Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Waterloo.
http://www.mikekirkup.com
Director, Creative Destruction Lab @ Rotman; Founded, @tribehr; big fan of the Waterloo/Toronto community; built VeloCity; like early stage startups + Canada.
http://whoyoucallingajesse.com
CTO at Demeure. Founder of 3 venture backed startups & helped a few along the way: @postrank (GOOG). Vision, leadership, product design & strategy.
Co-founder BufferBox (Acquired by Google 2012, YCombinator S'12), University of Waterloo - Mechatronics Engineer. Start-up adviser, investor.
http://www.ialsolikecake.com/
Founder at @kitematic • Worked at @twitter, @google
EVP at Maplesoft
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/
Founder/CEO @highline ( @extremestartups + @growlab merged Accelerator ). Seed Investor. Digital Product Entrepreneur. Innovation Platform Architect
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
Previously co-founder at @couple (YC W12). Y Combinator alum. Studied Economics and Psychology at the University of Waterloo.
http://blog.jamiemurai.com
CEO of @maluuba, UWaterloo Computer Science. Strong leadership, Technology vision and product strategy, Worked at @sybase, PitneyBowes and NexJ
vc @inovia - excited about ideas
http://www.inoviacapital.com
uwaterloo (''06 / comp sci-bioinformatics)
ivey ('10 / mba)
rbc, psi, fidelity (engineering gigs)
Worked at @apple, @microsoft • Investor @leanplum, @pinnatta • Studied at @queen-s-university
@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
CEO of Tulip Retail. Founder of @well-ca. Creator of BrickBreaker. Software Developer. Ecommerce Guy.
2-time founder, YC alum, Founder @ @streak.com
http://omarismail.com
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
UWaterloo Software Engineering '14. Previously at Twitter, Crashlytics, Square, and Xtreme labs.
Director, Strategic Investments & Initiatives @ BDC Venture Capital. Intrapreneur. Entrepreneurial VC. Venture catalyst. Startup champion.
Studied at @university-of-waterloo
Developer Relations @thalmic. Follow to get the latest details of the @thalmicdev program and how to develop with Myo!
Co-Founder of @piinpoint. University of Waterloo Geomatics and Computer Science. Developer of data visualization and location analytics tools.
Worked at @well-ca, @research-in-motion
Senior Director, Rogers Ventures. Board Member, @scribble-technologies & @gridcentric
Co-Founder & CMO of Coachd.
Founder Vouchr, Previously founded @j2play sold to @electronic-arts • Worked at @electronic-arts Director of Social Platforms
Senior Portfolio Manager @gchallenges | Course Director @SchulichMBA | IC Member @YSI_CapitalFund | ex RBC, Sarona, CGAP
Hardware Engineer at @facebook • Studied EE @university-of-waterloo
CEO & Co-Founder of PiinPoint (YC S14)
Currently studying Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo. Previous internships focused on web application development in Ruby and Python
Web operations lead at Thalmic Labs. Space technology enthusiast, proud Canadian, tech entrepreneur.
CEO of Second Funnel. Self-taught programmer. UWaterloo MBA '09, UBC Engineering Physics '06
http://blog.fraserharris.com
Founder @ticketlabs (YC S14), graduated @university-of-waterloo
Co-Founder of @relay. Former Product Manager on Google+ Mobile and Software Engineer on Mobile Search/Gmail. Waterloo CS grad.
VP Engineering at ArtBarn Labs
VC at @bdc-venture-capital
http://blog.mattroberts.com/
Worked on Mobile Google+ and hangouts.
Founded Freepoint Inc and launched www.pictoreo.com
Working at Square
Founder @ticketlabs (YCS14) • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
Co-Founder & CTO at Organimi.
Mentor at University or Waterloo's VeloCity, Communitech's HyperDrive & Startupify.me
Full-stack web dev with a talent for usability.
Co-Founder Chalk.com • Studied at @university-of-waterloo • @lightspeed-venture-partners and @the-kairos-society Fellow
http://williamzhou.com
Founder Lessons Invoicing • Works at @buffer • Studied at @university-of-guelph
Waterloo EE Student and Hackaday writer. Worked at Tesla Motors and CrossChasm Technologies. I build hardware, software, and the stuff in between.
Zora Cofounder, First Executive Director @volta, Cofounder @titanfile, Maritimer.
http://www.milanvrekic.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.
Software Engineer at ExcitEm; Worked at @amazon, @if-we-1; UWaterloo Software Engineer Grad (Dean's Honours List)
Founder of Tripzaar. Brought previous startup @goosechase to 6 figure revenue. ex-@Apple and @polar-mobile, @university-of-waterloo Alumni.
http://andrewcross.ca
Founder @notewagon, @coursemodo • Studied at @university-of-guelph. Strong UX/UI background
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.
doing stuff. making stuff. helping others make stuff.
Founder Avidbots • Worked at @kinaxis, @amdocs • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
Founder / CEO of Plasticity Labs • Building the Happiest High Performing Workforce, Recently Closed $2.1M investment round
Co-Founder, Neverfrost. UWaterloo Nano Engineering Graduate.
Software Developer. @tribehr Engineering Manager. Maker. Hacker. Self-diagnosed wantreprenuer. Community enthusiast. Political wonk.
Geek of all trades.
Co-founder of @pumpup; BBA @wilfrid-laurier-university; Former Marketer at @unilever, @pepsico and @ConAgra Foods.
Founder & CEO @blitzen. Masters @university-of-waterloo Engineering. AngelPad 7.
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 Tripzaar • Studied at @university-of-waterloo (VeloCity resident) - Founder MattRae Photo - Employee with Toyota, Ontario Power Generation, Cargill
http://www.matthewrae.com
Founded PixStream (Sold to Cisco), Founded Sandvine (Public), Founded Emforium (Closed), Founded Auvik Networks
Web developer and product guy. Created Recipeasly. Formerly of @kik-interactive and @unata .
CEO of Will Pwn 4 Food. Hyperdrive Accelerator 1st cohort, BCS @university-of-waterloo. Worked at RIM, D2L, SLF. Past SIFE president.
Pensive, entrepreneurial biped with a strong technical background, and a focus on web based tech.
SVP Marketing and Alliances at BlackBerry and most recently built the global marketing org of an up and coming edtech company Desire2Learn
3x Entrepreneur. Obsessed with mobile products. Founded @dateonfire, @pokerspace-com • @semacode-com Studied at @university-of-waterloo
Self-unemployed developer looking for adventure in a creative workplace!
http://barbaramacdonald.ca
Founder @BuildCircle Inc.
Serial entrepreneur including a successful acquisition /w @productwiki. Currently working @google as a @product_manager. Focused on @consumer-internet and @mobile-2.
VP Product at @idoc24, a tele-dermatology platform developed in @stockholm and launching in North America
Founder @ecopia, formerly at @fleetbit, Ivey HBA
CTO at @Mercatusinsight, @rypple, @redknee. Advisor at @kiinzel, @realsociable, @devbbq, @printchomp, @parkbench, Studied at @university-of-toronto, @mcgill-university
Technology entrepreneur
Founder, Qwalify.com
Software Engineer @rollbar. Cofounder @goosechase. Bachelor of Computer Science at the @university-of-waterloo
Founder @international-gaming-league
CTO and Co-founder @Edvisor.io • @techstars alumnus • Founder @mysnowbuddy • Consultant @avanade • Junior Lead @airg • Slacker at @simon-fraser-university
Founder @videostream, won Global Startup Battle • HYPERDRIVE alum • @research-in-motion Hardware • @McMaster B. Mechatronics Eng, min. Business
http://thatmatt.ca
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
Financial services professional
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
Director of product management at RIM for BBM, App World, BES, & the app dev platform. Founder of @myracevideo, servicing top marathons. Software dev background.
Former Sales Engineering Director at Dell, Engineer with technology consulting, business development, sales experience, Kellogg-Schulich Exec MBA 2014
Founder of Happenate. Full-stack developer. UWaterloo alum.
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
Co Founder, CEO @steamblocks • Studied at @university-of-westminster-uk
http://blog.soundofcode.com
Founder @kitematic • Worked at @cisco, @amd • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
BASc Nano student at @university-of-waterloo and former team member @neverfrost and Nicoya Lifesciences.
http://zacinzambia.wordpress.org
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
@SweetTooth co-founder, eCommerce advocate, #Magento engineer, @CodingForACure, Travel lover, and Entrepreneur
http://blog.jayelkaake.com
http://blog.garethmacleod.com
Program Manager @communitech-hyperdrive @communitech. Founder @shield-diagnostics , @unbound-books. Engineer from @UofWaterloo.
Founded @kitematic
Founder LeadGecko Inc. • Studied at @queen-s-university
Founder at Palette • Worked at @apple, @spartan-bioscience, @toyota • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
http://www.calvinchu.com
Co-founder @ Roadmunk. Co-founder @ Pokerspace and Product Manager @ Miovision. All things startup and product.
http://www.jellymind.com
Co-Founder @palette • Worked @if-we-1 @telus @td-securities • Studied Mechatronics Engineering @university-of-waterloo
Founder/CEO at Monolith Interactive, makers of precision mobile apps.
Passionate growth strategist and user experience designer. @next36 entrepreneur. Always curious, always learning, always creative.
Entrepreneur. Designer + Engineer, University of Waterloo
http://www.namank.com/resume
Worked at @parkbench
Founder @future-hunt , @hackworthy, @longevity-hub • Worked at @blackberry-2
Founder of @taab, simplifying mobile payments. Waterloo ElecEng & CompEng graduate. Master's student at Toronto. Second software startup after UW.
http://www.xitjipatel.com/
Co-Founder • Coder • BCS 2013 @ @university-of-waterloo
BIG THINGS have small beginnings.
Senior Scientist @nicoya-lifesciences starting in October. PhD in Nanotech @imperialcollege in London. M.Eng and B.Eng in Chem Eng @McGillU
Founder at @cubic-work;
Studied at @university-of-waterloo-2 .
Worked at @communitech-waterloo • Studied at @university-of-waterloo, @wilfrid-laurier-university
Founder LeafNotes • BCS @university-of-waterloo
Founder Sparkgig • Worked at @pivotal-labs, @xtreme-labs • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
Computer Engineer turned Sales & Marketing Evangelist
Worked at @printchomp • Studied at @sheridan-college, @centennial-college
http://blog.printchomp.com
Interested in entrepreneurship, technology, disruptive innovation, travelling, geopolitics and tennis. Working on becoming a better skier...
Passionate & Creative Student @uwaterloo, CEO & Editor-In-Chief at Passion8 Magazine @passion8tweets & Co-op student at WestonExpressions @westonex.
http://blog.victoriastacey.net
CEO of Lumos. I dig game development and filmmaking.
Co-Founder @trendradius
Part-Time Graduate Student @ University of Waterloo
Co Founder @steamblocks. Computer Science graduate interested in Design and Operations.
Principle Security Architect at WillPwn4Food and Product Security Manager at McAfee (an Intel Company). Leader of the Kitchener/Waterloo OWASP chapter.
Co-Founder and CEO at Homefed • Studied at @university-of-waterloo, @simon-fraser-university
http://www.stevenwang.me
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 and CEO @styleid - Always optimistic and up for a challenge.
http://jumanagement.com/blogs/
Founder of Sesame. Mechatronics engineering grad from uWaterloo; The Next 36 Alumni; Kairo Society Canada Fellow.
@sceneverse Co-founder & Director. Studied philosophy & design. Strategic product management since '98. Author. Adizes approach to leadership and org design.
Founder Koronis Inc. • Studied at @university-of-waterloo, @university-of-manitoba
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 TagTalk • Studied at @university-of-waterloo and three other different universities
http://www.tagtalk.ca
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 HearthStats • Worked at @procter-gamble-2, @gopexo • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
http://extra.io
Founder @sentry-scientific-inc • Worked at @facebook, @palette • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
Co-founder / CPO @homefed. Strong design and tech background, studied Industrial Design at OCADU
http://www.blog.eathomefed.com
Co-Founder of @cryptiv @market-clouds-1. Financial market junkie. Biz dev. Stock and options broker. Trader.
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
David is a passionate Founder of the @changeit Program.
Founder Gratious • Worked at @amazon, @artbarn • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
http://www.gauravmali.com/thoughts/
Studied at @wilfrid-laurier-university, built amazing Tire Pressure Monitoring System, Consulted, Founded @dateonfire
Founder of @jetpronto; Partner, Chat for LinkedIn; Created @wurdzee; Graphic Design; Software Development; Marketing; Fortune 500 experienced; PhD in Awesome
https://miahlightbody.com/blog
Founder and CEO @nicoya-lifesciences. Studied Nanotechnology and Mechanical Engineering @university-of-waterloo.
Founder Voisin Capital Inc., JD, MBA at @university-of-western-ontario, BA @wilfrid-laurier-university
Founder Gratious • Worked at @zynga, @amazon • Studied at Software Engineering @university-of-waterloo
Co-Founder and President of GoalRecorder
http://goalrecorder.com/blog
Studied at @university-of-waterloo, @university-of-western-ontario
Former Co-founder at IMHO STOCKS. Canadian Student Entrepreneur award nominee 2012.
Mobile UI/UX junkie, sloppy perfectionist, and a KWBBDev group organizer. Dedicated to @Arroware and @TeamCandid, on a mission to change the world!
Waterloo CS; Laurier BBA; passionate; looking to start something awesome
Work @maplesoft , Worked @IKCO, Studied @concordia-university-1 , Studies Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Passionate about model based product design
Founder @stockpad • Full-stack Software Engineer, Skydiver from Canada • Worked at @scotia-capital, @td-securities • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
Founder, Better Capital • 8+ years of Corporate Finance and Investment Banking experience • Worked at TD Securities, Scotia Capital • Ivey Business School MBA.
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
Director of Operations at StartMeUp Ryeson
http://startmeupryerson.com
Executive brings over 20 years of experience at both start-up and industry leading technology companies.
Passionate about retail, technology and operations. Experienced with full-agency account management, inside sales, copywriting and analytics.
University of Waterloo Honors Computer Science Co-op student. Graduating in 2019. Fast learner, competent and team worker.
Studied at @university-of-waterloo, @wilfrid-laurier-university
Front end developer and designer. Engineering student at @university-of-waterloo
https://medium.com/@lesianalepa
CycleKey Founder. Studied at @university-of-waterloo where I was also the "hard TA". Former engineering consultant and electronics designer.
Studying at University of Waterloo, Worked at Campbell Company of Canada and Jonar System Inc
Honors Computer Science / BBA student at University of Waterloo; UI/UX designer, Web designer; Strong communication and problem solving skills
Waterloo Engineer. Formerly with Microsoft as a PM/Designer. Experience with Front-End Development.
Waterloo Master's Student working in Machine Learning
Operationally focused COO/CFO who understands how to use technology to drive cost out of business operations.
Founder @musicology-ca • Worked at @apple, @hewlett-packard • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
http://fernandovaldes.ca/blog/
Worked at @infosys-technologies • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
Waterloo Computer Engineering, Entrepreneur & Full-Stack Software Developer
Computer Science student at the University of Waterloo
Active contributor to ReviewBoard. Worked at @fora, @bookneto. Studying CS at University of Waterloo. IOI 2011 bronze medalist.
Uwaterloo Engineer, mobile and consumer hardware experience, worked at leading mobile app companies and YC startups.
Waterloo Systems Design Engineering. Designer and engineer. ex-Courserian.
University of Waterloo CS, excellent communication and interpersonal skills, attention to details, and passion on learning
uWaterloo Accounting and Finance, 95th Percentile BAT, strong leadership, teamwork and communciation skills
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.
tech enthusiast/
runner/
future _______
Business Lead at OcuFlow(ocuflowmodels.com) where we are making next generation eye models. Also a 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.
CTO & Founder at @blitzen • Worked at @google • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
Engineering and Knowledge Integrator at Waterloo. Worked at SAP, Desire2Learn, MyPlanet Digitial. Part time student and full time dreamer.
http://sharathsundar.com/
Waterloo New Grad in 2014; Web developer since freshman year highschool; Worked at SAP
3D Designer, FIRST Robotics world champion, Electronics Enthusiast, Nanotechnology Engineering Student
Jack of all trades, Master of none
Worked at @fora
Passionate about greate code, which leads to great software.
Global | Missional | Digital | Strategist
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
Waterloo Computer Engineering, Front-End Developer
Waterloo Geomatics, experience with Java, Python, MySQL, and ArcGIS
Embedded software developer • Worked at @blackberry-2 • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
Founder TeamAtLast, jimport
Entrepreneur
Waterloo CS new grad; Worked at Facebook, Oracle
Worked at @experiment • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
Ideas, products and everything in between. uWaterloo Systems Design Engineering. Front-End and Mobile Dev, Product Management, and Strategy.
Student at @university-of-waterloo
Diagnosed with OCD (Obsessive Coding Disorder), student at University of Waterloo.
Worked at @turnstyle-solutions • @university-of-waterloo ECE
Founded SpinMe Alarm Clock. CS Student at University of Waterloo
Worked at @facebook, @lookout, @qualcomm, @pivotal-labs • Honours Computer Science @university-of-waterloo
Passionate about startups. Physics & Finance student at Western University. Founder of Spotlander.
Hardware Engineering Intern @apple, Mechatronics Engineering student @university-of-waterloo, LCD/OLED Displays @blackberry-2, ZigBee/Z-Wave @mmb-networks
8 years of involvement in IT. Co-founded 3 startups. Business & coding. UWaterloo MBET, Bocconi BBA.
Financial product R&D. Sales and Marketing in highly regulated businesses. Former CCO. Quant. finance + MBA.
Software engineer. CTO of Artdst.
Serial entrepreneur and co-founder at @outsourcefactor. Also a developer with Python / Django / Linux.
http://blog.outsourcefactor.com
Wilfrid Laurier BBA, co-op student, launched 1 start-up, worked at PwC, tech savvy, learning to code in Objective C.
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.
MEng CE graduate from UBC; Worked at BlackBerry, Motorola and Canadian tech startups.
Worked at @webotics • Studied at @wilfrid-laurier-university
Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer @nowinstore
Computing & BBA Double Degree | Developed numerous WebApps | UI&Graphic Design | Full-Stack
http://www.romansanine.com/blog
Founder @politica-esporte-clube • Studied at @newton-paiva
http://www.ricardomota.com
University of Ottawa. Creative problem solver. Recently assembled first team for startup idea. Received Scotiabank's Best of the Best designation.
Director at @north-innovation-fund, Director at @northbridge-consultants
Founder @mylocal • Worked Product at @blackberry-2 • Studied at @wilfrid-laurier-university
Canadian. CEO/Founder The Mentor+Project and http://mentorplus.me/ • Products, Marketing + Social Media Guy
http://thementorplusproject.blogspot.ca/
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
Founder @boreal-solar-inc
Inventor, Electrical engineering, Worked at BlackBerry
Marketing Master. Design Freak. Webmaster Extraordinaire.
Integrity Tactical Services Manager at PTC
University of Toronto Grad, Proven Team Leader, accomplished / drivien developer
Product marketer with a focus on business development & digital marketing. Passionate about innovation and helping businesses grow.
Co-founder @121writing on a mission to demystify writing. Incubated by @imaginek12. Prev Kira Talent @ Next36, uWaterloo for CS and Knowledge Integration.
Spry is a private incubator founded in 2009 at the Windsor, Ontario and Detroit, Michigan border.
Software Developer at @tawlk LLC. Real-time social search and analysis. Focus on machine learning, NLTK, data mining and sentiment analysis.