MEDIA ADVISORY – Sep 15, 2021 Celebrating Entrepreneurship – Do It In Durham 2021 Riding the WavesIt’s no secret that the world has changed forever as has business and entrepreneurship. Do It In Durham is back for 2021 – virtual again…
News from across the Regional Innovation Centres
We have gathered news from all the regional innovation centres (RICs) in Ontario. Be sure to connect with your local RIC to be a part of your local ecosystem.
Greenhouse gases are at the root of climate change, so it’s very important to understand where the gases are coming from. GHGSat uses its own satellites to monitor greenhouse gases emissions from industrial facilities from around the world to better…
While Canadians are concerned about the future, they also see the potential in rapid advances that are bringing what used to be the stuff of science fiction closer to reality, a new survey finds. This article originally appeared in the…
Life Sciences and Advanced Health
Insulin at 100: Where will Toronto’s next big breakthrough come from?
A century after revolutionizing diabetes care, the city is a global research hub. But watershed discoveries are still in short supply. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY MONICA GUAN Exactly 100 years ago this month, Frederick Banting and Charles Best administered the world’s…
Cleantech
Soon you’ll be able to power your car and just about everything else with renewable natural gas
London company StormFisher is making carbon-neutral fuel with materials once destined for the dump. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY MONICA GUAN Over the last month, consumers have glumly watched as a global energy system crisis played out everywhere. The price of coal,…
Is it quitting time? Here are six ways to leave your job on a high note. So you’ve just landed a great new position at a different company — now what? Resigning — whether it’s from a job you love…
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MaRS IAF launches Graphite Ventures, a new $100-million venture-capital fund
As an evolution of the MaRS IAF, Graphite Ventures will unlock new capital for early-stage companies and help them scale. Capital is essential to the survival of any small business. This is particularly true for Ontario’s startups, which do the…
Whether you’re interested in clean energy, telehealth technologies or groundbreaking A.I., here are just a few of the exciting opportunities in Canadian tech this month. Considering a career change? There’s a wide variety of Canadian startups in a diverse range…
SheriLynn Koscielski’s daughter describes her as a “professional volunteer.” “I love volunteering and working with the community,” SheriLynn explains. “I love teaching kids and being able to give back where I can.” SheriLynn currently volunteers with FIRST Robotics Canada, serving…
Sheila Boudreau, principal, and senior landscape architect and planner founded Spruce Lab in spring 2020 as a social enterprise to apply professional consulting services to maximize social and environmental impacts, focusing on regenerative and nature-based solutions that bring people into…
The Ajax-Pickering Board of Trade (APBOT) and the Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC), in partnership with the Ontario and Canadian governments, have launched the COVID-19 Rapid Screening Initiative. Through this initiative, the APBOT will roll out free rapid tests for…
Jan 28, 2022598 words | 2 minutesMore and more multinational companies looking to expand into the North American markets are shopping north of the US/Canadian border for a home base. With its thriving telecommunications, cybersecurity, and life sciences industries, as…
For startups and entrepreneurs, communicating your product’s value to prospective customers and investors is vital to success.Robert Weese, founding partner of B2B Sales Connections and Advisor to Spark Centre clients, has worked with startup companies in medtech, high tech, software,…
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London, Ont. firm develops streamlined platform to co-ordinate shipments
A fledgling London, Ont. company is shaking up the logistics business and changing the way goods are shipped. Digital Freight Group, about two years old and still a home-based business, developed software that streamlines the shipment of goods, said co-founder…
“As we look ahead to FY2022, I am encouraged by the strides that have been made. I am encouraged by the heightened level of collaboration that exists between stakeholders in Durham Region, the resilience of our small and medium businesses,…
Posted in Blog, Thrive in Ottawa Jan 24, 20226 mins | 960 wordsBy: Randy GaudreauWith over 1,500 employees in eight different countries, Sweden-based Syntronic is truly a global company.And ever since it joined the Ottawa tech community in 2014, it…
Wireless technology has made extraordinary advances since it was first introduced in the 1980s. The world is now on the verge of 5G, or fifth-generation, wireless communications. 5G will be a game changer in wireless telecommunications, ushering in a high-speed…
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A Food-Circular Economy-Women Nexus: Lessons from Guelph-Wellington
Innovation Guelph analyzed Sustainability Development Goals (SDG) implementation and interaction from 40 unstructured interviews from SMEs participating in Guelph-Wellington’s Seeding Our Food Future (SOFF) program, part of the wider Our Food Future (OFF) initiative led by the City of Guelph and…
Spark Innovations is an award-winning physical product design company that specializes in the development of innovative products and inventions. Their team of industrial designers and mechanical designers have taken thousands of products from the early stages of an idea to…
Posted in Blog, Thrive in Ottawa Jan 24, 2022Welcome to Invest Ottawa’s Taking Root segment.Each month, this reoccurring article will highlight a driven tech or business professional who took advantage of Invest Ottawa’s talent program and successfully landed a role…
Spark Centre has experienced immense growth over the years, thanks to the leadership of its President and CEO, Sherry Colbourne. However it’s not only the organization that’s experienced growth, but Durham Region’s entrepreneurial ecosystem as well — something that Sherry…
TORONTO, ONT., January 19, 2021 – TitanFile, an award-winning secure file sharing and collaboration solution provider, launches a new Secure Client Portal Program for accountant firms, granting them a 70% off discount for 12 months. The program aims to provide…
Digital Media and ICT
NICE and Magnet Forensics partner to digitally transform police case building and investigations
WATERLOO, ONT., Jan. 19, 2022 – NICE (Nasdaq: NICE) and Magnet Forensics (TSX: MAGT) today announced a partnership to digitally transform police case building and investigations to accelerate the pursuit of justice. The integration of NICE Investigate and Magnet REVIEW…
We’re no stranger to the benefits of internship opportunities for people stepping into the tech ecosystem, but young entrepreneur and Zersent co-founder, Aniket Bhatt, took his opportunity for education and instead, chose innovation. During a summer internship at a large,…
Posted in Blog, Thrive in Ottawa Jan 20, 20228 mins | 1250 wordsBy: Brooke HarrisonFinally, 2022 is here! If you’re like us, you have some New Year’s resolutions and are ready to hit some big goals this year. Maybe for…
Edible insects and artificial intelligence – who ever thought they’d be a match made in tech-for-good heaven? Well, Sheldon Fernandez, CEO of Waterloo-based DarwinAI, and Mohammed Ashour, CEO of sustainable-food company Aspire Food Group, did. DarwinAI adapted its artificial intelligence…
Albert Einstein lived through the 1918 pandemic, but to my knowledge he never used examples from that to demonstrate relativity. Which seems like a missed opportunity, because who among us hasn’t made a comment about time having no meaning over…
TORONTO, ON., January 17, 2022 – Today, the Ontario government launched the Advanced Manufacturing and Innovation Competitiveness (AMIC) program to help companies get the tools, technology and talent they need to grow, compete and innovate in an increasingly competitive global…
Rachel Bartholomew was recovering from cervical cancer when a tech-for-good idea began to take shape. Confined to bed rest, questions and thoughts raced through the young entrepreneur's mind: Why isn’t pelvic health looked at more holistically? Why aren’t there more…
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Hyivy Health Secures $1.1 Million to Raise the Bar on Pelvic Health for Women
Press Release: HyIvy Health Hyivy Health’s innovative pelvic health rehabilitation system looks to provide a better, smarter, and more efficient way to treat the 300M women struggling globally with a severe diagnosis that impacts their pelvic health at any age. …
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First look: Here are the 7 Canadian startups backed by ODX, On Deck’s $100M accelerator fund (so far)
ORIGINAL ARTICLE, William Johnson, vantechjournal.com, January 10, 2022 7,500 startups applied. Meet the seven locals that got in. (Including iF client Nuport.io) Five years ago, Erik Torenberg found himself between gigs. The San Francisco-based entrepreneur had recently finished a two-year…
Online education company D2L is marking a year of big change with an updated visual identity, website and a brand story that emphasizes personalized, flexible and collaborative learning. The Kitchener-based company, which began trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange in…
tbk is doing its part to encourage more women to enter the field of technology. Over the next five years, tbk will cover the cost of five female students’ first-year tuition (two terms) in the Interactive Media Design (IMD) program…
MEDIA RELEASE via Government of Canada OLDCASTLE, ON., January 13, 2022 – Natural Resources Canada The Government of Canada is making it easier to drive electric and transforming the way Canadians get to where they need to go. Irek Kusmierczyk,…
The knitting together of this vast country with high-speed internet just got a step closer to reality with the awarding of a $3.39-million federal contract to a graduate of Waterloo’s tech ecosystem. Ecopia is using its AI-based mapping systems to…
Posted in Blog, Entrepreneurial Insight Jan 13, 2022 1,124 words | 4 mins It’s the start of a new year, and as an entrepreneur or business owner, you may have some goals in mind to crush and tackle head-on to…
Fintech
Wagepoint acquires Timesheet Mobile to expand line of powerful, friendly small business tech
The news comes as Wagepoint nears a 10-year anniversary and celebrates its evolution from tech startup to trusted provider of small business payroll across North America. "Time and Attendance and payroll go together like PB & jelly – that's a…
Life Sciences and Advanced Health
Episode 6 – Modernizing Pharmacy Vaccine Distribution with MedEssist
Patrick McGuire (00:00)Hey, it’s Patrick. Before we start, at the time of this recording, we went through a bit of a name rebranding from RIC Centre to Altitude Accelerator. With that in mind, we hope you enjoy the following interview.…
Menstruation is a part of life for more than half our population, yet it remains an uncomfortable topic to discuss. Changing the conversation to create better menstrual equity across Waterloo Region is the goal of Changing The Flow, a social…