University of Waterloo Velocity

https://www.velocity.uwaterloo.ca

Last activity: 02.04.2026

Probably Closed

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Mentions in press and media 18

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Apr 1, 2026	TimeSmartAI Closes Additional Funding	TimeSmartAI Inc., a Kitchener, Ontario, Canada-based healthcare technology company that focuses on physician contract compliance and compensation, raised an additional funding. The round was led by Graphite Ventures, with participation from...
Feb 17, 2026	Upside Robotics: $7.5 Million Seed Funding Raised To Advance Sustainable Farm Automation	Upside Robotics has raised $7.5 million in seed funding to propel its next phase of growth, giving the Velocity-based startup momentum to deepen its partnerships with farmers and agricultural companies across Canada. The funding round was l...
Jul 13, 2024	Roga's Revolutionary Approach to Mental Healthcare Secures $1.2M in Pre-Seed Funding	Roga, a groundbreaking neurotech and mental healthcare startup hailing from the vibrant city of Los Angeles, CA, has recently made waves in the industry by successfully raising an impressive $1.2 million in Pre-Seed funding. This significan...
Jul 9, 2024	Neurotech wellness company Roga raises $1.2M in pre-seed funding	Roga founders Ami Lebendiker, CEO (left) and Dr. Alison Smith, Chief Scientist (right) Roga is on a mission to develop better alternatives for mental healthcare LOS ANGELES, July 9, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Neurotech and mental healthcare...
Apr 22, 2019	Velocity and YC grad, Fuzzbuzz, raises $3.6 million CAD seed round	Fuzzbuzz, an automated software security platform founded in Kitchener-Waterloo, has raised a $3.6 million CAD seed round led by Fuel Capital, with participation from Homebrew and Susa Ventures. “Fuzzing has the potential to massively advan...
Mar 28, 2019	New Velocity venture fund invests $200,000 in four startups	The University of Waterloo’s entrepreneurship program, Velocity, has announced direct equity investments of $50,000 each for the four winners of the annual Velocity Fund Finals (VFF). This is the first time that Velocity has made direct equ...
May 4, 2016	A Canadian Startup Wants to Replace Drone Batteries With a Gas Engine	Drones would be amazing if they weren't so terrible. That is, they're great at putting cameras and sensors in the sky, but they're awful at keeping them there. The flight-time for high-end consumer drones generally tops out a...
Feb 16, 2016	Fast-Growing Photo App Everalbum, A Chart-Topper On iOS, Comes To Android	There are apps that promise to help you free up space on your smartphone by backing up then deleting your photos. There are apps that help you organize your photos into albums, and share them with friends. And there are apps that aim to sim...
Nov 27, 2015	Cell collection, mental health, & sweat stains: #VelocityFund Finals tackles big problems	Thursday was a banner day for the team at University of Waterloo’s Velocity program. First, it announced an expansion into some of the former Google space at the Tannery Building in downtown Kitchener. Google has moved into their swanky new...
Jun 3, 2014	Applications for VeloCity Fund Finals Are Open Again and A Few Past Winners Are Doing Well	The application period for the University of Waterloo’s VeloCity incubator space “VeloCity Fund Finals” pitch contest are open. The big event happens later this summer July 24. The last time VeloCity put on its Fund Finals was in the winter...
Mar 24, 2014	Angel Investor Mike Stork Gives $1 Million to VeloCity	An entrepreneur and angel investor named Mike Stork has poured a bit more fuel on the Waterloo Region startup community with a generous donation of $1 million to Velocity at the University of Waterloo. It’s not the first time Stork has done...
Oct 8, 2013	Waterloo’s VeloCity Renames Venture Fund, Shakes Up Funding Structure	Waterloo-based startup incubator, VeloCity, has changed the name of one of its most successful programs, the “VeloCity Venture Fund”. Now it will be called the “VeloCity Fund“. As the program puts it, the “venture” was meant to include any ...
Jul 12, 2013	SoundBrush, An App That Lets You Draw Music, Turns The Untrained Into Musicians	An iPad app called SoundBrush is out to make music composition accessible, even those who don’t play an instrument. After releasing a MVP in April 2012 to test out the concept of drawing music on a tablet, SoundBrush released a more sophist...
Jun 5, 2013	Thalmic Labs Raises $14.5M To Make The MYO Armband The Next Big Thing In Gesture Control	Thalmic Labs, the Waterloo-based startup working on an all new form of user input for computing devices with the MYO amrband, today announced the close of its $14.5 million Series A funding round, led by Spark Capital and Intel Capital. The...
Apr 11, 2013	Gesture-control device racks up almost $4 million in pre-orders	We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! What if you could control your computer, phone, o...
Oct 12, 2011	Maide Turns Your iPad Into A 3D Controller	The best demos are the ones that extend your sense of what’s possible a little, and Maide‘s did just that. I usually think of iPads as display devices that also support input; but Maide Control uses the tablet almost exclusively for input, ...
Mar 29, 2011	Inspiring: Kik Founder Donates $1M To Kickstart University of Waterloo Seed Fund	The founder of messaging app Kik, 23-year-old entrepreneur Ted Livingston, has donated $1 million to The University of Waterloo’s VeloCity Residence, a residence-based mobile and digital startups incubator (dormcubator?) where his own start...

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Parsers VC has collected 18 articles mentioning University of Waterloo Velocity, among them “TimeSmartAI Closes Additional Funding” (Apr 1, 2026) and “Upside Robotics: $7.5 Million Seed Funding Raised To Advance Sustainable Farm Automation” (Feb 17, 2026).

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University of Waterloo Velocity is probably closed: its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Apr 2, 2026.