Presenting the winners of the Winter 2022 $5K pitch competition.

Students Emily Lam and Paige Hall won the Co-op problems award.

Concept and its partners extend a welcome to the first cohort of Black entrepreneurs accepted to LiftOff Waterloo Wellington.

Social media’s influence on news distribution has eroded trust, spurred regulatory actions worldwide, and created opportunities for innovative solutions like Ground News, a Velocity-backed startup leveraging unbiased content validation to tackle the issue.

The University of Waterloo is offering student innovators up to $47,750 in funding through competitions like Concept $5K and the Problem Lab Problem Pitch, giving teams the chance to pitch impactful ideas and secure resources to bring them to life.