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Startup District
Good news for the owners, and good news that it won't impact anything on a day to day local level.
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Not that we should be surprised, but Waterloo Region was named best place in Canada to launch a tech startup

http://dailyhive.com/toronto/best-canadi...artup-2018
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(10-11-2018, 10:09 PM)Spokes Wrote: Not that we should be surprised, but Waterloo Region was named best place in Canada to launch a tech startup

http://dailyhive.com/toronto/best-canadi...artup-2018

That is very good news.  Of course the other part of the equation is to keep them here.
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VueReal has been awarded $8.5 million dollars in funding from the Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC).

https://news.communitech.ca/vuereal-land...echnology/
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AUVIK ACQUIRES NETWORK TRAFFIC ANALYTICS COMPANY TALAIA

https://news.communitech.ca/auvik-acquir...ny-talaia/
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General information on Grobo.

GROBO: THE SMART BOX THAT LETS YOU GROW YOUR OWN

https://news.communitech.ca/grobo-the-sm...-your-own/
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An article on Silicon Valley startups that have fast growing engineering teams in Downtown Kitchener.

The one company is leasing the third floor of the former Budds building.

https://www.therecord.com/news-story/899...kitchener/
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Artic Wolf has raised $45 million in it's latest fundraising round.

https://news.communitech.ca/arctic-wolf-...ny-growth/
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Grand River Hospital is going to be trialing an x-ray technology developed by KA Imaging.


https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener...-1.4905652
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(11-16-2018, 09:07 AM)rangersfan Wrote: Grand River Hospital is going to be trialing an x-ray technology developed by KA Imaging.


https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener...-1.4905652

The difference in the quality of the images shown in the article is amazing.  I continue to be impressed by the amount of startup activity in the Region that has health/medical applications.
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Wow. That's astonishing.

I heard that the medical field is a huge untapped market that can be massive for our region
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Waterloo startup Monarch Clothes has developed clothing that is easier for caregivers and dementia patients to work with.

https://www.therecord.com/news-story/904...-dementia/
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ISARA Corp has announced $10 million dollars in venture capital funding. The company which develops security solutions for threats posed by quantum computing plans to announce further rounds in the near future.


https://news.communitech.ca/isara-lands-...c-funding/
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SSIMWAVE has moved into a new space in the R&T Park formerly the home of TextNow.
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Faire (formerly Indigo Faire) has raised $100 million dollars US in its latest rounds of investment.
The company is planning to move it's local office to a larger space at 165 King St W. The company currently has 20 employees in Waterloo Region, up from 10 a year ago, with plans to grow to 50 but the end of next year.

https://news.communitech.ca/faire-raises...s-forward/
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