Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Waterloo.
Co-founder BufferBox (Acquired by Google 2012, YCombinator S'12), University of Waterloo - Mechatronics Engineer. Start-up adviser, investor.
http://www.ialsolikecake.com/
Web operations lead at Thalmic Labs. Space technology enthusiast, proud Canadian, tech entrepreneur.
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 of Plasticity Labs • Building the Happiest High Performing Workforce, Recently Closed $2.1M investment round
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
Previously co-founder at @couple (YC W12). Y Combinator alum. Studied Economics and Psychology at the University of Waterloo.
http://blog.jamiemurai.com
Founder/CEO @highline ( @extremestartups + @growlab merged Accelerator ). Seed Investor. Digital Product Entrepreneur. Innovation Platform Architect
VP Engineering at ArtBarn Labs
Founder @notewagon, @coursemodo • Studied at @university-of-guelph. Strong UX/UI background
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.
Co-Founder & CMO of Coachd.
Developer Relations @thalmic. Follow to get the latest details of the @thalmicdev program and how to develop with Myo!
Hardware Engineer at @facebook • Studied EE @university-of-waterloo
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
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.
Director, Creative Destruction Lab @ Rotman; Founded, @tribehr; big fan of the Waterloo/Toronto community; built VeloCity; like early stage startups + Canada.
http://whoyoucallingajesse.com
Software Engineer at @careguide
3x Entrepreneur. Obsessed with mobile products. Founded @dateonfire, @pokerspace-com • @semacode-com Studied at @university-of-waterloo
Director of product management at RIM for BBM, App World, BES, & the app dev platform. Founder of @myracevideo, servicing top marathons. Software dev background.
Pensive, entrepreneurial biped with a strong technical background, and a focus on web based tech.
Co-Founder, Neverfrost. UWaterloo Nano Engineering Graduate.
Zora Cofounder, First Executive Director @volta, Cofounder @titanfile, Maritimer.
http://www.milanvrekic.com
Founder @BuildCircle Inc.
Founder Tripzaar • Studied at @university-of-waterloo (VeloCity resident) - Founder MattRae Photo - Employee with Toyota, Ontario Power Generation, Cargill
http://www.matthewrae.com
Web developer and product guy. Created Recipeasly. Formerly of @kik-interactive and @unata .
Co-Founder Chalk.com • Studied at @university-of-waterloo • @lightspeed-venture-partners and @the-kairos-society Fellow
http://williamzhou.com
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 of @pumpup; BBA @wilfrid-laurier-university; Former Marketer at @unilever, @pepsico and @ConAgra Foods.
CEO of Will Pwn 4 Food. Hyperdrive Accelerator 1st cohort, BCS @university-of-waterloo. Worked at RIM, D2L, SLF. Past SIFE president.
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.
Serial entrepreneur including a successful acquisition /w @productwiki. Currently working @google as a @product_manager. Focused on @consumer-internet and @mobile-2.
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 @videostream, won Global Startup Battle • HYPERDRIVE alum • @research-in-motion Hardware • @McMaster B. Mechatronics Eng, min. Business
http://thatmatt.ca
Co-founder @ Roadmunk. Co-founder @ Pokerspace and Product Manager @ Miovision. All things startup and product.
http://www.jellymind.com
Worked at @parkbench
Founder @ecopia, formerly at @fleetbit, Ivey HBA
Founder, Qwalify.com
Program Manager @communitech-hyperdrive @communitech. Founder @shield-diagnostics , @unbound-books. Engineer from @UofWaterloo.
Entrepreneur. Designer + Engineer, University of Waterloo
http://www.namank.com/resume
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.
Technology entrepreneur
CTO and Co-founder @Edvisor.io • @techstars alumnus • Founder @mysnowbuddy • Consultant @avanade • Junior Lead @airg • Slacker at @simon-fraser-university
Co Founder, CEO @steamblocks • Studied at @university-of-westminster-uk
http://blog.soundofcode.com
Founder LeafNotes • BCS @university-of-waterloo
http://blog.garethmacleod.com
CEO of Lumos. I dig game development and filmmaking.
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/CEO at Monolith Interactive, makers of precision mobile apps.
Co-founder and CEO of MappedIn; worked in RF at RIM. Electrical Eng (Honours) student at uWaterloo.
http://hongwei.ca
Founded @kitematic
@SweetTooth co-founder, eCommerce advocate, #Magento engineer, @CodingForACure, Travel lover, and Entrepreneur
http://blog.jayelkaake.com
Worked at @communitech-waterloo • Studied at @university-of-waterloo, @wilfrid-laurier-university
Studied at @university-of-waterloo, @wilfrid-laurier-university
Senior Scientist @nicoya-lifesciences starting in October. PhD in Nanotech @imperialcollege in London. M.Eng and B.Eng in Chem Eng @McGillU
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 HearthStats • Worked at @procter-gamble-2, @gopexo • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
http://extra.io
@sceneverse Co-founder & Director. Studied philosophy & design. Strategic product management since '98. Author. Adizes approach to leadership and org design.
Founder at @cubic-work;
Studied at @university-of-waterloo-2 .
Co-Founder of @cryptiv @market-clouds-1. Financial market junkie. Biz dev. Stock and options broker. Trader.
Co-Founder and CEO at Homefed • Studied at @university-of-waterloo, @simon-fraser-university
http://www.stevenwang.me
Founder Gratious • Worked at @zynga, @amazon • Studied at Software Engineering @university-of-waterloo
Co Founder @steamblocks. Computer Science graduate interested in Design and Operations.
Founder and CEO @styleid - Always optimistic and up for a challenge.
http://jumanagement.com/blogs/
Founder of @taab, simplifying mobile payments. Waterloo ElecEng & CompEng graduate. Master's student at Toronto. Second software startup after UW.
http://www.xitjipatel.com/
Studied at @wilfrid-laurier-university, built amazing Tire Pressure Monitoring System, Consulted, Founded @dateonfire
Co-founder / CPO @homefed. Strong design and tech background, studied Industrial Design at OCADU
http://www.blog.eathomefed.com
Founder @woof • Worked at @niteroll • Studied at @mcmaster-university
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 and CEO @nicoya-lifesciences. Studied Nanotechnology and Mechanical Engineering @university-of-waterloo.
Jack of all trades, Master of none
Worked at @infosys-technologies • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer @nowinstore
Serial entrepreneur and co-founder at @outsourcefactor. Also a developer with Python / Django / Linux.
http://blog.outsourcefactor.com
Founder @mylocal • Worked Product at @blackberry-2 • Studied at @wilfrid-laurier-university
Founder @musicology-ca • Worked at @apple, @hewlett-packard • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
http://fernandovaldes.ca/blog/
Marketing Master. Design Freak. Webmaster Extraordinaire.
Canadian. CEO/Founder The Mentor+Project and http://mentorplus.me/ • Products, Marketing + Social Media Guy
http://thementorplusproject.blogspot.ca/
Software Developer at @tawlk LLC. Real-time social search and analysis. Focus on machine learning, NLTK, data mining and sentiment analysis.
Co-Founder and President of GoalRecorder
http://goalrecorder.com/blog
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
Founder, Better Capital • 8+ years of Corporate Finance and Investment Banking experience • Worked at TD Securities, Scotia Capital • Ivey Business School MBA.
Founder @funraisers-ca • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
3D Designer, FIRST Robotics world champion, Electronics Enthusiast, Nanotechnology Engineering Student
CycleKey Founder. Studied at @university-of-waterloo where I was also the "hard TA". Former engineering consultant and electronics designer.