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The transformation >$22B 2013 total revenues $100M in total revenues >1,000 tech firms 641 active startups 50 tech firms new tech jobs 30,000 (since `97) 1,800 employed tech jobs >1,000 $7M available in invested venture capital, private total investment >$99M equity and angel capital in 2013 financing then (1997) now!
Proven track record of growing big tech enterprise 8 of Canada’s largest tech companies wireless started, grew and are headquartered software in Waterloo Region digital display high performance $15,384,688,000 digital imaging satellite communications Disclosed combined revenues 2013 EdTech & learning logistics 175 Operating in Countries technology network policy
Tech multi-nationals that have set up shop here
Tech for non-tech “[Communitech] was instrumental, for example, in helping Sport Chek’s in-house team build a digital community board at its flagship West Edmonton Mall store for $12,000. A previous prototype, built by a third party at one of its Toronto outlets, cost the company $1-million.”
Recognized and respected
Helping tech companies at all stages
Startup balance sheet 2013 RAISED $99 MILLION 500+ Startups per year Venture capital raised by Waterloo Region startups in 2013 Waterloo Region startups led 83% have a 5-year survival rate the last 4 cohorts at Y Combinator
Investment, exits & acquisitions investments $414,996,000 Disclosed 2008 - 2013 exits and acquisitions $892,210,000 Disclosed 2010 - 2012
100 million users worldwide Investment: $26,995,000 Last raise date: March 2013
Most successful Kickstarter ever KickStarter: $10,266,845 Last raise date: May 2012
The hottest startup – biosensor & gesture control Investment: $14,029,000 Last raise date: May 2013
First mover advantage. It’s real. It’s profitable. Communitech HYPERDRIVE fund
Waterloo Region – An ideal entry point to Canada Canada: A blue ocean opportunity for tech and innovation. Waterloo Region: Home to the world-class Communitech tech hub.
Home to world-leading research and talent academics and research Undergrad and Graduate Students 2 100,000 students Universities 1/5 Waterloo Region’s population 1 of those, 26,000 in co-op programs. College Largest school of computer science and math in the world; largest engineering school in Canada 150 Research Home to the Institute for Quantum Computing and the Perimeter Institute of Theoretical Physics institutes
Street cred counts here. Home to visionaries Val O’Donovan Wes Graham Frank Tompa Mike Lazaridis Arokia Nathan Eric Migicovsky Stephen Lake COM DEV Watcom Open Text RIM IGNIS Pebble Thalmic Satellite C++ Compilers Search Smartphones LED Flat Panels Wearables Biosensor Communications Fortran Gesture Control First mover advantage. It’s real. It’s profitable.
Tech innovations over the last 5 decades
Pivotal organizations in Waterloo Region’s ecosystem
Tech game changers from Waterloo Region to the world
The ecosystem that could… creating new markets.
What influencers & investors are saying … “Something is going on in “ There’s incredible technical “There are a lot of winners in this Waterloo, because talent. The University of room. We’ve already invested in the applications we get from Waterloo is mind-blowing. Talent some of the startups we met with Waterloo students are better appears to want to stay here, this morning.” than those we get from students and I think they need more --Roger Penske, CEO Penske Corporation of any other university.” support in this community .” with Tom LaSorda, Former CEO Chrysler and Wayne Sales, Former CEO SuperValu — Paul Graham, Y Combinator — David Cohen, TechStars and Canadian Tire – IncWell
Running with the big dogs 1. Silicon Valley 11. Paris 2. Tel Aviv 12. Sydney 3. Los Angeles 13. Sao Paulo 4. Seattle 14. Moscow 5. New York City 15. Berlin 6. Boston 16. Waterloo Region 7. London 17. Singapore 8. Toronto 18. Melbourne 9. Vancouver 19. Bangalore 10. Chicago 20. Santiago The World’s Top 20 Startup Ecosystem Startup Ecosystems Report 2012
Don’t lose sight of this place
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