Tech news archives

The moments, milestones and stories that helped shape Waterloo Region tech. Explore the archive and revisit the people, companies and ideas that got us here.

Building the world’s first structured big data ecosystem: Communitech and partners launch DATA.BASE

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

DATA.BASE has launched, and it is a collaborative between many different sectors that seeks to work with…

View from the ‘Loo: Make us leave Waterloo? You and what army?

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Matt Gardner shares their experiences with moving to the Waterloo Region as a start-up founder with their…

VentureStart helps launch Reebee

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Reebee is an app that allows users to browse through flyers of stores in the area. They turned to VentureStart…

What would you do with a Minute to Pitch It?

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

The Minute to Pitch It event invites startups to give a one-minute pitch for their business idea. The…

Communitech hosts Ontario House at Grow Conference

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Communitech will be at Grow Conference, and you are invited!

Mitacs & Communitech extend partnership to support technology companies in southern Ontario

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Communitech has partnered with Mitacs, a national research and training network, to foster innovation…

HYPERDRIVE grad makes Dandy debut at CES

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Niger Little-Poole, a second-year student at Columbia University, won the Dandy 60 Day Challenge for…

DATA.BASE partner sets course to improve accuracy of shipping routes

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Researchers from Wilfrid Laurier University are working with Communitech DATA.BASE alongside exactEarth…

Bitcoin Loyalty, first loyalty platform for Bitcoin merchants launched by LoyaltyMatch

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

LoyaltyMatch OnDemand is the first loyalty management and gamification platform for merchants who accept…

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