Communitech

Communitech is an innovation hub in Waterloo Region that helps technology companies start, grow and succeed. It combines public and private backing and works as a community organisation for the local tech sector.

What Communitech offers

• Support for startups — help for young technology firms getting going.
• Scale-up help — assistance for companies that are growing quickly.
• Community network — a shared community linking entrepreneurs and companies.
• Collaboration — programmes built around cooperation between members.

Who it works with

The organisation says it supports a community of more than 1,400 companies, from startups and scale-ups to large global players.

Key facts

• Based in: Waterloo Region, Canada.
• Founded: 1997, by a group of entrepreneurs.
• Type: public-private innovation hub.