Communitech

[rangersfan]

A thread to discuss everything Communitech.

[Spokes]

Communitech, Velocity Garage and Velocity Foundry are expanding their presence at the Tannery. Velocity Foundry is relocating from their Water St location.


http://m.therecord.com/news-story/613612...r-startups

[panamaniac]

A thread to discuss everything Communitech.

Communitech, Velocity Garage  and Velocity Foundry are expanding their presence at the Tannery. Velocity Foundry is relocating from their Water St location.


http://m.therecord.com/news-story/613612...r-startups

I wonder if Manulife needs that space for the workers being shifted Downtown?

[taylortbb]

Velocity blog has some details at http://velocity.uwaterloo.ca/2015/11/vel...expansion/ .

I've been in the Velocity, Communitech and Google spaces on that map more times than I can count and I'm still not entirely sure where they're moving in to. The image on the blog helps, but it's not super detailed. Confirms just how much of a labyrinth the Tannery really is inside.

It looks like Velocity will continue to lease the Manulife space until May 2017, but will lease it to later stage companies.

Communitech is giving up some space to Velocity in the process (though the Matrix/Atlas room was pretty much already Velocity space), so I'm really curious to see what the new Communitech space will be like.

[kps]

Velocity blog has some details at http://velocity.uwaterloo.ca/2015/11/vel...expansion/ .

I've been in the Velocity, Communitech and Google spaces on that map more times than I can count and I'm still not entirely sure where they're moving in to. The image on the blog helps, but it's not super detailed. Confirms just how much of a labyrinth the Tannery really is inside.

Looks like Velocity will have most of the ground floor of the west wing, except the north (Victoria & Charles) corner that still has retail — taking over Communitech's space, the ground floor of former Google space, plus the western (Victoria & Joseph) corner that was most recently St John's Music.

Communitech is giving up some space to Velocity in the process (though the Matrix/Atlas room was pretty much already Velocity space), so I'm really curious to see what the new Communitech space will be like.

I'd guess Communitech will move upstairs, but that is only a guess.

[taylortbb]

 Communitech will move upstairs, but that is only a guess.

I don't think that Communitech is giving up their ground floor hub space, except for the Matrix/Atlas room and the CDMN offices behind it. Initially I thought that, but the west wing entrance/hallway on the map is the hallway behind Balzac's that's to the right of the elevator when you enter.

Communitech did say they were imagining a Hub 2.0 though, so I'm not sure what that means.

[rangersfan]

The province is contributing 1.2 million dollars to the Communitech expansion.

http://m.therecord.com/news-story/677758...-expansion

[rangersfan]

Latest Fierce Founders competition results are detailed in the record article below.

Borealis Wind took top prize @ $40,000

http://m.therecord.com/news-story/682735...ompetition

[rangersfan]

BDC opening an office at Communitech


http://news.communitech.ca/news/bdc-esta...mmunitech/

[rangersfan]

WSIB has opened an innovation lab at Communitech.

http://news.communitech.ca/wsib-launches...mmunitech/

[Spokes]

I wish I knew something about AI:

Communitech announces $1 million prize for AI competition:  https://www.therecord.com/news-story/904...mpetition/