Startups

The VeloCity Garage houses University of Waterloo students and alumni who need free space and mentoring to kickstart their companies.

Check out the startups that are working away in the garage right now:

Founders: Hongwei Liu, Mitchell Butler, Leander Lee
MappedIn brings interactive technology to brick and mortar locations making indoor navigation fun and simple. Best of all, MappedIn is available as an iPhone app, meaning you can even find your way on the go!
mappedin.com
@MappedIn

Founders: Ross Robinson, Gareth MacLeod
Matinee helps indie filmmakers distribute, sell and market their movies online.
matinee.io
@MatineeFilms

Founders: Lisa Zhang, Jeeyoung Kim
Polychart is a browser-based platform for exploring data and creating charts. It is built on top of Polychart.js, a flexible javascript charting library.
polychart.com
@Polychart

Founders: Emilie Cushman, Konrad Listwan-Ciesielski
Kira Talent allows employers to interview hundreds of job applicants in minutes. Managers record video questions, applicants respond back with timed video answers and managers can rate, share and compare applicants with their teams.
kiratalent.com
facebook.com/kiratalent
@KiraTalent

Founder: Fraser Harris
Willet believe’s that all social browsers have hidden intentions to make purchases. Willet uses the web and users online behaviours to help retailers discover these intentions turn social browsers into shoppers.
willetinc.com
@WilletInc

Founder: Douglas Lusted
WestonExpressions is digital advertisement company going beyond the limits of out of home advertising and digital signage. Using cutting edge technology, WestonExpressions brings together digital signage, media management and NFC technology into a simple plug and play device.
@westonex
www.westonexpressions.com

Founders: Aditya Sharma, Jairaj Sethi, Renjie Butalid, Kevin Simpson, Marwan Mattar, Joan Ang
Togethr is the world’s best gift giving experience in a mobile app.
togethr.ca
@togethrapp

Founder: Popy Dimoulas-Graham
Charity Republic offers volunteers a forum to share and rate their volunteer experiences with a charity. The only site like it in Canada, it focuses on the volunteer’s perspective. 5 star ratings are based on responses to a volunteer survey and this valuable data is offered to charities via specialized reports.
charityrepublic.com
@charityrepublic
facebook.com/charityrepublic

Founders: E. Aboyeji, Pierre Arys
Bookneto is a social question, answer and discussion tool built on top of Waterloo’s online learning platform (LEARN), allowing students richer and more in-depth discussions with their colleagues.
bookneto.com
@Bookneto

Founders: Asif Khan, Duncan McDowell, Jesse Guild, Josh Wright, Lucas Harron
Marmot Lab helps people organize, review, and evaluate submissions of digital content.
marmotlabs.com

Founders: Tobiasz Dankiewicz, Michal Martyniak
Provides free, easy and up-to-date access to your local retailers’ flyers, all in one place, directly on your mobile phone, tablet and computer. Reebee includes features that are not a part of traditional printed media; anyone can clip flyers and add their favourite products to an easily accessible organized shopping list.
reebee.com
@ReebeeInc

Founders: Matthew Miner, Brad Keys
Lumos is a game analytics service providing developers with insight into performance and an overview of player engagement.
uselumos.com
@uselumos

Founders: Stavros Rougas, Ebrahim Ashrafizadeh
Mediaspot.me connects journalists with subject matter experts. They have developed a partnership with the Canadian Digital Media Network (CDMN) so that all members and people affiliated with CDMN will create profiles on mediaspot.me, which may lead to an initial focus on the tech sector. Mediaspot.me is currently updating and redesigning their name, website, and marketing messaging.
mediaspot.me
@mediaspotme

Founders: William Zhou and David Kim
Planboard Team: Suraj Srinivas, Tony Cui, Ryan McKay-Fleming
Vetica Interactive Inc. is introducing Planboard, a tool made to simplify teachers’ lesson planning. Features include being able to share your calendar with others, the ability to print your schedule, not having to install software, and being able to re-use your lesson plans for next year. It’s simple to get organized with Planboard.
planboardapp.com, vetica.com
@Planboard

Founders: Abhi J & Emmanuel DeVries

Backtreefit is looking to build the next generation stress monitoring and management tools aimed at high-powered professionals. By reading their body vitals Blacktree offers recommendations to enable our users to be at their peak throughout their day.
@blacktreefit

Founders: Julia Coburn, Yagnik Khanna, Ellen Palmer

WorldVUZE is a tool for teachers to help their students learn what other students around the world are thinking about any topic, place, or event, any time. Acting as a ‘living database’ of student questions and perspectives, teachers can use WorldVUZE to bring first hand relevance to any K-12 curriculum subject.
www.worldvuze.com
@WorldVUZE

Founders: Fahad Siddiqui
The Display Rack is a directory of independent local retailers organized by their best products. We are launching in Summer 2013.
www.thedisplayrack.com
@display_rack

Founders: JS Rancourt, Matthew Hanselman, George Guerette, Prof. John McPhee, Chris Goodine, Tristan Lehari
Hockey Robotics is an independent testing and R&D firm using innovative technologies and advanced analytics to improve the game of hockey.
www.hockeyrobotics.com
@HockeyRobotics

Founders: Kyle Collier
We offer new innovative web based solutions for nightclub booth management. Our proprietary tools allow promoters, promotion companies and club owners ways to optimize booth revenue, streamline table booking, increase event attendance, while enhancing the overall experience for guests and management alike.
www.nightclubbooth.com
@NightclubBooth

Founders: Alroy Almeida, James Pickard, Jesus A Zozaya
CircIt is developing a printer that enables low-cost circuit boards to be prototyped within minutes, eliminating the frustrations with the traditional circuit board fabrication process.- just press print!
www.getcircit.com
@circitprinter

Founders: Phil Jacobson, Garrett Gottlieb

PumpUp is the workout coach built to fit your life. PumpUp make’s it easy to create a personalized routine for home, the gym, or on-the-go. Users are coached your through your workout and keep you motivated to stay on track! As you work out, the system learns about you and intelligently adapts your routine so you see results.
www.PumpUp.co
Facebook | @PumpUp

Founder:  Logan Fuller
www.oikoi.co
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Founders:  Matin Esfahani, Hooman Safaee, Shafi Siddiqi, Mihail Vlascov

Lumotune produces nontraditional displays that are vibrant even in the brightest environments. Their displays can be scaled to be as small as a SIM card or as large as a side of the Empire State building. Employing a new class of nanomaterials delivers unparalleled performance which no commercial display has ever achieved. While most displays are produced in a small size-scale (monitors, TVs) and consume hundreds of watts, Lumotune is able to cover buildings with its displays without compensating for vibrancy at only milliwatts of power. The result – displays that can be placed on any surface and can be observed in any light setting.

www.lumotune.com
LinkedIn | @lumotune