Making entrepreneurship happen: Velocity Programs co-op
Each term, Velocity rounds out its team with three co-op students who play an important role in supporting events, marketing, and science functions. This blog…
Getting social: Velocity Marketing co-op
Each term, Velocity rounds out its team with three co-op students who play an important role in supporting marketing, science, and events functions. This blog…
Acerta takes on big data in the automotive industry
The advance of computers has created a world awash in data. Buried among that data, are insights that have value, but only if you’re able…
Grobo grows up, launches from the Velocity Garage
The Grobo team has grown quickly over the last few years at the Velocity Garage, and along the way they have won $25,000 from the…
Celebrating Women’s Entrepreneurship Day with Borealis Wind Founder, Daniela Roeper
Today the United Nations celebrated Women’s Entrepreneurship Day, to recognize, empower, and support women in business. Velocity is home to many successful women-led startups, and…
Georgette Packaging provides sweet branding solutions for small businesses
From Northern Ireland, to Kitchener, to California, and back again, Georgette Packaging works at the intersection of food business and packaging manufacturers, and it has $2 million in sales…
MAJiK Systems puts the magic back into manufacturing through real-time analytics
MAJiK Systems began as a team of four management engineers from the University of Waterloo who found a set of similar, frustrating problems while on…
Velocity Garage celebrates Grand Opening, now the largest free startup incubator in the world
Today, Velocity celebrated the Grand Opening of the Velocity Garage, after completing extensive renovations in the Tannery building in downtown Kitchener. At 37,000 square feet, the facility…
Greenlight Essentials is taking Hollywood by storm
How do you solve Hollywood’s biggest contemporary problem: finding an audience? More than ever, production studios are struggling to make money with their films but…
Three Velocity companies advance to the international round of the James Dyson Award competition
On September 8, the James Dyson Foundation announced that Medella Health is the Canadian winner of the prestigious James Dyson Award. The prestigious award celebrates, encourages, and inspires young design engineers,…
Fitness app Oneset introduces Smart Trainers to help you get the best workout routine
With a passion for fitness among their entire 8 person team, Velocity Garage company Oneset has come leaps and bounds since their inception a year…
Grobo launches pre-orders to bring high quality food and medicine to home growers
All foodies and fresh obsessed home growers rejoice! The fully automated, and app-controlled growing system, Grobo, is now available for pre-orders! The Grobo is a sleek…