Recognizing and celebrating impactful women founders #IWD2018
Started by the Suffragettes in the early 1900’s, the first International Women’s Day took place in 1911. To celebrate the day 107 years later, we…
CataLight’s water treatment solution wins the World’s Challenge Challenge UWaterloo
Last night at the World’s Challenge Challenge, six teams took to the stage to pitch their unique solutions to the world’s problems. With 7 minutes…
Emagin co-founder Mohamad Vedut on the value of customer feedback
Going to market is, for most businesses, the whole reason for all the time and effort spent developing a product, and it can be terrifying. Studies…
Velocity alumnus Indigo Fair raises $12 million in Series A for platform connecting makers and independent retailers
Marcelo Cortes, Max Rhodes, and Daniele Perito founded Indigo Fair as a way to connect independent retailers with makers who create unique and interesting products…
Gamelynx’s Alexander Mistakidis shares his startup journey and vision for competitive mobile gaming
Games are a fundamental part of life, not just as a form of entertainment, but as a way of bonding and building community. As technology…
Take a virtual tour of the Velocity Garage with Babylon VR
Back to the Future gave us visions of hover-boards and flying cars, but 2018 continues to see an explosion of interest in virtual reality. Velocity’s own Babylon VR is…
Vena Medical is ready to change the face of radiology
Between the two co-founders of Vena Medical, there are seven physicians in their immediate families alone. It’s no wonder that as Mechanical Engineering students working on…
The threat of microfibres in our water – and one company’s solution
If you’re environmentally conscious, it’s likely you’ve heard about the environmental harm caused by microbeads. Microbeads are often found in exfoliating face and body scrubs,…
SannTek wants to make a marijuana breathalyzer that quantifies intoxication in real-time
On track to be legalized by next summer, recreational marijuana is a hot news topic in Canada. The announced legislation would make Canada the second…
ShiftRide launches their car-sharing service on the iOS App Store
23 million registered vehicles in Canada are idle 95% of the time, and Velocity startup ShiftRide wants to use this lost opportunity to change the current…
Suncayr launches SPOT UV stickers in Australia
Unlike Canada, you can get a sunburn on Christmas Day in Queensland, Australia. The predicted forecast on December 25 could feel like 34℃ and come…
6 startups that will make you say: ‘Where has this been all my life?!’
Convenience is the mother of productivity, and in the entrepreneurial world that could mean making anything easier, more livable, efficient, or really any adjective that…