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Palitronica Closes Series A Funding Led by BDC, with Three Kings Capital, Frostbite, and Unpopular Funds
Waterloo-based cybersecurity company Palitronica has closed a Series A funding round led by BDC’s Industrial Innovation Venture Fund, with participation from Three Kings Capital, Frostbite, and Unpopular Ventures.
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Steadiwear is Bringing Earthquake Science to Tremor Care
When Emile Maamary and his co-founder Mark Elias met at university in 2014, they discovered they shared something unusual: both of their grandmothers had essential tremor. That personal connection became…
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Accelerator Centre and City of Waterloo Welcome First AC:Health Cohort Focused on Ontario-Made Healthcare Innovation
Inaugural AC:Health cohort brings together 30 Ontario health innovators developing AI, data, and software-enabled solutions to improve healthcare delivery and patient outcomes.
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LoopX Raises $4.05M Seed Round Led by BDC Seed Venture Fund and Orion Industrial Ventures with Participation from Hatch
LoopX is a Physical AI company building all-condition intelligence for mining. Combining thermal vision AI, edge computing, and proprietary models trained on real-world mining data, LoopX helps equipment perceive and…
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How Christy Lee Is Building PatientCompanion One Hospital Unit at a Time
Christy Lee has learned more than she ever expected as a founder. In 2023, Lee and her co-founder launched PatientCompanion, a bedside communication tool designed to make sure nurses have…
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PR Tips for Founders: How to Get Better Media Coverage as an Early-Stage Company
Ellyn Winters-Robinson is the Marketing and Communications Mentor at the Accelerator Centre, where she supports early-stage founders in building strong, strategic narratives that resonate with media, customers, and stakeholders. With…
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Accelerator Centre Opens Applications for Cohort 3 of the Aerospace Accelerator Program in Collaboration with the Region of Waterloo and Skywise
The Aerospace Accelerator Program supports startups developing technologies for aerospace, aviation, autonomy, advanced manufacturing, and artificial intelligence. Delivered by the Accelerator Centre in collaboration with the Region of Waterloo and…
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Juggernaut Labs is changing how teams build using AI
AI adoption is driving critical business decisions, but the people doing the work often get little say in how it’s done. Juggernaut Labs co-founders Ken Naku and JB are changing…
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Deaf AI Is Closing the Information Gap for Deaf Travellers
For deaf travelers, a missed airport announcement can mean a missed flight. Deaf AI is changing that. Since joining the Aerospace Accelerator Program, founder Mehdi Masoumi has turned a deeply…
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Accelerator Centre Welcomes Third Cohort of AC:RevLab, Accelerating Revenue Growth for Ontario’s Most Promising Tech Companies
AC:RevLab is a six-month revenue accelerator program designed to help early-stage startups turn initial traction into scalable, repeatable growth systems. Through hands-on mentorship, expert-led training, and access to a strong…
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Protecting People from Exploitation and Harm Using Capacity Clinic’s Evidence-Based Model
When someone can no longer make decisions for themselves, who steps in and how do they know when the time is right? For too long, the answer has depended on…
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AC:Studio Spotlight: Vivek Burhanpurkar, CEO of Cyberworks Robotics
The robots of science fiction novels, television, and movies have inspired our imaginations for decades. From the Maschinenmensch in Metropolis to Lost in Space’s Robby the Robot in the 1960s…
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