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Four Waterloo-founded bets

A Y Combinator cohort shows one route from campus to San Francisco.

Reported by Mayuri Punithan, Cheriton School of Computer Science

Four Waterloo-founded startups earn $2 million seed funding
BuildersFour Waterloo-founded startups earn $2 million seed fundingPhoto: University of Waterloo / original source page

The University of Waterloo is well represented in the most recent cohort of companies accepted into the Y Combinator (YC), one of the biggest and most presti

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