WATERLOO - The image of the twin girls, both in a coma, still haunts Dennis Bellehumeur.

He was a clinical neuropsychologist, involved in the accreditation of rehabilitation facilities across North America, when he came out of the elevator at a pediatric hospital in Boston. There, behind a glass wall, in a room for coma patients, were blonde twins, about seven years old. Their parent's car had been hit by a drunk driver.

"I have never forgotten that. I can still see those two little girls," says...

Mr. Jackson steps into the Accelerator Centre CEO role, which had been held by Dr. Tom Corr, who has recently been appointed President and CEO of the...

By Kira Vermond

February 7, 2010 -- Matt Rendall is a lot like other entrepreneurs. He works 70 to 80 hours a week. He sleeps at his desk. And, when it came time to look for funding this past year, he did a beeline past his bank's door.

 The CEO of Waterloo, Ont.-based ClearPath Robotics assumed it would be locked anyway. 

"To be honest, I never even thought about getting money from the bank right off the bat. At the moment we're in a risk bracket that is too high," says Mr. Rendall, whose...

WATERLOO, ONTARIO-- (Marketwire - Feb. 2, 2010)  Clearpath Robotics, innovators in the design and manufacture of unmanned vehicle systems, announced today that it has partnered with the Institute for Aerospace Studies at the University of Toronto. Clearpath Robotics is working with Dr. Tim Barfoot, Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Autonomous Space Robotics. Dr. Barfoot is spearheading the Autonomous 3D Site Mapping Using Rover(s) project on behalf of U of T in collaboration with the Canadian...

As a partner in the VeloCity Entrepreneur Bootcamp, the Accelerator Centre (AC) will be providing office space and access to our educational services and mentors for three selected teams of post-secondary students.  Those entrepreneurial students will be able to work within our thriving community of fellow entrepreneurs and mentors for three months, from May to July.  The AC is pleased to be a part of the VeloCity Entrepreneurial Bootcamp and looks forward to assisting the selected students...

WATERLOO, ON (Monday, Jan. 11, 2010) - The Accelerator Centre (AC), an award-winning centre for the cultivation of technology entrepreneurship located in Waterloo, Ontario is embarking on a search for a new CEO, following the announcement that Dr. Tom Corr will depart the AC to become President and Chief Executive Officer of Ontario Centres of Excellence Inc. (OCE).

As CEO of the Accelerator Centre at the Waterloo Research and Technology Park, and Associate Vice-President of Commercialization,...

WATERLOO (Friday, January 8, 2010) - After nearly three years at the helm of the Accelerator Centre, Tom Corr is leaving to become president and chief executive officer of the Ontario Centres of Excellence.

He assumes his new duties on March 1, replacing Mark Romoff who retired in September.

Corr was hired in April 2007 as chief executive officer of the Accelerator Centre, a business incubator at the University of Waterloo Research and Technology Park designed to help early-stage technology...

"In today's fast-paced environment, people shouldn't have to do unecessary tasks to gain access to information already available from their BlackBerry smartphone [...] When you have an hour layover why spend 15-20 minutes searching for WiFi or fiddling with an air card or VPN?"  says Mark Andress, CEO of Bayalink Solutions Corp.

Bayalink's productivity enhancement solution for the BlackBerry, Bayalink Liberty, is featured in a BlackBerry advertising supplement in the December edition of CIO...

Waterloo, Ontario (December 22, 2009) - The Accelerator Centre (AC), an award-winning and world-renowned centre for the cultivation of technology entrepreneurship, announced today that its client DossierView has closed a $750,000 financing round with First Leaside Visions II Limited Partnership.  The announcement follows on the heels of a funding round with Golden Triangle Angelnet announced by the company on December 15, 2009.

DossierView leverages technology developed by Dr. Andrew Wong, a...

Waterloo, Ontario (December 22, 2009) - The Accelerator Centre (AC), an award-winning and world-renowned centre for the cultivation of technology entrepreneurship, announced today that one of its newest clients, emerging green technology leader Tyromer Inc., has closed a $750,000 investment from First Leaside Visions II Limited Partnership.  

A University of Waterloo spin-off, Tyromer targets the significant and growing environmental issue of scrap tire reuse.   The Company employs an...