Posts Categorized: Entrepreneurship

Posted October 8th, 2021 by Matthew Tierney

Student-built Haven app aims to help prevent sexual assault

U of T Engineering undergraduate startup provides users with a quick way to get help in unsafe situations

Posted March 10th, 2021 by Matthew Tierney

U of T Entrepreneurship Week: Four engineering startups to watch

From developing an app to find perfectly fitting footwear, to providing sustainable energy to Nigeria, these are the four U of T Engineering startups to watch in 2021

Posted December 21st, 2020 by Matthew Tierney

New startup Xesto collaborates with ECE to launch foot-sizing app

U of T graduate students working with Professor Deepa Kundur are collaborating with Xesto to enhance the company’s 3D-scanning technology

Posted November 13th, 2020 by Matthew Tierney

ECE spinoff LegUp Computing acquired by Microchip

The startup’s high-level synthesis tool becomes an important component in the Microchip platform for software developers

Posted April 30th, 2019 by Neda Demiri

This alumni startup aims to clean up the lithium-ion battery supply chain

Ajay Kochhar and Kunal Phalpher (ECE 0T5) are on the leadership team of Li-Cycle, an Ontario-based and globally focused company that recovers critical materials from all lithium-ion batteries

Posted March 20th, 2019 by Neda Demiri

The content ‘factory’: How ECE alumnus Allen Lau is disrupting the way books, movies and TV shows are made

Wattpad — like YouTube for the written word — allows users post, share and read user-generated stories on the site, which boasts more than half a billion uploads to date

Posted February 20th, 2019 by Jessica MacInnis

Startup based on ECE researchers’ work raises US$42 million to alleviate congested wireless networks

Peraso Technologies, which grew out of the lab of Professor Sorin Voinigescu, is hoping its chips for the 60 GHz band will play a key role in next generation wireless networks

Posted January 30th, 2019 by Neda Demiri

ECE alumni startup uses digital technology to manage chronic pain

Janmohamed's startup, Managing Life, now has a staff of eight, including full stack developers and data scientists

Posted August 27th, 2018 by Laura Brown

Blockchain and cryptocurrency, portfolio management praxis & inventrepreneurship: U of T Engineering launches new graduate courses

Programs highlight broad applicability of new technologies and approaches in engineering fields

Posted March 21st, 2018 by Laura Brown

ECE spin-off Appulse Power acquired by Silanna Semiconductor

Company founded by ECE Professor Aleksandar Prodić and three alumni snapped up by multinational, becomes its first Canadian location