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Company news
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Revving up female car owners’ confidence to bring trust to auto repairs
Stefanie Bruinsma is on a mission to increase female car owners’ confidence through AutoCate, a membership-based platform that is like having a family member on call when you don’t know where to turn with car-related issues and questions.
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Founder networks and community foster investment-ready startups
Velocity-linked founders reflect on how community support and networks can foster investment-ready startups.
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Innovative robot aims to revolutionize colorectal cancer staging accuracy
Tenomix raises $2 million, all-Canadian, oversubscribed seed round to further develop its robot which uses artificial intelligence and ultrasound to enhance the accuracy of cancer staging.
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Beating the heat without warming the planet
Evercloak raises $2million seed round to scale its first clean-tech product: membranes to enable energy efficient building cooling.
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Float secures $50 million to expand its financial products and innovate business-to-business financial services
Float secures $50 million in financing from Silicon Valley Bank to scale its charge card program. Co-founders Ruslan Nikolaev and Griffin Keglevich joined Velocity in 2019, where Float was founded, and recruited Rob Khazzam, the former general manager at Uber Canada, as the third co-founder and CEO.
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First automated atomic force microscope makes the nanoworld visible in minutes
ICSPI’s new, automated atomic force microscope is set to accelerate scientific discovery by making the nanoworld visible in minutes.
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A breakthrough treatment for stroke patients
A world first: tiny camera captures colour video from inside the brain January 24, 2024 Physicians tasked with diagnosing stroke patients have a new tool in their arsenal thanks to an innovative treatment devised by Vena Medical, a company spun out of Velocity, the…
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Higher education analytics giant acquires Waterloo-grown 1Mentor
1Mentor has been acquired by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), the world’s largest global higher education network.
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Impressive representation of Velocity-linked founders on latest Forbes 30 under 30 list
Velocity-linked founders make media company’s list for 2024.