Founder and company directory.

Applyboard helps international students apply to universities and colleges in North America through an all-in-one application platform.

Avidbots vision is to bring robots to everyday life to expand human potential. Avidbots first product is NEO - the world's smartest autonomous scrubbing robot. NEO is trusted by some of the best managed airports, retail malls, hospitals, colleges, industrial sites, museums, warehouses, etc in 7 countries and counting.

Bartesian is a premium cocktail maker using capsules that contain the real, premium ingredients for on-demand, perfectly crafted cocktails.

Bridgit is software for the construction industry to streamline communications and improves productivity.

Embark is building self-driving truck technology to make roads safer and transportation more efficient. We're moving the entire trucking industry forward.

Faire helps retailers discover and try thousands of unique items risk-free.

Float provides an integrated expense management system - corporate card, and expense management system.

FluidAI is creating a paradigm shift in post-operative care, utilizing the plethora of data within the body to help in the detection of post-operative complications at their onset. Our clinically-validated platform sensing technology augments existing wound drains and catheters, providing healthcare providers with a smart monitoring tool that can support earlier detection of deadly complications and enhance the delivery of care. 

Ground News is on a mission to become the most trusted news platform in the world by making media bias transparent and understandable.

At Kenota Health, we have developed an AI-enabled system to better diagnose and treat diseases. We are starting with the $8.8B allergy testing/management market, which is underserved and overlooked. 

Kik is your place to chat and message with all of your friends and to make new ones, no matter who you are or what device you're using. Chat one-on-one, join a group with like-minded people, or start a group of your own and chat about what matters to you.

Teaching machines to think, reason and communicate.

MappedIn is dynamic wayfinding for the indoors.

Nfinite Nanotech makes smart nanocoatings to enable wide adoption of sustainable packaging to eliminate plastic waste.

Nicoya is a Canadian biotechnology company specializing in innovative biosensor technology. In their mission to improve human life, Nicoya provides scientists with user-friendly and integrated solutions that accelerate label-free biomolecular analysis and enable their research with high-quality data. Nicoya's benchtop instruments are now helping hundreds of scientists in over 50 countries make life-changing discoveries on human diseases and how to treat them.

Wearable technologies that integrate gesture control and human-computer interaction.

OpenPhone adds a second phone number to your existing mobile device along with powerful features to help your small business communicate better.

Smartwatches people love.

Automated ad operations, built by publishers for publishers to make ads suck less.

Vidyard is an online video platform for business which allows you to increase leads, accelerate your pipeline and delight your customers.

Partnering with colleges and universities to prepare students for the future of work.

Diagnostic medical device

A-Line Orthopaedics is a new implant that can more effectively treat upper neck fractures.

Modular / high quality furniture platform (adult lego furniture)

 AFAIK maps human knowledge for self-learners.

Alora are an Ocean Agriculture company. Put simply, they grow rice in the oceans. Alora's farms production is environmentally and economically sustainable while opening up a 36 billion hectare increase in agricultural surface area.

ALT TEX engineers biodegradable, recyclable and carbon neutral alternatives to synthetic textiles, engineered from the world's largest landfill contributor - food waste.

Visual body mechanics assessment

Able Innovations develops empathy driven technology. Able's robotic ALTA Platform automates one of the most painstaking and uncomfortable tasks in healthcare- lifting and moving individuals. Their technology delivers a safe and effortless experience for healthcare staff, while offering clients a comfortable and dignified experience.

Acapanda is a crowdfunding platform for peer review, research and academic publishing. We are here to reinvent the profession of research by rewarding researchers for their contributions to academia, peer review and scrutiny of research, as well as providing a transparent platform for academic publishing.

AccessMate is a geo-spatial mobility platform that uses artificial intelligence to address accessibility challenges in cities. They use Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to create data sets that outline the varying safety level of travel routes, with a current focus on sidewalks. 

Acerta is an AI based diagnostics & failure prediction for (automotive) manufacturing. A machine learning platform that detects anomalies in vehicle data to decrease manufacturing costs, and improve quality.

Acorn is a personalized regenerative medicine company, helping people preserve their own cells to prepare for the future of cell-based treatments. 

AdHawk Microsystems delivers full-stack eye tracking technology - from custom silicon to cloud-based analytics - to unlock the connection between the eyes, the brain and the world around us. The company has developed wearable eye tracking products with unprecedented speed and data quality by replacing cameras and image processing with a highly customized microsystem that delivers game-changing computational and power efficiencies. The AdHawk solution is powering a new generation of “form-factor-first” smart glasses with all-day biometric sensing in Tier 1 OEM products.

Adaptis empowers circularity in construction by automating and optimizing building adaptation and material reuse planning. They enable existing owners, architects and engineers to make informed decisions for decarbonizing their buildings and lowering costs.

Adaptive Pulse uses machine learning to monitor, analyze, and enrich customer data with qualitative insights while improving quantitative metrics

Affinite Instruments develops and commercializes label-free analytical solutions to accelerate discoveries in life sciences research.

Agenek is developing the first direct-to-consumer RNA-based skin test for personalized skincare solutions. We are simplifying skincare by eliminating guesswork in product selection and delivering tailored recommendations based on individual needs. Our test allows customers to track their skincare progress over time, ensuring their routines are effective and their skin is improving.

AiimSense develops portable brain scanners for early diagnosis of stroke. The company's technology utilizes electromagnetic imaging and artificial intelligence to dramatically alter the outcome and cost of strokes and traumatic brain injuries by bringing diagnostic imaging and monitoring to the point of first response, enabling healthcare practitioners to diagnose strokes earlier and provide the necessary treatment.

Airo is an automatic calorie tracker that tracks its usersâ?? nutrition intake, stress patterns, daily exertion, and sleep quality. With its built in spectrometer, the tracker uses different wavelengths of light to detect nutrients released into the bloodstream as they are broken down during and after its usersâ?? meals.

An outlet to connect sports with engineering & design

Alchemy Nanotech creates protective film for windshields to prevent stone chips, block solar infrared heat, and prevent overnight frost.

vitamin/nutrient analysis via blood prick (usable in-home or at point of care)

Aqua-Cell Energy is building salt water batteries so that businesses can store solar power to save on electricity bills. Our battery technology is based on a commercial water treatment technology, meaning we can scale fast with existing technology.

Arc home is a Waterloo based home automation startup that is currently developing a smart air register named breeze. Breeze will integrate with smart thermostats and allow customers to control the temperature of individual rooms in their home.

Ensuring people get paid for their contributions to medical research, while securing their data privacy.

A regulatory intelligence service to report financial material free of errors and omissions.

Arylla creates secure nano ink that combats fraud and improves top line revenue.

A molecular diagnostic startup that is leveraging the power of electronics and genomics to build the world's cheapest and fastest multi-cancer screening platform. Our mission is to redefine cancer surveillance with a simple blood test. Our product delivers value for cancer survivors, diagnostic labs, and health insurers by changing the standard-of-care to ruling out cancer first.

Software suite for seniors homes that reduces the time PSWs spend answering mundane questions

Audesse empowers innovation through our hardware platform, allowing you to build your own systems quickly and easily. They automate fleet vehicle operation and maintenance through active control and analytics, making your fleet more cost-effective, efficient, and sustainable.

Animus is creating a pair of glasses that provide non-invasive neuro-stimulation to deep regions of the brain.

AuroraQ is a quantum computing startup that develops standardized and modular quantum components that integrates seamlessly with the quantum processor, is scalable, and works with a broad range of quantum processor technologies. It sells directly to existing quantum computing companies as well as academic and government customers. Thecompany's modular approach has the salutary benefit of making it easier for others to enter the quantum market, which will help the quantum computation industry to grow.

AutoCate is a 'built for women, by women' online automotive service support. We help car owners so that they aren't swindled or oversold on car repairs.

a pair of eye tracking glasses to control computers

Topical drug delivery systems for complex drugs, starting with RNA and other gene therapies for rare skin disorders

Togethr is the world?s best gift giving experience in a mobile app.

AI translation platform for podcasters to expand their reach with their own voice.

Bablot is a live-chat messaging system for rental property managers that uses natural language AI to convert casual website visitors into leads.

A content creation tool for virtual reality.

BajaarApp is the operating system for bajaars

Digital sitar

BeBlended is an online marketplace that connects clients with freelance hairstylists who know how to work on afro-curly hair textures. Hairstylists receive access to a targeted client base, hairstyling gigs, and a platform that manages all back-office business operations such as scheduling, payments, client management and bookkeeping.

BeHealthy is a system which combines your doctors data, your genetic data and your wearables data to get better insights into your health.

With Aiva, create branded campaigns in minutes, check-in on results as often as required, and make tweaks easily to optimize performance. Improve your user experience and sales today with data-driven design. Design interactive web experiences & boost conversion rate - no coding required

AI for enterprise security

OSIMple automates data entry for inspectors by replacing stacks of paper with tablets and by generating completed inspection forms. This saves inspectors almost half of their inspection time. Founder Amanda Chan and Michael Miller came across the idea while talking to friends and professors in the civil engineering department at their university.They started building better software for bridge inspectors who were using very manual processes, and it’s been used on over 400 bridges so far. They’ve recently expanded to service home inspectors as well.

Bincity brings the logistics of physical collection into the 21st century. Using real-time analytics and data mining to optimize collection networks, we aim to increase the efficiency and physical security of our industry partners. Bincity?s proprietary distributed sensor network gives businesses the insights they need to grow their network at a significantly increased pace, while saving time and physical resources in the process.

Bio-Brick Labs is focused on the research, development, and manufacturing of sustainable building materials. By turning construction waste into novel products, we strive to redefine what green construction looks like through waste-negative and carbon-negative solutions. This takes the form of our Bio-gel Composite Panels which mimic stone and concrete veneers while being a fraction of the weight and effort to install.

Blitzen is an all-in-one lead management and voice-of-customer platform that gives marketers the power to convert website visitors into data-rich leads and capture key customer insights.

Bloomry is an AI software to understand a child's behaviours and provide teachers/educators with research backed strategies catered to the needs of each unique developing child.

Blue Lion Labs monitors water for algae, using a custom microscope and deep learning artificial intelligence.

Bookneto is a Q&A tool built on top of Waterloo's online learning platform (LEARN).

A wind turbine de-icing system that enables turbines to run in the winter (more uptime = more energy = more $).

A monetization platform for content creators

Bounty Board offers managed data pipelines as a service to load data from any source, and run predictive analytics on it.

Rent or Buy Bridesmaid Dresses online or in-store.

is an audio-video instruction tool that restores dignity and autonomy for persons living with dementia.

Brilliant Photonics develops horticulture lighting solutions which enable sustainable, and efficient food production.

Brink Bionics is a hardware and software company. Its first product is Impulse, a cybernetic glove that enhances reaction time for gamers. The glove reads a user’s movement intentions for mouse-click actions from small muscles in the user’s hand.

Automated self-serve kiosks for consumers to retrieve shipped parcels at their convenience.

CELLECT is transforming women's health by addressing the barriers to cervical cancer and HPV screening. Current methods, like Pap smears and swab kits, can be invasive, inaccessible, and costly, especially for women in underserved or remote regions. CELLECT offers a simple, non-invasive alternative through an innovative device embedded in menstrual products. This technology collects and preserves cells and DNA from menstrual blood, making it easy to integrate with existing lab tests. Our solution improves access to life-saving health screenings and has the potential to expand into other reproductive health diagnostics, helping women worldwide receive the care they need.

digital platform to help people find reading buddies!

Caravel builds speedy robots utilizing bike parts for food delivery