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www.communitech.ca 7/30/12

www.communitech.ca 7/30/12. Waterloo Region A Smart Move. www.communitech.ca. Tech sector generates $30 billion revenue/a almost 1,000 tech firms $ 12.63 in economic impact for every $1 of public funding 400 + burgeoning startups

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www.communitech.ca 7/30/12

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  1. www.communitech.ca 7/30/12 Waterloo Region A Smart Move

  2. www.communitech.ca Tech sector generates $30 billion revenue/a almost 1,000 tech firms $12.63 in economic impact for every $1 of public funding 400+ burgeoning startups $300 million VC, private equity and angel financing 30,000 employed at tech firms 1,000 tech jobs Over$½ billion in acquisitions in past 12 mos.

  3. www.communitech.ca Waterloo Region is home to • Canada’s largest tech company • Canada’s largest software company • Canada’s largest eLearning company • One of the world's top producers of visual technology displays • Canada’s largest satellite company

  4. www.communitech.ca … and about 1000 other tech firms

  5. www.communitech.ca

  6. Ok we could only fit less than half of them on here… www.communitech.ca 400+ Tech Startups (a crazy big number for ½ million community)

  7. PTC (MKS) • Teledyne (DALSA) • RIM (TinyHippos) • Roper Industries (NDI) www.communitech.ca Canada’s Hottest Tech Acquisition Market Google (Reqwireless, PostRank) Intel (RapidMind) Electronic Arts (J2Play) Sony (EA) 3M (Highjump Software) Oracle (Siebel Systems) Adobe (Inscriber) Harris (Leitch; Inscriber) SAP (Sybase)

  8. www.communitech.ca Waterloo Region, in a nutshell • ½ million people, growing fast • 750,000 by 2040 • An hour from Toronto • Best place to invest in real estate (Real Estate Investment Network 2011) • Other key industries: • Manufacturing (Toyota) • Finance/Insurance (Manulife, Sun Life) • Education

  9. www.communitech.ca Education • University of Waterloo, Canada’s math, engineering, computer science university • Wilfrid Laurier University, and Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning • 98,000 post-secondary students, including 26,000 coop education students (58,000 full-time, 40,000 part-time) • 150 research institutes • 3x national average patents per million

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