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BetaKit (Kitchener-Waterloo) · Dec 17, 2025
The Canadian Strategic Missions Corporation rebrand reflects a broader focus on critical technologies. The post Canadian Space Mining Corporation plans for “rapid expansion” in 2026 under new name first appeared on BetaKit.
Luge Capital · Dec 16, 2025
December 17, 2025 We’re excited to share the Canadian Payments Innovation Report, an in-depth look at how Canada’s payments ecosystem is undergoing a generational transformation. This is the first comprehensive report focused exclusively on the Canadian payments startup landscape. The report includes: A mapped database of 330+ Canadian payments startups across the value chain, with insights dra…
Startup Barn · Dec 14, 2025
End the year strong, get to work on making 2026 amazing.
Citified · Dec 12, 2025
And the debate around a $173 million Communications Centre
BetaKit (Kitchener-Waterloo) · Dec 12, 2025
Kitchener-Waterloo startup’s mesh network tech already helps Fortune 500 firms track assets. The post Assetflo closes $2 million USD to make clients’ every physical asset “searchable” first appeared on BetaKit.
Inovia Capital · Dec 11, 2025
We are excited to share that Kory Jeffrey and Taha Mubashir have been promoted to Partner on the Venture Investment Team. This marks an important milestone for Inovia. Today, we operate across three investment strategies — Discovery, Venture, and Growth. In recent years, our Venture team has been driving strong early-stage investment momentum in AI, cybersecurity, fintech, digital health,…
BetaKit (Kitchener-Waterloo) · Dec 9, 2025
University of Waterloo spinout aims to scale tech that extends shelf life of paper packaging. The post Nfinite nabs $4.6 million to prove it can make paper that performs like plastic first appeared on BetaKit.
Velocity (UW Incubator) · Dec 7, 2025
Looking for something unique and thoughtful? This year, skip the ordinary and surprise those you care about with these innovative gifts by Velocity founders.
Startup Barn · Dec 5, 2025
From Akatos to Catalyst Commons to Builders Club, the energy in the Waterloo ecosystem is unreal.
BetaKit (Kitchener-Waterloo) · Dec 3, 2025
LeLamp creator is betting expression and emotion matter more than arms and legs. The post Human Computer Lab wants the next home robot to be more Pixar lamp than laundry-folding butler first appeared on BetaKit.
Inovia Capital · Dec 2, 2025
The same question, from every CFO: “We know we need AI in finance… but where do we actually start?” Over the past 18 months, we’ve heard this from nearly every finance leader. The question is universal, but the answer requires context. While sales, software development, and other business functions raced ahead with AI adoption, finance…
Version One Ventures · Dec 1, 2025
We’re excited to share that Arctus Aerospace has raised a $2.6M pre-seed round, led by Version One Ventures alongside South Park Commons, gradCapital, and a group of angels including Balaji Srinivasan and Srinivas Narayan of OpenAI. Arctus is building something rare: a fundamentally new category of high-altitude, long-endurance autonomous aircraft for real-time Earth observation. Their […]
TL;WR · Nov 30, 2025
TL;WR for December 2 through December 8 2025
Startup Barn · Nov 29, 2025
From Akatos and Socratica’s back-to-back showcases to Catalyst’s year-end block party, the city’s brightest builders are out in full force. Here’s what’s happening Dec 1–7
Citified · Nov 28, 2025
A snapshot of what's happening in council chambers around Waterloo Region
BetaKit (Kitchener-Waterloo) · Nov 27, 2025
Digital platform helps procurement teams avoid “information overload.” The post MedReddie helps hospitals spend less time shopping. It just raised over $2 million to go global first appeared on BetaKit.
BetaKit (Kitchener-Waterloo) · Nov 27, 2025
Healthtech firm says combined tech will help hospitals keep patients connected while cutting time to discharge. The post FluidAI enters acquisition deal with Emmetros as it pushes to modernize patient recovery with AI first appeared on BetaKit.
BetaKit (Kitchener-Waterloo) · Nov 26, 2025
The heavy equipment marketplace is in new Canadian hands, but its future remains unclear. The post How Dozr, a promising construction tech firm, went from building boom to receivership to asset sale first appeared on BetaKit.
Panache Ventures · Nov 25, 2025
We’re excited to release our 2025 Startup Formation Report — a data-driven look at new startup activity across Canada.
BetaKit (Kitchener-Waterloo) · Nov 24, 2025
Company brings advertising tool to Canada amid employee share sale at $5.2-billion USD valuation. The post Faire co-founder: company has the metrics to go public, but isn’t rushing to IPO first appeared on BetaKit.
Citified · Nov 21, 2025
A snapshot of what's happening in council chambers around Waterloo Region
Velocity (UW Incubator) · Nov 20, 2025
Velocity’s $10K Momentum Grants help student builders become full-time founders
Radical Ventures · Nov 18, 2025
Listen to this podcast on Spotify. From our latest Radical Talks episode with World Labs CEO and Co-founder Fei-Fei Li The AI revolution has transformed language, images, and video generation, yet one fundamental dimension remains largely unconquered: the 3D spatial world. While language models excel at conversation and diffusion models create stunning images, AI still […]
Velocity (UW Incubator) · Nov 18, 2025
Q&A with Ricky Chandra, Director of R&D at FluidAI Medical
