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AC:RevLab Spotlight: Rhyse Maryniuk, founder and CEO of Audesse Automotive
When Rhyse Maryniuk and his team hit a wall developing a new electric vehicle at the University of Waterloo, they built their own solution. That innovation became the foundation for…
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AC:Studio Spotlight: Zachary McCue, founder and CEO of REPWR
Timing is everything in both marketing and entrepreneurship. For REPWR Founder and CEO Zachary McCue, the right idea came more than a decade before the world was ready for it.…
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AC:Incubate Spotlight: Qasim Parekh, co-founder of CellaraRx
When Qasim Parekh saw how few promising cancer drugs ever reach patients, he set out to change that. With co-founder Zjardyn Liera-Hood, he launched CellaraRx, a healthtech startup using single-cell…
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AC:RevLab Welcomes Second Cohort, Driving Scalable Growth Across Ontario’s Innovation Ecosystem
AC:RevLab helps high-potential startups transform early traction into scalable and repeatable revenue. Delivered by the Accelerator Centre in partnership with Communitech and supported by FedDev Ontario, the program provides founders…
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Building a Customer Advisory Board: Turning Feedback into Fuel
When you’re building a startup, it’s easy to fall into the trap of making decisions in a vacuum — creating products and features based on what you think customers want.…
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Founder Spotlight: Chanakya Ramdev, founder of Sweat Free Telecom
Some founders build one company. Chanakya Ramdev has built three—without ever changing the name. Through every pivot, Sweat Free has remained constant. What started as a textile innovation to protect…
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Going Global: Top 3 Tips for Attracting Foreign Investment
Explore expert insights from Finance Mentor, Kevin Elop, on how early-stage tech startups can attract foreign investment, including his top tips on readiness, time commitment, and targeting the right investors.
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AC:Incubate Spotlight: Salar Enjedani, Founder and CEO of Innorobix Automation
Innorobix Automation is proving what’s possible when innovation meets mentorship. Since joining the AC:Incubate program in 2022, founder and CEO Salar Enjedani has transformed the company’s sales strategy, expanded into…
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AC:Incubate Spotlight: Phillip Mohabir, Co-Founder and CEO of Vivo Surgery
Vivo Surgery is redefining surgical training with a platform that unifies operating room video feeds, enables secure livestreams, and uses AI to create structured surgical datasets. As the company graduates…
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AC:Incubate Spotlight: Mike Peasgood and Paul Masojc of ENVGO
Over the past two years, the founding team of six experienced leaders at ENVGO have validated the prototype and refined the design for its first electric hydrofoiling boat, set to…
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Brock study explores AI support for breast cancer patients
After her own breast-cancer journey, AskEllyn founder and AC mentor Ellyn Winters-Robinson is helping lead a national study on how AI can support others through theirs.
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Cohort 2 of the Aerospace Accelerator Program Takes Off, Advancing Waterloo Region’s Aerospace Innovation Ecosystem
The Aerospace Accelerator Program connects high-potential startups with the mentorship, networks, and resources needed to bring next-generation aerospace technologies to market. Delivered by the Accelerator Centre in partnership with the…
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