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