In the monotonous haze of mundane data entry, Humza Ahmed found inspiration at his engineering co-operative education placement and an opportunity to innovate. His frustration for his work grew into optimism for the future of productivity.

The 2023 Co-op Problem Award recipients are Adrian Jendo, Ashley Juraschka, Luna Li, Claire Thompson, Victoria Ventura, and JD Zhu. First prize is a tuition scholarship of $1,500, while second prize is $750.

Stefanie Bruinsma is on a mission to increase female car owners' confidence through AutoCate, a membership-based platform that is like having a family member on call when you don't know where to turn with car-related issues and questions.

Empowered by a network of peers and advisors, nearly 20 Velocity-linked founders pitched to international investors, pharmaceutical companies and other global med tech stakeholders at the recent Ontario Biosciences Innovation Organization’s Investment Summit in Toronto.

Innovative student teams representing University of Waterloo's diverse and varied student body are diligently preparing to showcase their entrepreneurial prowess at the Velocity Pitch Competition semi-finals on March 13 & 14. This event will be a preview of what is to come in the highly anticipated finale on April 4 at Theatre of the Arts. 

Tenomix raises $2 million, all-Canadian, oversubscribed seed round to further develop its robot which uses artificial intelligence and ultrasound to enhance the accuracy of cancer staging.

Evercloak raises $2million seed round to scale its first clean-tech product: membranes to enable energy efficient building cooling.

Float secures $50 million in financing from Silicon Valley Bank to scale its charge card program. Co-founders Ruslan Nikolaev and Griffin Keglevich joined Velocity in 2019, where Float was founded, and recruited Rob Khazzam, the former general manager at Uber Canada, as the third co-founder and CEO.