The Most Complete Guide to Starting a Startup in Waterloo

We’re back with another Startup City Guide Waterloo. In this post, we bring you the best startup resources from Waterloo.There are plenty of Waterloo startups that are building great things. While some people refer to Waterloo as “Silicon Valley North”, we like to say it’s certainly the tech hub of Canada. Check out the startup meetups, conferences, funding, women entrepreneur resources, and even places to eat.

Startup Meetups Waterloo

Communitech Events

Communitech Peer 2 Peer Groups

UX Waterloo

Young Sales Professionals KW

Strategic Marketing Peer2Peer

Communitech Up Coming Events

HackerNest Kitchener-Waterloo

F*ckup Nights Kitchener-Waterloo

Tech Waterloo Region

Hacking Health Waterloo

UW Entrepreneurship Society Events

Startups and Beer

KW Ruby Developers

StartupTech Unleashed

Conferences and Annual Events



True North

Waterloo Innovation Summit

Startup Open House

Maker Expo

Fluxible

BLND

Drive Conf

StarCon

Cybercity Conference

Hackathons

Hack the North

StarterHacks

ETH Waterloo

WearHacks Waterloo

NASA Space App Challenge



Startup Competitions



University of Waterloo Velocity Fund 5K/25K

The Problem Pitch Competition

Code to Win

Branford Pitch Competition Laurier



Accelerators and Incubators



Velocity

St. Paul’s Greenhouse

Fierce Founders

LaunchPad

Open Sky Ventures

Accelerator Center

Velocity Garage

MaxQ

RBC Entrepreneurial Venture Program Laurier University

Launch Waterloo

Communitech services

Student Entrepreneurship Clubs



Startup Laurier

Entrepreneruship Society University of Waterloo

Product Vision Club

Facebook Groups

Waterloo Startups

Funding

Soft Landing Program

AC JumpStart Program 30K Funding

Velocity Fund

Velocity Graduate Student Startup Fund

Chinese Angel Mentor Program

Waterloo Region Small Business Centre

Communitech Outposts

Venture Capital

Garage Capital

Tech Capital

Quantum Valley Investment

Matbridge

Co-working Space

Communitech Hub Co-working

One King North

Innovate42

LOT42

Catalyst137

44 Gaukel

Workplace One

Workhaus Kitchener

Educational Institutions

University of Waterloo

Wilfred Laurier University

Conestoga College

Industry Associations

Waterloo Region Small Business Centre

Waterloo Chamber of Commerce



Podcasts

Communitech Podcast



Meeting Space

Princess Cafe

Smile Tiger

Settlement Waterloo



Places to Visit

St. Jacobs Country

St. Jacobs Farmer’s Market

Waterloo Region Museum

Oktoberfest



Places to Eat

St. Jacob’s Farmer’s Market

The Olde Heidelberg Restaurant & Tavern

If you know any startup resources in Waterloo we should include here let us know in the comment below.

About the Author

In Pursuit of World-Class Excellence. Eric is founder of FoundersBeta with a wealth of expertise in startups, growth hacking, and product development. He is a top ranked tennis player and always up for a conversation about startups. Connect with Eric here.