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March 19, 2019 / Source: GTAN
On Tuesday, March 19th, GTAN members, entrepreneurs and special guests, including students and professors from The Conrad School of Entrepreneurship and Business and The Lazaridis School of Business and Economics, gathered at Bingemans for the March Investor Meeting.
Attendees heard pitches from three early-stage companies: Jamstack, Factory Bucket and TopSpin Technologies.
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March 13, 2019 / Source: GTAN
On March 5, before the GTAN|RAW meeting, GTAN hosted ‘Software Patents Are Evil - And Other Myths About The Patent System’ presented by Jason Hynes, Bereskin & Parr. Jason is a Patent Agent in US and Canada and a Trademark Agent in Canada.
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March 5, 2019 / Source: Cision
Intellijoint Surgical, a Canadian-held company developing and commercializing smart navigation for total joint replacements, is pleased to announce the appointment of Jonathan M. Vigdorchik, MD, to its Scientific Advisory Board (SAB). Dr. Vigdorchik is an Orthopedic Surgeon at the Hospital for Special Surgery.
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February 25, 2019 / Source: TechVibes
With the recent boom of AI companies popping up around Canada and abroad, a large portion of those startups will soon have to find new ways to expand their product offerings in order to scale and transition to enterprise organizations.
That kind of growth is easier said than done. Relying on a single machine learning integration or AI platform can only get a company so far, so the next option is to find new and partners and methods of delivery. That has been Zoom.ai‘s game plan, especially since raising a $3.1 million extension to their seed round 10 months ago.
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February 19, 2019 / Source: GTAN
On Tuesday, February 19th, GTAN members, entrepreneurs and special guests, including students and professors from The Conrad School of Entrepreneurship and Business and The Lazaridis School of Business and Economics, gathered at Bingemans for the February Investor Meeting.
Attendees heard pitches from three early-stage companies: Stellar Biome, Micrometrics and Backyard Media.
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February 12, 2019 / Source: Pulse
In January 2019, Andela, a company that develops software engineering talent in Africa and outsources them to clients around, raised $100 million in Series D funding.
Generation Investment Management, an investment firm chaired by Al Gore, the former vice president of the US, led the round.
Omowale David-Ashiru, Country Director at Andela, says the new investment will help Andela “accelerate the development of Africa’s best tech talent in Nigeria and beyond.”
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February 11, 2019 / Source: GTAN
This Spring, Shenzhen will host the third China (Shenzhen) Innovation & Entrepreneurship International Competition - Sci Innovation Competition 2019. Also known as the 'Global Olympics of Innovation', the competition is open to exceptional entrepreneurs and companies. It promotes the integration of human resources, technology, capital, attracting more overseas entrepreneurs to expand their business in Shenzhen.
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January 28, 2019 / Source: Business Wire
FLIR Systems, Inc. announced today that it has acquired Aeryon Labs Inc., a leading developer of high-performance unmanned aerial systems (UAS) for the global military, public safety, and critical infrastructure markets for $200 million. Aeryon’s vertical takeoff and landing quad-copter airframes integrate multiple sensors, including FLIR thermal technology, to provide users with immediate high-resolution intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capability.
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January 23, 2019 / Source: TechCrunch
Andela, the company that connects Africa’s top software developers with technology companies from the U.S. and around the world, has raised $100 million in a new round of funding.
The new financing from Generation Investment Management (the investment fund co-founded by former Vice President Al Gore) puts the valuation of the company at somewhere between $600 million and $700 million, based on data available from PitchBook on the company’s valuation following its previous $40 million funding.
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January 22, 2019 / Source: GTAN
On Tuesday, January 22nd, GTAN members, entrepreneurs and special guests gathered at Bingemans for the first Investor Meeting of 2019. This month, guests included Michael Harris Jr., Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament of Kitchener-Conestoga, students and professors from the Wilfrid Laurier University Startup Fund and the University of Waterloo Student Venture Fund.
Attendees heard pitches from three early-stage companies: iRegained, myBrokerBee and Sonnet Labs.
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