Velocity appoints Director of Incubator and Director of Health
Velocity appoints Director of Incubator and Director of health to its leadership team as it continues to evolve to support the next generation of high-impact entrepreneurs.
Author: Velocity
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Building with Optimism
Startups positioned to solve more, have bigger impact through Velocity growth January 27. 2023 While 2021 was a year of extreme growth, 2022 was a year of ups and downs for many in the tech and innovation ecosystems. Despite the uncertainty, we have reasons…
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The Federal government’s largest ever clinical trial investment set to advance Velocity and national Health Tech startups and improve Canadians’ wellbeing
Velocity will collaborate with the Accelerating Clinical Trials Consortium, backed by the newly established Pan-Canadian clinical trials consortium, which has received $39 million in Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) funding — the federal government’s largest ever clinical trial investment
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Inaugural Jain Family Award for Entrepreneurship Announced
Two research teams have received the first two $5,000 Jain Family Award for Entrepreneurship instalments, a defined term award, designated to University of Waterloo students working with Velocity. The 2022 recipients are innovating to better the lives of spinal patients and making important advancements…
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Students showcase passion to solve problems at Velocity $5K Finals
Fall 2022 Velocity $5K winners share desire to innovate. Excitement permeated the packed room as eight finalist teams made their last effort to convince a panel of judges that their business idea was deserving of one of four $5,000 awards at Velocity’s $5K pitch competition.
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Expanding Velocity’s Leadership to Better Support Founders
Velocity has had a remarkable evolution since our start in 2008. With a global network of founders and alumni, Velocity is rapidly growing! Today we are working with a broad range of startups that span software, deep tech, and health tech. Companies in each of these areas require different guidance and resources and therefore leaders within Velocity with matching expertise.
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Velocity $5K fall 2022 semi-finalists announced
Twenty-three student teams contend for four $5,000 prizes — but first they must present the perfect pitch
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Supercharge your commercialization aspirations with Up Start
Turn your project into a product by taking advantage of new funding and support from Velocity and the Waterloo Commercialization Office
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Just start building
Highlights from the fall 2022 Innovation Ecosystem event Velocity, with its ecosystem partners are ready to ignite the student entrepreneurial spark. That’s what was made clear at the fall Innovation Ecosystem event that welcomed a full-house of enthusiastic students and faculty on September 20th.…
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Hack the North 2022 was about learning as much as winning
Canada’s largest hackathon is back live and in-person at University of Waterloo campus By Kira Vermond, University Relations When Pira Ravikumaran arrived at Hack the North on Friday night, he admits he felt a little nervous. As a fourth-year Chemical Engineering student at Waterloo,…