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…
AutoCate founder reflects on the winding journey from mechanic to entrepreneur When Stefanie Bruinsma is confronted with an obstacle, she paves her own path forward. She’s a mechanic-turned-engineer-turned-founder of AutoCate, a platform that empowers and educates car owners, and building a better life for herself…
Velocity spaces, programs and events support students Tapping into Velocity’s resources on campus opens the door to a community of like-minded student innovators, coaches and subject-matter experts. It is where students interested in developing their entrepreneurial mindset can transform ideas beyond the ideation…
The Velocity and Waterloo Commercialization Office program aids in the commercialization journey Ten teams have received $15,000 in funding through Up Start. The program was created for student researchers, founders and recent alumni to access funding and work closely with the advisers to conduct…
The novel software and mapping method will yield both real-time and two dimensional flood models As an environmental engineering undergraduate nearly a decade ago, Robert Chlumsky, PhD candidate in the Faculty of Engineering, forged a professional relationship with his professors Dr. James Craig and Dr.…
RelayMD is improving the specialist referral process for health–care practitioners, leading to positive outcomes for patients Primary care physicians are sending referrals with a keyhole view of the network of specialists available — at great cost to patients — and RelayMD founders Dhvani Patel and…
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.
With a wide range of experience and ideas, twenty-two student teams pitched their business ideas in the hopes of moving on to Velocity $5K pitch competition finals — and eight made the cut.
Over the course of two nights on November 9th and 10th, each team had one representative pitch to convince the judges that their idea had enough traction to succeed.
Perseverance and a healthy dose of teamwork — plus keen technical knowledge — proved to be the winning combination for H2GRO as they secured the $5,000 first prize at the Climate Change Hackathon last week. Since 2020 Velocity has partnered with Waterloo Climate Institute, this…
Twenty-three student teams contend for four $5,000 prizes — but first they must present the perfect pitch