Bridging the gap between student to full-time entrepreneur
Six new early-stage companies will join later-stage founders at Velocity’s incubator in downtown Kitchener.
Six new early-stage companies will join later-stage founders at Velocity’s incubator in downtown Kitchener.
Velocity, MIX, and Western University derisk health tech start-ups. By providing connections, expert advice and facilities for product development, the Southwestern Ontario Health Innovation Partnership innovation hub increases survival and supports capital-efficient growth for health tech companies.
The recent global health crisis highlighted the need to support and develop health-focused technology companies and build a stronger health innovation and manufacturing pipeline in Ontario. With the support of a $10-million investment from the Government of Canada, through the Federal Economic Development Agency…
2021 was an incredible year for venture capital and tech. Canadian companies raised a collective $11.8B CAD by the end of Q3 2021, nearly three times the total raised in all of 2020. As of 2020, Canada had four unicorns (two of them Velocity…
Velocity is a top Incubator in Canada where tech founders build extraordinary companies. Throughout our 12-year history, Velocity has supported >400 companies that have created >5,000 jobs and raised >$2.4B in private capital to date. Our highly talented team has been essential to Velocity’s…
Velocity, Western University, the City of Kitchener and Medical Innovation Xchange (MIX) are partnering to build a Southwestern Ontario Health Innovation network and will be supported by a $10-million grant from FedDev Ontario.
Velocity alumni and residents have collectively raised over $2.4 billion USD, a 40% increase from the $1.7 billion that were raised by the end of 2020. While marketplaces and business services drove the majority of investments in dollar value, early investing trends in deep tech hint at how the 2030 Canadian tech sector will evolve.
When I became Director of Velocity Incubator, I made a bold claim: by 2022, Velocity will be recognized as North America’s most successful pre-seed incubator. That was my north star, and anything short of that goal was going to be unacceptable. At this moment I can confidently say that we are on that trajectory.
Velocity is hiring its next Incubator Director to drive success for ventures in the Velocity portfolio. Velocity is one of North America’s top business incubators, backed by the University of Waterloo, one of Canada’s most innovative universities. Having supported more than 400 companies that…
Greek philosopher Heraclitus once stated, “the only constant in life is change” and this past year has definitely proved it. As can be expected from an innovative unit at UWaterloo, we wholeheartedly accept and embrace change and are extremely excited to fill you in on a new addition to the Concept Team. We recently welcomed…