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The Accelerator Centre is a world-renowned, award-winning facility dedicated to developing and commercializing technology start-ups.
The Accel Letter gives you the latest news and success stories from the Accelerator Centre start-up community. Stay in touch with us and follow the paths of some of the most innovative companies in the world!
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Feature Story
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The Accelerator Centre� (AC), an award-winning centre for the cultivation of technology entrepreneurship located in Waterloo, Ontario, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Paul Salvini to the role of Accelerator Centre CEO and Associate Vice-President, Research Commercialization at the University of Waterloo.
Dr. Salvini, a seasoned executive with proven experience in growing highly profitable, world-class technology companies, comes to the Accelerator Centre from Christie Digital Systems Canada Inc., where he served as Chief Technology Officer guiding the company's global research and innovation strategy.
Congratulations Paul! The AC team is excited to have you on board.
Read more about Paul's experience in our full press release.
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Accelerator Buzz
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper visited the Communitech Hub in Waterloo on June 20th and announced the selections for the Canada Accelerator and Incubator Program (CAIP). Communitech, Unviersity of Waterloo Velocity, Laurier LaunchPad, and the Waterloo Accelerator Centre were selected for the Program that will support successful start-up companies.
Read the full press release here.
And we've launched!
Check out the AC's new website
It's easy to navigate, and you'll find lots of great news about our Clients and Grads in Waterloo and Stratford.
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Client Corner
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Advanced CERT Canada pioneers new farming technology
Specializing in engineering, consulting and R&D services primarily in chemical engineering and biotechnology, AdCERT has begun exploring and developing a novel cost effective dry separation technology to produce protein-rich flour from pulses and grains without consuming solvents and chemicals.
Read more about the patent-pending technology here.
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Deep Trekker aids in search and recovery of capsized South Korea ferry
Deep Trekker's DTG2 ROV Model has been assisting professionals in the search and recovery of the Sewol Ferry that sank in South Korea in April 2014. Websolus Co. Ltd, a Deep Trekker dealer in South Korea, offered the ROV model to aid the investigation and avoid putting more divers at risk.
To read more about the recovery efforts click here.
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| BigRoad integrates with Sylectus
BigRoad's #1 mobile trucking app has integrated with Sylectus transportation management system to create a mobile logging system that will help fleets and drivers track locations and shipments in real time.
To read more about BigRoad and this innovative integration click here.
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Clearpath Robotics celebrates its 5th Birthday
In celebration of this event, Clearpath Robotics allowed Twitter users to control one of their robots via tweets. Check it out here.
Clearpath has also moved into new headquarters, and in true tech fashion had a robotic ribbon cutting ceremony.Check out the video featured on CTV here.
Congratulations and Happy Birthday!
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Monstercat gears up for its first North American tour, AND captures the attention of Billboard magazine!
Online users can vote to include their favourite city in Monstercat's "Uncaged Tour. "
Monstercat was also featured on Billboard.com. To read about their impressive, user-centered music label click here.
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Perspecsys selected by Human Care Systems to secure sensitive patient medical data
Perspecsys, the leader in cloud data protection services, announced that Human Care Systems has selected the Perspecsys AppProtex Cloud Data Protection Gateway to secure patient medical data in the world's leading public cloud SaaS platform.
Click here for their full press release.
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