Concept — March 24, 2014
Velocity Gets More Funding, Thanks to an Angel
Entrepreneur and angel investor Mike Stork has generously donated $1 million to Velocity. The great news was made public today…
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Concept — July 10, 2013
Introducing our VeloCity Venture Fund Finalists!
Congratulations to this year’s VeloCity Venture Fund Finalists! The finalists have been through the application and interview process and are…
Concept — March 5, 2013
VeloCity: The story of a startup
Sean Van Koughnett Founder, VeloCity Director, Student Success Office In the spring of 2007, the first iPhone was about…
Concept — February 27, 2013
Interview with Stephen Lake of Thalmic Labs – Thalmic hits $1.5M in pre-orders!
Feb. 27, Waterloo, ON – Mike Kirkup, Director at VeloCity interviews Stephen Lake, CEO & Founder of Thalmic Labs Where…
Concept — February 14, 2013
Fundraising Advice from Dan Martell #4: Raising the Round
After meeting with all of your top prospects, you should have a good idea who was the most receptive to…
Concept — February 12, 2013
Fundraising Advice from Dan Martell #3: Nailing the Meeting
Congratulations on your success so far! Setting up meetings with key investors is a critical stage of your process for…
Concept — January 24, 2013
Fundraising Advice from Dan Martell #1: Building a List of Investors
I had the honour of bringing Dan Martell to Kitchener-Waterloo to meet with many of our startups on June 18th, 2012. Dan…
Concept — April 11, 2011
The Top 10 Start-up Ideas That Always Fail
At VeloCity, we encourage all students to have ideas and with that, pursue their ideas to create a new or…
Concept — March 29, 2011
23-year-old donates US$1-million to support University of Waterloo student entrepreneurs
The press release is now finally out there (see below), former VeloCity resident from the Winter of 2009 term has…