Lessons in Prepping for a Y Combinator Interview
No regrets is usually a key line you hear from teams that apply to Y Combinator (YC), regardless of the outcome. The experience is often the journey and…
Breaking News: Google Acquires BufferBox
Google and BufferBox announced this morning that effective Friday, November 30, BufferBox will be acquired by Google as part of a stock/cash deal. The acquisition…
Watch MappedIn Descend Into The Dragon’s Den
Next week, one of our VeloCity Garage startups will do what no other VeloCity startup has done before: face the Dragons. MappedIn, founded by 3…
Igniting the passion of charity: Popy Dimoulas-Graham
This post was originally featured on Jude Doble’s blog, Red Leather Booth, which aims to feature creative talents in the Waterloo region. Popy Dimoulas-Graham has…
Pumping Up with PumpUp, A Mobile Personal Trainer
The founders of PumpUp in the VeloCity Garage believe that combining technology and wellness can improve lives. As health and wellness becomes a greater concern…
Dorm Rooms and a Garage are Launching Some of the Best in Startups
This blog was originally featured on Techvibes. It gives the lowdown on the history of VeloCity and two of our programs, the VeloCity Residence and the…
Waterloo student startups impact the economy
The Waterloo students and young alumni who are currently running startups in the VeloCity Residence and VeloCity Garage have raised nearly $2.2 million in venture…
The KW Android Devs Meetup in the VeloCity Garage
Need to get your app onto Android? VeloCity startup MappedIn did and they presented at the KW Android Developers meetup on July 18th explaining why…
Congrats to Jingu, acquired by Rebellion Media!
It’s been a startup road of hard work but, the VeloCity Garage is thrilled to announce the acquisition of Jingu, a Garage based team, to…
Inside the VeloCity Garage Open House
Since we knew that everyone wouldn’t be able to make it out to our open house, we decided to record what went down. Kim Ho,…
BufferBox, welcome to the team.
Congratulations go out to BufferBox for winning our VeloCity Venture Fund this term! Our panel of judges were extremely impressed with their pitch – Mike…
Reebee, welcome to the team.
Huge congrats to Reebee for winning our VeloCity Venture Fund this term! Tobiasz Dankiewicz and Michal Martyniak gave a fantastic pitch that convinced our panel…