VeloCity Start Up PumpUp Changes the Way You Exercise
Thinking about getting a personal trainer? You might want to reconsider. The guy’s at PumpUp have built one that fits into your iPhone. The only…
VeloCity Garage Welcomes TrendRadius and CircIt!
Today the VeloCity Garage welcomes two new startups – TrendRadius and CircIt! Increasing our total number of startup’s to 28! TrendRadius is on a mission…
SoundBrush Gets Attention From Y Combinator’s Paul Graham
Early on Tuesday April 30, 2013 LeafNotes new product, SoundBrush 2 received some gratitude from Y Combinator’s Paul Graham. In a tweet Paul shows…
Building on the VeloCity Garage: the phone booths
There’s been a temporary shift in the Garage as startups have been moved to make way for four new “phone booths.” These new meeting rooms…
VeloCity Garage alum Vidyard raises $6M from OMERS Ventures, and others
The Vidyard team spent their time in the VeloCity Garage, and Y Combinator before moving to a little green house just a block away from…
Interview with Stephen Lake of Thalmic Labs – Thalmic hits $1.5M in pre-orders!
Feb. 27, Waterloo, ON – Mike Kirkup, Director at VeloCity interviews Stephen Lake, CEO & Founder of Thalmic Labs Where did the idea for Thalmic…
Togethr Makes it Easy to Send Gifts to Your Friends: Now on Google Play!
We’re thrilled to announce that Togethr launched on Google Play Monday! A gift-giving app, Togethr lets you send physical gifts to loved ones to show them you’re…
PumpUp Launches: The Solution to your New Year’s Resolutions!
Want to get fit in the New Year, but don’t have a great workout plan? We have some fantastic news for you: VeloCity Garage startup, PumpUp,…
Digital media innovations disrupting film distribution models
By Jodi Szimanski, Student Success Office A new documentary, ‘Day Job’, follows five Canadian startups and will be released in 2013. It’s on track to…
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…