The Premier was in town starting a local tour with a photo op in front of a different kind of camera.

Dalton McGuinty visited the Kitchener headquarters of Miovision this morning, a company that makes special cameras and software for traffic management studies.

CEO of the Accelerator Centre, Tim Jackson, attended the visit, saying the Premier visited Miovision to see the first big success story to come out of his high-tech incubator, which receives significant funding from the…

The Accelerator Centre is pleased to announce that we will be providing our unique range of support and educational programs to the companies situated in the new Digital Hub.

"The Communitech Hub is a 30,000 ft² facility dedicated to the growth and commercialization of Ontario's digital media industry. Located in Kitchener, Ontario, The Hub will nurture technology startups, splice innovation into larger companies, seed strategic partnerships, fuse digital media research with venture capital and…

The classes are over and it is time for some "Startup Stories". The 10 week long Boot Camp that University of Waterloo VeloCity students have been participating in at the Accelerator Centre welcomed two young, energetic and successful entrepreneurs. Ali Asaria, CEO, Founder, Well.ca and John Baker, Founder, President & CEO, Desire2Learn both took time out of their busy schedules to share not only a great deal of business knowledge with the group but they also told some fantastic stories…

The Accelerator Centre is pleased to welcome Now Media Inc. as one of our newer Clients. Thomas Hagey, Co-founder, Editor, Content Manager and Heather Hagey, CEO bring years of business experience to this venture that creates content portals and websites for communities throughout Ontario and soon to be throughout Canada.

What does Now Media do? Well, they allow communities to create great exposure and opportunities for the entire city, town, village, etc. that they would otherwise not be able…

PerspecSys, an Accelerator Centre Client, travelled to California recently and returned home with a lot of new knowledge, valuable contacts, and one great recognition. PerspecSys was one of the Canadian companies selected to attend the 48 Hours in the Valley event put together by the C100 group (www.thec100.org/48hrs) which included over 40 International start-up technology companies.

One of the main events of the two day program was a pitch competition held at the Plug and Play Expo (www.plugand…

Mike McDerment, President and CEO of FreshBooks was kind enough to give up some valuable time to come to the Accelerator Centre last week to talk to a group of students from the University of Waterloo VeloCity Program. Mike's main message was to make sure you find the right partner or partners to dive into your start-up endeavour. FreshBooks is currently looking to expand their employee base and are looking for some great people to fill those roles. The following excerpt has been passed on to…

On Monday, May 11, the Accelerator Centre along with Communitech was pleased to start our summer Bootcamp for the eager VeloCity students.  The ten-week program will feature start-up advice from some of the Region's most experienced entrepreneurs.  Vienna Iafrate posted the following paragraphs in the VeloCity blog, describing the experience from the students' perspective:

"The VeloCity team then went on to join the VEB students as they gathered around the Conference style boardroom of the…

Accelerator Centre Client company, PerspecSys, has just been recognized by Gartner Group as a "Cool Vendor" in the Cloud Security Services category for 2010.

PerspecSys is the leading  provider of solutions designed specifically to address data Privacy•Residency•Security for cloud applications. Enterprises that demand control over their Business Sensitive Data in order to meet regulatory, compliance, legal or corporate policy requirements, turn to PerspecSys to avoid storing their data in the…