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Foundations is the first step to building an innovative mindset. Through 10-weeks we explore a big challenge and provide expert guidance and innovative tools to find insights and solutions that may have otherwise gone unnoticed.
Foundations is the first step to building an innovative mindset. Through 10-weeks we explore a big challenge and provide expert guidance and innovative tools to find insights and solutions that may have otherwise gone unnoticed.
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,…
Mayors of Mississauga, Burlington, Pickering, Markham and Kitchener, Ontario toured Velocity today and met with founders from Cobionix, Ceragen, ALT TEX and Equator. The Mayors are part of Ontario’s Big City Mayors (OBCM), a non-profit organization comprised of 29 mayors of Ontario cities with…
Velocity moves into the 90,000 square foot Innovation Arena later this April 13, 2023 Premier Doug Ford announced today that the Ontario government is investing $7.5 million in the Innovation Arena — Velocity’s new home on the University of Waterloo’s Health Sciences campus —…
Thirty student teams from Arts, Math, Science, Health and Engineering faculties are preparing to take the stage and pitch at Velocity’s $5K semi-finals for their chance to advance to the flagship finals event later this month.
Waterloo’s globally recognized startup program Velocity launched an initiative that aims to help new companies in the health-tech sector access funding and get products and services in the hands of those who need them.