and breathing.

Three successful tech entrepreneurs from the University of Waterloo have been named to the third annual Forbes 30 Under 30 list.

MappedIn, makers of an interactive indoor navigation system available as a mobile app or touchscreen kiosk, launched from the University of

While working as a doctor, Ali Esmail noticed a serious problem in hospitals:  patient care suffered because there was no way for a patient’s medical team to easily share information.

Harsh winter conditions may be easier for Canadians to manage with a new product invented by University of Waterloo graduates.

“Frost is a major problem for individuals and businesses daily. Not only is it inconvenient but it has an impact on safety and can even hinder economic activity,” said Abhinay Kondamreddy, a nanotechnology engineering graduate who developed Neverfrost along with three classmates.

Companies can now say goodbye to tedious food testing processes, thanks to a new innovation from kinesiology postdoctoral fellow Adam Metherel.

Armaghan Salehian’s research group has developed technology she hopes will dramatically reduce the number of times people have to get their pacemakers replaced.

If pacemaker batteries can last longer with this hybrid technology, patients will have to endure fewer open-heart surgeries.

St. Paul’s University College will host an open house on December 3 to introduce GreenHouse, a new social innovation community similar to VeloCity, with social entrepreneurship goals.