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Founders share valuable insights and emphasize the power of collaboration and learning The camaraderie among Velocity companies is strong. Founders from various stages recently united for an overdue evening of celebration and networking. It marked a long-awaited reunion for some, their first return to…
Velocity leadership and founders took to the stage at the MaRS Impact Health, a two-day conference in Toronto. The event gathered the community of Canadian health innovators, giving a voice to founders who are transforming healthcare technology, solving the most important issues facing the…
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 —…
Not all early-stage entrepreneurial journeys are created equal. Here’s why: March 24, 2023 As we discussed in Part I of the series, the innovation ecosystem does not serve everyone in an equitable fashion. Although we can all agree we want to support awesome companies…
What’s the Problem? An entrepreneur is a person who takes a problem that is not being addressed at all (or well enough) and runs with it. To many, entrepreneurship represents the freedom to create new value in the world. While most of the public…
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.
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.
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…