Nine on the way to a billion By Jon Parsons. This article was originally published on Waterloo News. Nine startups with links to the University of Waterloo were named in a recent report tracking Canadian companies on their way to $1 billion annual revenues, including four companies that grew out of Waterloo’s renowned entrepreneurship program and startup incubator Velocity.
Nine startups with links to the University of Waterloo were named in a recent report tracking Canadian companies on their way to $1 billion annual revenues, including four companies that grew out of Waterloo’s renowned entrepreneurship program and startup incubator Velocity. “Canada’s tech ecosystem continues to evolve,” says Adrien Côté, executive director of Velocity.
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