Coastal Carbon receives $1.6 million in funding to accelerate development of AI-driven seaweed biomass monitoring system September 29, 2023 Monitoring seaweed growth has the potential to accelerate regenerative seaweed farming and ocean restoration, and scale blue carbon initiatives, presenting important opportunities in the fight…
Velocity company mtion.tv has released a no code game engine for live streamers to tap into their creativity and connect with viewers
North America has 10 million kilometres of overhead power lines, and when vegetation come into contact with one, it can be like tinder to a flame. Velocity company Enerza is developing beetle-like robot that can predict power outages and wildfire risk
MetaCycler BioInnovations, a new company at Velocity, the University of Waterloo’s startup incubator, is making biodegradable materials out of waste from the dairy industry, with the potential for wide-range applications, including biodegradable plastic-like straws.
Ruslan Nikolaev (BCS ‘20) and Griffin Keglevich, co-founders of Float, a corporate expense management startup, have raised $31.7 million, recruited a third co-founder, Rob Khazzam, former general manager of Uber Canada who launched Uber in eastern Europe, and have been recognized in the latest Forbes 30 under 30 list for Toronto founders.
Hospitals, power grids, the oil and gas sector, telecommunications, national defense systems — they are all connected to the internet and vulnerable to cyber-attacks. What’s more is that pieces of hardware integrated into that critical infrastructure are manufactured overseas, leaving hardware supply chains exposed as well.
But what cyber criminals cannot bypass are the laws of physics.
August 15, 2023 New Velocity program fosters students’ innovative mindset Velocity has launched a new program called Foundations to help students develop an innovative mindset, a skill which is becoming increasingly important. Applicable to any career, learning how to ask great questions for a…
August 10, 2023 Vital Bio unveils novel device, raises US$48 million since inception at Velocity in 2019 Four and a half years ago, the VitalOne was an ambitious idea. Today, the desktop computer-sized blood diagnostics device can run comprehensive tests on comparatively small blood…
August 10, 2023 Velocity company optimizes solar energy efficiency using nanotechnology With their abundance of sunlight, deserts are valuable locations to harness solar energy. But in addition to sun, deserts also have an abundance of dust which settles on solar panels and reduces their…
The road to building a company with advanced technology from the ground up can be winding.