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Velocity, in collaboration with HaloHealth, is now accepting applications for new and exclusive advisory support, valued at $6,000.
Held each term, the Velocity pitch competition offers the opportunity for UWaterloo student-led teams with innovative solutions and high potential business ideas to showcase their hard work and compete for their share of $20K in grant funding. Participants receive valuable feedback, pitching experience, and idea validation from a network of experienced entrepreneurs and Velocity Coaches.
AI-driven mushroom smart farm maker Mycro Harvest joins Velocity Mushrooms are used to make plant-based meat alternatives, as a base for sustainable bioplastics, styrofoam alternatives, vegan leather products and more – so efficient and cost-effective fungi farming is foundational to bringing sustainable products into…
Student teams pitch their innovative technology to secure grant funding By Angelica Marie Sanchez, University Relations On July 19th, the University of Waterloo community came together to support seven finalist teams as they pitched their business ideas for a chance at one of four…
Solving the region’s most pressing health care challenges will require community collaboration, and that’s exactly what was on display at several events celebrating Grand River Hospital Foundation’s Care Never Stops Week from May 23 to May 28. The programming included a Health Innovation Challenge…
The Mitacs award was presented at its annual awards event at the University of Waterloo Jeremy Wang (PhD ’22) is a change agent entrepreneur. The Mitcas award recognizes his efforts through his company Ribbit, co-founded with fellow aerospace engineer and pilot Carl Pigeon, which…
Close to 200 students from across all University of Waterloo faculties attended Velocity’s Innovation Ecosystem Mixer yesterday, a chance for the entrepreneurial-minded to network and learn about Velocity, and other departments in the University entrepreneurship ecosystem. Velocity and representatives from Grebel Peace Incubator, GreenHouse,…