Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Waterloo.
Founder / CEO of Plasticity Labs • Building the Happiest High Performing Workforce, Recently Closed $2.1M investment round
2-time founder, YC alum, Founder @ @streak.com
http://omarismail.com
CTO at Demeure. Founder of 3 venture backed startups & helped a few along the way: @postrank (GOOG). Vision, leadership, product design & strategy.
Hardware Engineer at @facebook • Studied EE @university-of-waterloo
Co-founder BufferBox (Acquired by Google 2012, YCombinator S'12), University of Waterloo - Mechatronics Engineer. Start-up adviser, investor.
http://www.ialsolikecake.com/
CEO of @maluuba, UWaterloo Computer Science. Strong leadership, Technology vision and product strategy, Worked at @sybase, PitneyBowes and NexJ
CEO of Second Funnel. Self-taught programmer. UWaterloo MBA '09, UBC Engineering Physics '06
http://blog.fraserharris.com
EiR at @OMERSVentures. Focused on custdev & productdev. Cofounder of @influitive. Worked at @microsoft, @reactivity, @trilogy. @carnegie-mellon-university MS in HCI + UWaterloo BSc.
http://davidcrow.ca/
Previously co-founder at @couple (YC W12). Y Combinator alum. Studied Economics and Psychology at the University of Waterloo.
http://blog.jamiemurai.com
Co-Founder & CMO of Coachd.
Developer Relations @thalmic. Follow to get the latest details of the @thalmicdev program and how to develop with Myo!
Founder/CEO @highline ( @extremestartups + @growlab merged Accelerator ). Seed Investor. Digital Product Entrepreneur. Innovation Platform Architect
Director, Creative Destruction Lab @ Rotman; Founded, @tribehr; big fan of the Waterloo/Toronto community; built VeloCity; like early stage startups + Canada.
http://whoyoucallingajesse.com
Web operations lead at Thalmic Labs. Space technology enthusiast, proud Canadian, tech entrepreneur.
CEO of @tribehr (Sold to NetSuite 2013), CEO of @lewis-media (Sold 2009), CEO @onmyblock-ca, and Co-Founder @simple-machines-forum. UWaterloo Computer Engineer.
http://www.josephfung.ca
VP Engineering at ArtBarn Labs
Founder @notewagon, @coursemodo • Studied at @university-of-guelph. Strong UX/UI background
CEO of Tulip Retail. Founder of @well-ca. Creator of BrickBreaker. Software Developer. Ecommerce Guy.
Co-Founder Kira Talent • Worked at @minted, @nuance-communications • Studied at @university-of-waterloo • Next36 Entrepreneur
Co-Founder Chalk.com • Studied at @university-of-waterloo • @lightspeed-venture-partners and @the-kairos-society Fellow
http://williamzhou.com
Founder Tripzaar • Studied at @university-of-waterloo (VeloCity resident) - Founder MattRae Photo - Employee with Toyota, Ontario Power Generation, Cargill
http://www.matthewrae.com
Pensive, entrepreneurial biped with a strong technical background, and a focus on web based tech.
Co-founder of @monstro. 1st company at 11. Previously at @sandvine(TSX:SVC) and @postrank(@google). Strong product and ops. CTIA Top 5 innovative company.
Founder at @fora. Ran Canada's largest college newspaper. Worked at United Nations HQ as NGO Consultant. Top 20 Nigerians under 20. UWaterloo '12
doing stuff. making stuff. helping others make stuff.
Director of product management at RIM for BBM, App World, BES, & the app dev platform. Founder of @myracevideo, servicing top marathons. Software dev background.
Founder @BuildCircle Inc.
Co-Founder, Neverfrost. UWaterloo Nano Engineering Graduate.
Serial entrepreneur including a successful acquisition /w @productwiki. Currently working @google as a @product_manager. Focused on @consumer-internet and @mobile-2.
Founder @videostream, won Global Startup Battle • HYPERDRIVE alum • @research-in-motion Hardware • @McMaster B. Mechatronics Eng, min. Business
http://thatmatt.ca
Co-founder of @pumpup; BBA @wilfrid-laurier-university; Former Marketer at @unilever, @pepsico and @ConAgra Foods.
Startup Services Manager @communitech • Worked at @research-in-motion @infinidy-corp • Engineer • Designer • Developer • Hacker • Studied in Switzerland, Canada
http://www.madusha.com/blog/
Software Engineer at @careguide
Zora Cofounder, First Executive Director @volta, Cofounder @titanfile, Maritimer.
http://www.milanvrekic.com
CEO of Will Pwn 4 Food. Hyperdrive Accelerator 1st cohort, BCS @university-of-waterloo. Worked at RIM, D2L, SLF. Past SIFE president.
3x Entrepreneur. Obsessed with mobile products. Founded @dateonfire, @pokerspace-com • @semacode-com Studied at @university-of-waterloo
Web developer and product guy. Created Recipeasly. Formerly of @kik-interactive and @unata .
Founder of Tripzaar. Brought previous startup @goosechase to 6 figure revenue. ex-@Apple and @polar-mobile, @university-of-waterloo Alumni.
http://andrewcross.ca
Founder/CEO at Monolith Interactive, makers of precision mobile apps.
Co Founder, CEO @steamblocks • Studied at @university-of-westminster-uk
http://blog.soundofcode.com
CTO and Co-founder @Edvisor.io • @techstars alumnus • Founder @mysnowbuddy • Consultant @avanade • Junior Lead @airg • Slacker at @simon-fraser-university
http://blog.garethmacleod.com
Worked at @parkbench
Founder LeafNotes • BCS @university-of-waterloo
Founded @kitematic
Founder @ecopia, formerly at @fleetbit, Ivey HBA
Founder, Qwalify.com
@SweetTooth co-founder, eCommerce advocate, #Magento engineer, @CodingForACure, Travel lover, and Entrepreneur
http://blog.jayelkaake.com
Technology entrepreneur
Co-founder and CEO of MappedIn; worked in RF at RIM. Electrical Eng (Honours) student at uWaterloo.
http://hongwei.ca
Product Management leader at @research-in-motion; redefined mobile email, brought @livemocha to 10M users • MASc in Systems Design at @university-of-waterloo
http://socialgraphpaper.blogspot.com
Executive MBA and an international business career spanning 25 years, 20+ years at the CxO level across start-up and growth companies in several industries.
Program Manager @communitech-hyperdrive @communitech. Founder @shield-diagnostics , @unbound-books. Engineer from @UofWaterloo.
Co-founder @ Roadmunk. Co-founder @ Pokerspace and Product Manager @ Miovision. All things startup and product.
http://www.jellymind.com
CEO of Lumos. I dig game development and filmmaking.
Entrepreneur. Designer + Engineer, University of Waterloo
http://www.namank.com/resume
Founder Gratious • Worked at @amazon, @artbarn • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
http://www.gauravmali.com/thoughts/
PhD candidate at University of @oxford-university in Mechanical Engineering as Rhodes Scholar. Teacher and strong generalist engineer who can code.
http://www.kezboard.ca/blog
Worked at @communitech-waterloo • Studied at @university-of-waterloo, @wilfrid-laurier-university
Studied at @university-of-waterloo, @wilfrid-laurier-university
Founder HearthStats • Worked at @procter-gamble-2, @gopexo • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
http://extra.io
Senior Scientist @nicoya-lifesciences starting in October. PhD in Nanotech @imperialcollege in London. M.Eng and B.Eng in Chem Eng @McGillU
Co-Founder of @cryptiv @market-clouds-1. Financial market junkie. Biz dev. Stock and options broker. Trader.
Founder @woof • Worked at @niteroll • Studied at @mcmaster-university
Founder of @jetpronto; Partner, Chat for LinkedIn; Created @wurdzee; Graphic Design; Software Development; Marketing; Fortune 500 experienced; PhD in Awesome
https://miahlightbody.com/blog
@sceneverse Co-founder & Director. Studied philosophy & design. Strategic product management since '98. Author. Adizes approach to leadership and org design.
Studied at @wilfrid-laurier-university, built amazing Tire Pressure Monitoring System, Consulted, Founded @dateonfire
Founder at @cubic-work;
Studied at @university-of-waterloo-2 .
Co Founder @steamblocks. Computer Science graduate interested in Design and Operations.
Co-Founder and CEO at Homefed • Studied at @university-of-waterloo, @simon-fraser-university
http://www.stevenwang.me
Co-founder / CPO @homefed. Strong design and tech background, studied Industrial Design at OCADU
http://www.blog.eathomefed.com
Founder Gratious • Worked at @zynga, @amazon • Studied at Software Engineering @university-of-waterloo
Founder and CEO @styleid - Always optimistic and up for a challenge.
http://jumanagement.com/blogs/
Founder and CEO @nicoya-lifesciences. Studied Nanotechnology and Mechanical Engineering @university-of-waterloo.
Founder of @taab, simplifying mobile payments. Waterloo ElecEng & CompEng graduate. Master's student at Toronto. Second software startup after UW.
http://www.xitjipatel.com/
Founder @musicology-ca • Worked at @apple, @hewlett-packard • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
http://fernandovaldes.ca/blog/
CycleKey Founder. Studied at @university-of-waterloo where I was also the "hard TA". Former engineering consultant and electronics designer.
3D Designer, FIRST Robotics world champion, Electronics Enthusiast, Nanotechnology Engineering Student
Jack of all trades, Master of none
Marketing Master. Design Freak. Webmaster Extraordinaire.
Serial entrepreneur and co-founder at @outsourcefactor. Also a developer with Python / Django / Linux.
http://blog.outsourcefactor.com
Founder @stockpad • Full-stack Software Engineer, Skydiver from Canada • Worked at @scotia-capital, @td-securities • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
Worked at @webotics • Studied at @wilfrid-laurier-university
Worked at @infosys-technologies • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer @nowinstore
Software Developer at @tawlk LLC. Real-time social search and analysis. Focus on machine learning, NLTK, data mining and sentiment analysis.
Founder, Better Capital • 8+ years of Corporate Finance and Investment Banking experience • Worked at TD Securities, Scotia Capital • Ivey Business School MBA.
Co-Founder and President of GoalRecorder
http://goalrecorder.com/blog
Founder @mylocal • Worked Product at @blackberry-2 • Studied at @wilfrid-laurier-university
Founder @funraisers-ca • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
Canadian. CEO/Founder The Mentor+Project and http://mentorplus.me/ • Products, Marketing + Social Media Guy
http://thementorplusproject.blogspot.ca/