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Dejero has raised $32 million in series B fundraising. The company currently employees 93 people with offices in Waterloo and Buffalo, the majority of whom are based in Waterloo. They have plans to hire 50 more people in the coming year.
http://news.communitech.ca/news/waterloo...s-b-round/
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Not exactly Waterloo Region, but Pressa Inc from Elora is starting to see some traction for their water taste enhancing product.
https://www.waterloochronicle.ca/news-st...e-squeeze/
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Igloo has raised $60 million funding, plans to hire 75 more employees and expand into a third level at 55 King St W.
https://www.therecord.com/news-story/804...expansion/
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Skywatch has raised $4 million in investment and plans to double it's Waterloo workforce (20) by the end of the year.
http://news.communitech.ca/skywatch-to-d...4-million/
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Nicoya Lifesciences has raised $2 millions from a Consortium of Ontario investors. According to the article the company has 19 employees and has been doubling revenue and head count every year for the past 3 years.
http://news.communitech.ca/nicoya-lifesc...ion-raise/
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SmartBroom! Measuring sweeping effectiveness in curling ...
https://www.therecord.com/sports-story/8...-olympics/
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The City of Waterloo is going high tech to detect water main breaks before they occur, planning to implement Terepac's technology in a portion of their water infrastructure network.
https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/mobile/wate...-1.3839787
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An article on a startup called Labforge and the Royal Canadian Air Force. I didn't realize the RCAF had an innovation lab here.
http://news.communitech.ca/labforge-part...echnology/
Thanks Kevin for noticing that typo
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Article on the startup Alchemy and their product ExoShield, they currently employ 9 people.
https://www.therecord.com/news-story/839...ndshields/
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Article on Backpacker College a startup focused on creating economical travel.
https://news.communitech.ca/the-startup-...ffordable/
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Article on a growing cyber security startup RootSecure Corp.
https://news.communitech.ca/asset-sale-l...ootsecure/
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Waterloo startup AEXOS launches their product 'Halo' a shirt that helps protect athletes from concussions.
https://www.therecord.com/sports-story/8...ncussions/
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Rheo a start-up currently based in Silicon Valley is moving to KW, seems like a small venture right now but nice to see some talent returning to the Region.
https://news.communitech.ca/the-fed-up-v...tup-to-kw/
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Our company (well, the one i work for), Alert Labs has just announced our acquisition today
https://twitter.com/Communitech/status/1...3174735877
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