Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Waterloo.
CEO of Tulip Retail. Founder of @well-ca. Creator of BrickBreaker. Software Developer. Ecommerce Guy.
Director, Creative Destruction Lab @ Rotman; Founded, @tribehr; big fan of the Waterloo/Toronto community; built VeloCity; like early stage startups + Canada.
http://whoyoucallingajesse.com
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
UWaterloo Software Engineering '14. Previously at Twitter, Crashlytics, Square, and Xtreme labs.
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/
@DMACMullin Modern Gentleman, Investor, Troublemaker, & thrives on continuous innovation.
http://www.darrellmacmullin.com
http://darrellmacmullin.tumblr.com
Co-Founder Kira Talent • Worked at @minted, @nuance-communications • Studied at @university-of-waterloo • Next36 Entrepreneur
vc @inovia - excited about ideas
http://www.inoviacapital.com
uwaterloo (''06 / comp sci-bioinformatics)
ivey ('10 / mba)
rbc, psi, fidelity (engineering gigs)
EVP at Maplesoft
Founder at @kitematic • Worked at @twitter, @google
http://www.mikekirkup.com
Co-founder BufferBox (Acquired by Google 2012, YCombinator S'12), University of Waterloo - Mechatronics Engineer. Start-up adviser, investor.
http://www.ialsolikecake.com/
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.
Worked at @apple, @microsoft • Investor @leanplum, @pinnatta • Studied at @queen-s-university
CEO of @maluuba, UWaterloo Computer Science. Strong leadership, Technology vision and product strategy, Worked at @sybase, PitneyBowes and NexJ
Founder @gonabit, @bidvine • Worked at @livingsocial, @adgear • Investor @dash, @flashprops • Studied at @university-of-toronto, @wilfrid-laurier-university
http://www.danstuart.me
Sales Engineer @pagerduty. EE @uwaterloo alum. Ex- @salesforce, @assistly.
http://blog.matta.me
Previously co-founder at @couple (YC W12). Y Combinator alum. Studied Economics and Psychology at the University of Waterloo.
http://blog.jamiemurai.com
Director, Strategic Investments & Initiatives @ BDC Venture Capital. Intrapreneur. Entrepreneurial VC. Venture catalyst. Startup champion.
Founder/CEO @highline ( @extremestartups + @growlab merged Accelerator ). Seed Investor. Digital Product Entrepreneur. Innovation Platform Architect
Currently studying Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo. Previous internships focused on web application development in Ruby and Python
Senior Portfolio Manager @gchallenges | Course Director @SchulichMBA | IC Member @YSI_CapitalFund | ex RBC, Sarona, CGAP
Founder @ticketlabs (YC S14), graduated @university-of-waterloo
Co-Founder of @piinpoint. University of Waterloo Geomatics and Computer Science. Developer of data visualization and location analytics tools.
Co-Founder & CTO at Organimi.
Mentor at University or Waterloo's VeloCity, Communitech's HyperDrive & Startupify.me
Worked at @well-ca, @research-in-motion
CEO of Second Funnel. Self-taught programmer. UWaterloo MBA '09, UBC Engineering Physics '06
http://blog.fraserharris.com
Hardware Engineer at @facebook • Studied EE @university-of-waterloo
CEO & Co-Founder of PiinPoint (YC S14)
Founder Vouchr, Previously founded @j2play sold to @electronic-arts • Worked at @electronic-arts Director of Social Platforms
Co-Founder of @relay. Former Product Manager on Google+ Mobile and Software Engineer on Mobile Search/Gmail. Waterloo CS grad.
Studied at @university-of-waterloo
Founder @ticketlabs (YCS14) • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
Worked on Mobile Google+ and hangouts.
Founded Freepoint Inc and launched www.pictoreo.com
Working at Square
Web operations lead at Thalmic Labs. Space technology enthusiast, proud Canadian, tech entrepreneur.
Senior Director, Rogers Ventures. Board Member, @scribble-technologies & @gridcentric
Full-stack web dev with a talent for usability.
VP Engineering at ArtBarn Labs
Co-Founder & CMO of Coachd.
Developer Relations @thalmic. Follow to get the latest details of the @thalmicdev program and how to develop with Myo!
VC at @bdc-venture-capital
http://blog.mattroberts.com/
Waterloo CS, lover of networks and security, self-acclaimed linux guru. Determined to develop a functional OS kernel and reverse engineer everything I touch.
CEO of Will Pwn 4 Food. Hyperdrive Accelerator 1st cohort, BCS @university-of-waterloo. Worked at RIM, D2L, SLF. Past SIFE president.
Zora Cofounder, First Executive Director @volta, Cofounder @titanfile, Maritimer.
http://www.milanvrekic.com
Software Developer. @tribehr Engineering Manager. Maker. Hacker. Self-diagnosed wantreprenuer. Community enthusiast. Political wonk.
Geek of all trades.
Founded PixStream (Sold to Cisco), Founded Sandvine (Public), Founded Emforium (Closed), Founded Auvik Networks
Founder Tripzaar • Studied at @university-of-waterloo (VeloCity resident) - Founder MattRae Photo - Employee with Toyota, Ontario Power Generation, Cargill
http://www.matthewrae.com
Co-founder of @pumpup; BBA @wilfrid-laurier-university; Former Marketer at @unilever, @pepsico and @ConAgra Foods.
doing stuff. making stuff. helping others make stuff.
Founder & CEO @blitzen. Masters @university-of-waterloo Engineering. AngelPad 7.
Founder Avidbots • Worked at @kinaxis, @amdocs • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
Waterloo EE Student and Hackaday writer. Worked at Tesla Motors and CrossChasm Technologies. I build hardware, software, and the stuff in between.
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.
Co-Founder, Neverfrost. UWaterloo Nano Engineering Graduate.
Founder at @fora. Ran Canada's largest college newspaper. Worked at United Nations HQ as NGO Consultant. Top 20 Nigerians under 20. UWaterloo '12
Founder / CEO of Plasticity Labs • Building the Happiest High Performing Workforce, Recently Closed $2.1M investment round
Founder Lessons Invoicing • Works at @buffer • Studied at @university-of-guelph
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
Co-Founder Chalk.com • Studied at @university-of-waterloo • @lightspeed-venture-partners and @the-kairos-society Fellow
http://williamzhou.com
Founder @notewagon, @coursemodo • Studied at @university-of-guelph. Strong UX/UI background
Software Engineer at ExcitEm; Worked at @amazon, @if-we-1; UWaterloo Software Engineer Grad (Dean's Honours List)
Startup Services Manager @communitech • Worked at @research-in-motion @infinidy-corp • Engineer • Designer • Developer • Hacker • Studied in Switzerland, Canada
http://www.madusha.com/blog/
Founder @international-gaming-league
Software Engineer @rollbar. Cofounder @goosechase. Bachelor of Computer Science at the @university-of-waterloo
Worked at @bunch-1, @university-of-toronto-1 • Studied at @university-of-waterloo, @university-of-toronto
Co-founder and CEO of MappedIn; worked in RF at RIM. Electrical Eng (Honours) student at uWaterloo.
http://hongwei.ca
SVP Marketing and Alliances at BlackBerry and most recently built the global marketing org of an up and coming edtech company Desire2Learn
Director of product management at RIM for BBM, App World, BES, & the app dev platform. Founder of @myracevideo, servicing top marathons. Software dev background.
Self-unemployed developer looking for adventure in a creative workplace!
http://barbaramacdonald.ca
Technology entrepreneur
CTO and Co-founder @Edvisor.io • @techstars alumnus • Founder @mysnowbuddy • Consultant @avanade • Junior Lead @airg • Slacker at @simon-fraser-university
Founder @ecopia, formerly at @fleetbit, Ivey HBA
Financial services professional
Founder @BuildCircle Inc.
Founder, Qwalify.com
Serial entrepreneur including a successful acquisition /w @productwiki. Currently working @google as a @product_manager. Focused on @consumer-internet and @mobile-2.
CTO at @Mercatusinsight, @rypple, @redknee. Advisor at @kiinzel, @realsociable, @devbbq, @printchomp, @parkbench, Studied at @university-of-toronto, @mcgill-university
Founder @videostream, won Global Startup Battle • HYPERDRIVE alum • @research-in-motion Hardware • @McMaster B. Mechatronics Eng, min. Business
http://thatmatt.ca
Pensive, entrepreneurial biped with a strong technical background, and a focus on web based tech.
VP Product at @idoc24, a tele-dermatology platform developed in @stockholm and launching in North America
Software Engineer at @careguide
3x Entrepreneur. Obsessed with mobile products. Founded @dateonfire, @pokerspace-com • @semacode-com Studied at @university-of-waterloo
Founder @kitematic • Worked at @cisco, @amd • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
Program Manager @communitech-hyperdrive @communitech. Founder @shield-diagnostics , @unbound-books. Engineer from @UofWaterloo.
Former Sales Engineering Director at Dell, Engineer with technology consulting, business development, sales experience, Kellogg-Schulich Exec MBA 2014
Founded @kitematic
Co-founder @ Roadmunk. Co-founder @ Pokerspace and Product Manager @ Miovision. All things startup and product.
http://www.jellymind.com
http://blog.garethmacleod.com
Founder/CEO at Monolith Interactive, makers of precision mobile apps.
Founder LeadGecko Inc. • Studied at @queen-s-university
BASc Nano student at @university-of-waterloo and former team member @neverfrost and Nicoya Lifesciences.
http://zacinzambia.wordpress.org
Passionate growth strategist and user experience designer. @next36 entrepreneur. Always curious, always learning, always creative.
Worked at @parkbench
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
Founder at Palette • Worked at @apple, @spartan-bioscience, @toyota • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
http://www.calvinchu.com
@SweetTooth co-founder, eCommerce advocate, #Magento engineer, @CodingForACure, Travel lover, and Entrepreneur
http://blog.jayelkaake.com
Co-Founder @palette • Worked @if-we-1 @telus @td-securities • Studied Mechatronics Engineering @university-of-waterloo
Entrepreneur. Designer + Engineer, University of Waterloo
http://www.namank.com/resume
Founder of Happenate. Full-stack developer. UWaterloo alum.
Co Founder, CEO @steamblocks • Studied at @university-of-westminster-uk
http://blog.soundofcode.com
All about UX and product design. Partner at @ArtBarnLabs. VP Experience Design at Demeure. Founder of UX Waterloo and Fluxible. Thinking about sushi.
http://becubed.me
Founder LeafNotes • BCS @university-of-waterloo
Founder at @cubic-work;
Studied at @university-of-waterloo-2 .
Co-Founder and CEO at Homefed • Studied at @university-of-waterloo, @simon-fraser-university
http://www.stevenwang.me
Co Founder @steamblocks. Computer Science graduate interested in Design and Operations.
BIG THINGS have small beginnings.
Interested in entrepreneurship, technology, disruptive innovation, travelling, geopolitics and tennis. Working on becoming a better skier...
Founder @woof • Worked at @niteroll • Studied at @mcmaster-university
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.
Founder Sparkgig • Worked at @pivotal-labs, @xtreme-labs • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
Senior Scientist @nicoya-lifesciences starting in October. PhD in Nanotech @imperialcollege in London. M.Eng and B.Eng in Chem Eng @McGillU
Principle Security Architect at WillPwn4Food and Product Security Manager at McAfee (an Intel Company). Leader of the Kitchener/Waterloo OWASP chapter.
Co-Founder @trendradius
Part-Time Graduate Student @ University of Waterloo
Worked at @printchomp • Studied at @sheridan-college, @centennial-college
http://blog.printchomp.com
Computer Engineer turned Sales & Marketing Evangelist
CEO of Lumos. I dig game development and filmmaking.
Founder of @taab, simplifying mobile payments. Waterloo ElecEng & CompEng graduate. Master's student at Toronto. Second software startup after UW.
http://www.xitjipatel.com/
Worked at @communitech-waterloo • Studied at @university-of-waterloo, @wilfrid-laurier-university
Passionate & Creative Student @uwaterloo, CEO & Editor-In-Chief at Passion8 Magazine @passion8tweets & Co-op student at WestonExpressions @westonex.
http://blog.victoriastacey.net
Co-Founder • Coder • BCS 2013 @ @university-of-waterloo
Founder @future-hunt , @hackworthy, @longevity-hub • Worked at @blackberry-2
Co-founder / CPO @homefed. Strong design and tech background, studied Industrial Design at OCADU
http://www.blog.eathomefed.com
Founder Gratious • Worked at @amazon, @artbarn • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
http://www.gauravmali.com/thoughts/
Founder @sentry-scientific-inc • Worked at @facebook, @palette • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
Studied at @wilfrid-laurier-university, built amazing Tire Pressure Monitoring System, Consulted, Founded @dateonfire
Founder and CEO @styleid - Always optimistic and up for a challenge.
http://jumanagement.com/blogs/
UX designer-for-hire at @unnormal · Founder at @ethical-coffee-chain · Seeking: good people to work with, design problems worth tackling.
http://b.aking.ca
CompEng @university-of-waterloo • Interned @vectorface @vitalhub @bnotions @ibm • Tech, books, music
http://irvanjit.wordpress.com
Founder Koronis Inc. • Studied at @university-of-waterloo, @university-of-manitoba
Founder of @jetpronto; Partner, Chat for LinkedIn; Created @wurdzee; Graphic Design; Software Development; Marketing; Fortune 500 experienced; PhD in Awesome
https://miahlightbody.com/blog
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
Founder TagTalk • Studied at @university-of-waterloo and three other different universities
http://www.tagtalk.ca
Math/CA Grad from @university-of-waterloo | Currently working on @north-pine-ventures | Interested in #startups #tech #entrepreneurship #sports
http://www.medium.com/@shubham
Founder Gratious • Worked at @zynga, @amazon • Studied at Software Engineering @university-of-waterloo
Co-Founder of @cryptiv @market-clouds-1. Financial market junkie. Biz dev. Stock and options broker. Trader.
@sceneverse Co-founder & Director. Studied philosophy & design. Strategic product management since '98. Author. Adizes approach to leadership and org design.
David is a passionate Founder of the @changeit Program.
Founder HearthStats • Worked at @procter-gamble-2, @gopexo • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
http://extra.io
Founder of Sesame. Mechatronics engineering grad from uWaterloo; The Next 36 Alumni; Kairo Society Canada Fellow.
Founder Voisin Capital Inc., JD, MBA at @university-of-western-ontario, BA @wilfrid-laurier-university
Founder and CEO @nicoya-lifesciences. Studied Nanotechnology and Mechanical Engineering @university-of-waterloo.
Waterloo CS; Laurier BBA; passionate; looking to start something awesome
Founder @stockpad • Full-stack Software Engineer, Skydiver from Canada • Worked at @scotia-capital, @td-securities • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
CycleKey Founder. Studied at @university-of-waterloo where I was also the "hard TA". Former engineering consultant and electronics designer.
Multimedia graduate, managed the website and built a cross-platform mobile app at Ontario Sheep.
Now doing contract website design and building apps.
https://PhilipK.ca
Studied at @university-of-waterloo, @university-of-western-ontario
Mobile UI/UX junkie, sloppy perfectionist, and a KWBBDev group organizer. Dedicated to @Arroware and @TeamCandid, on a mission to change the world!
University of Waterloo Honors Computer Science Co-op student. Graduating in 2019. Fast learner, competent and team worker.
Co-Founder and President of GoalRecorder
http://goalrecorder.com/blog
Passionate about retail, technology and operations. Experienced with full-agency account management, inside sales, copywriting and analytics.
Executive brings over 20 years of experience at both start-up and industry leading technology companies.
Honors Computer Science / BBA student at University of Waterloo; UI/UX designer, Web designer; Strong communication and problem solving skills
Former Co-founder at IMHO STOCKS. Canadian Student Entrepreneur award nominee 2012.
Work @maplesoft , Worked @IKCO, Studied @concordia-university-1 , Studies Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Passionate about model based product design
Waterloo Engineer. Formerly with Microsoft as a PM/Designer. Experience with Front-End Development.
Studying at University of Waterloo, Worked at Campbell Company of Canada and Jonar System Inc
Studied at @university-of-waterloo, @wilfrid-laurier-university
Founder, Better Capital • 8+ years of Corporate Finance and Investment Banking experience • Worked at TD Securities, Scotia Capital • Ivey Business School MBA.
Director of Operations at StartMeUp Ryeson
http://startmeupryerson.com
Front end developer and designer. Engineering student at @university-of-waterloo
https://medium.com/@lesianalepa
uWaterloo Accounting and Finance, 95th Percentile BAT, strong leadership, teamwork and communciation skills
Worked at @infosys-technologies • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
Waterloo New Grad in 2014; Web developer since freshman year highschool; Worked at SAP
tech enthusiast/
runner/
future _______
Engineering and Knowledge Integrator at Waterloo. Worked at SAP, Desire2Learn, MyPlanet Digitial. Part time student and full time dreamer.
http://sharathsundar.com/
University of Waterloo CS, excellent communication and interpersonal skills, attention to details, and passion on learning
Computer Science student at the University of Waterloo
Computer Engineering student at University Of Waterloo. Mobile Engineering and Embedded systems enthusiast. Love hack-a-thons and open source projects.
Active contributor to ReviewBoard. Worked at @fora, @bookneto. Studying CS at University of Waterloo. IOI 2011 bronze medalist.
CTO & Founder at @blitzen • Worked at @google • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
Operationally focused COO/CFO who understands how to use technology to drive cost out of business operations.
Waterloo Computer Engineering, Entrepreneur & Full-Stack Software Developer
Business Lead at OcuFlow(ocuflowmodels.com) where we are making next generation eye models. Also a student at the University of Waterloo
Waterloo Systems Design Engineering. Designer and engineer. ex-Courserian.
Waterloo Master's Student working in Machine Learning
Founder @funraisers-ca • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
Studies Nanotechnology Engineering and Knowledge Integration @university-of-waterloo . Works at @Nicoya Lifsciences. Athlete, traveller, problem-solver.
Uwaterloo Engineer, mobile and consumer hardware experience, worked at leading mobile app companies and YC startups.
Founder @musicology-ca • Worked at @apple, @hewlett-packard • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
http://fernandovaldes.ca/blog/
Diagnosed with OCD (Obsessive Coding Disorder), student at University of Waterloo.
Jack of all trades, Master of none
Waterloo CS new grad; Worked at Facebook, Oracle
Ideas, products and everything in between. uWaterloo Systems Design Engineering. Front-End and Mobile Dev, Product Management, and Strategy.
Worked at @facebook, @lookout, @qualcomm, @pivotal-labs • Honours Computer Science @university-of-waterloo
Waterloo Geomatics, experience with Java, Python, MySQL, and ArcGIS
Worked at @fora
Worked at @experiment • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
Student at @university-of-waterloo
3D Designer, FIRST Robotics world champion, Electronics Enthusiast, Nanotechnology Engineering Student
Waterloo Computer Engineering, Front-End Developer
Worked at @turnstyle-solutions • @university-of-waterloo ECE
Founded SpinMe Alarm Clock. CS Student at University of Waterloo
Global | Missional | Digital | Strategist
Passionate about greate code, which leads to great software.
Embedded software developer • Worked at @blackberry-2 • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
Worked on both software engineering and QA teams. Passion for development; currently developing Android app as self-study and working as Ruby on Rails Developer
Entrepreneur
Founder TeamAtLast, jimport
Software engineer. CTO of Artdst.
Worked at @webotics • Studied at @wilfrid-laurier-university
Project Lead at Pravala Networks. Started a startup in University focused on mobile and web technology. Full stack JavaScript developer.
http://twitter.com/bzmwillemsen
Consultant at FreshInsights Consulting. Business generalist with focus on strategy and marketing. Worked at BlackBerry and Sun Life Financial. Goodman BBA '13.
Founder @mylocal • Worked Product at @blackberry-2 • Studied at @wilfrid-laurier-university
Director at @north-innovation-fund, Director at @northbridge-consultants
Serial entrepreneur and co-founder at @outsourcefactor. Also a developer with Python / Django / Linux.
http://blog.outsourcefactor.com
Founder @politica-esporte-clube • Studied at @newton-paiva
http://www.ricardomota.com
Hardware Engineering Intern @apple, Mechatronics Engineering student @university-of-waterloo, LCD/OLED Displays @blackberry-2, ZigBee/Z-Wave @mmb-networks
MEng CE graduate from UBC; Worked at BlackBerry, Motorola and Canadian tech startups.
Financial product R&D. Sales and Marketing in highly regulated businesses. Former CCO. Quant. finance + MBA.
Canadian. CEO/Founder The Mentor+Project and http://mentorplus.me/ • Products, Marketing + Social Media Guy
http://thementorplusproject.blogspot.ca/
8 years of involvement in IT. Co-founded 3 startups. Business & coding. UWaterloo MBET, Bocconi BBA.
University of Ottawa. Creative problem solver. Recently assembled first team for startup idea. Received Scotiabank's Best of the Best designation.
Wilfrid Laurier BBA, co-op student, launched 1 start-up, worked at PwC, tech savvy, learning to code in Objective C.
Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer @nowinstore
Computing & BBA Double Degree | Developed numerous WebApps | UI&Graphic Design | Full-Stack
http://www.romansanine.com/blog
Passionate about startups. Physics & Finance student at Western University. Founder of Spotlander.
Founder @boreal-solar-inc
Marketing Master. Design Freak. Webmaster Extraordinaire.
Product marketer with a focus on business development & digital marketing. Passionate about innovation and helping businesses grow.
Inventor, Electrical engineering, Worked at BlackBerry
Software Developer at @tawlk LLC. Real-time social search and analysis. Focus on machine learning, NLTK, data mining and sentiment analysis.
University of Toronto Grad, Proven Team Leader, accomplished / drivien developer
Integrity Tactical Services Manager at PTC
Spry is a private incubator founded in 2009 at the Windsor, Ontario and Detroit, Michigan border.
Co-founder @121writing on a mission to demystify writing. Incubated by @imaginek12. Prev Kira Talent @ Next36, uWaterloo for CS and Knowledge Integration.
Environment and Business student at Waterloo; International Business focus with experience in Consulting, Finance and Telecommunications
Writer | Creative | Passion for Innovation | Aspiring Marketer Seeking New Opportunities