U of T, MaRS Innovation Collaborate to Launch Incubator for Student Software...
Hadi Aladdin (left) and Marwan Aladdin, U of T graduates and the founders of CoursePeer, one of six UTEST companies. TORONTO, ON – A new program that provides nascent software companies with start-up...
View ArticleUniversity of Toronto Early-Stage Technology Program (UTEST) opens...
Students, faculty and recent alumni with software ideas must apply by Feb. 22 Got a killer software-based idea? Are you passionate about turning that idea into a start-up company? If you’re a current...
View ArticleUTEST program: Giving U of T students a new way to become their own bosses
The Varsity’s coverage of the UTEST program. Photographed at the bottom left is Will Walmsley, founder of Whirlscape. “There is a path somewhere between extended study and becoming an office worker,”...
View ArticleMinuum to end battle between mobile screen space and virtual keyboards
Start-up launches Indiegogo campaign to change future of mobile typing The Minuum keyboard: “the little keyboard for big fingers.” Designed by Whirlscape Inc., this one-dimensional, tiny keyboard frees...
View ArticleMinuum closes on $60,000 crowdfunded stretch goal to build wearable...
Minuum’s one-line QWERTY keyboard on a touch device leaves more screen space for content. Whirlscape Inc.‘s Minuum keyboard has enjoyed the kind of launch that start-up founders dream about yet few...
View ArticleMinuum’s crowdfunding campaign raises 873 per cent of initial goal
Over 9,600 people funded Toronto start-up’s one-dimensional mobile keyboard The final tally for Minuum’s Indiegogo campaign: $87,369 in one month from 9,648 supporters. TORONTO, Canada (April 18, 2013)...
View ArticleMobile Syrup announces Minuum keyboard to launch “early next week”
The Minuum Project has achieved such international buzz that even the news of a beta launch from Whirlscape Inc. without a firm date generated media interest. Mobile Syrup, one of the first technology...
View ArticleWhirlscape releases Minuum keyboard beta to early users
10,000 Indiegogo supporters first to try one-dimensional, virtual mobile keyboard Minuum launches beta for Android users who supported Whirlscape’s Indiegogo campaign TORONTO, Canada (June 18, 2013) —...
View ArticleWhirlscape’s team on Minuum, Indiegogo and crowdfunding a beta keyboard launch
Every six weeks, MaRS Innovation’s marketing and communications manager writes a guest post for the MaRS Discovery District blog profiling MI’s activities or one of our start-up companies. You can read...
View ArticlePortfolio Update: OtoSim on Healthy Sim blog; UTEST grads Whirlscape and...
Here’s a snapshot of some MI start-up news that you may gave missed over the last week: OtoSim Inc.‘s medical training simulators, which teach otoscopy and otolargyngology skills in an interactive way,...
View ArticleWhirlscape’s Minuum keyboard debuts at #2 on Google’s Top New Paid Apps list
Minuum (icon second from left) is the #2 Top Paid New Android App on the Google Play store. Graphic courtesy of Whirlscape Inc. The Minuum keyboard, which made its public debut in the Google Play...
View ArticleMaRS Innovation’s 2013 Top 10 List
2013 was an exceptional year for MaRS Innovation! Here are the top 10 news stories from our commercialization portfolio. 1. MaRS Innovation secures a $15 million CECR funding extension In January, MaRS...
View ArticleFinancial Post lists Whirlscape as Canadian Start-Up to Watch
2014 set to be big year for the start-up and UTEST grad Whirlscape’s Minuum keyboard leads the way in Matthew Braga‘s January 5 Financial Post article highlighting promising start-ups from across...
View ArticleWhirlscape releases Minuum demo on a Smart Watch
Whirlscape continues to build momentum for the Minuum keyboard. On January 21, the UTEST grad launched a demo of their keyboard on a Galaxy Gear Smart Watch. The remarkably accurate keyboard that...
View ArticleUTEST Featured in BetaKit’s The Accelerator Series
The University of Toronto Early Stage Technology (UTEST) program was the focus of a recent online article in BetaKit, a Canadian innovation and technology resource. The article by Joseph Czikk,...
View ArticleWhirlscape’s Minuum keyboard profiled on The Discovery Channel
Whirlscape‘s Minuum keyboard demo on a smartwatch was profiled on The Discovery Channel’s Daily Planet on January 27, 2014. Whirlscape Inc.’s Minuum keyboard was featured on the January 27, 2014...
View ArticleY Combinator-backed Whirlscape closes $500,000 seed funding round
Minuum keyboard creators accelerate wearable device input technology development Whirlscape, Inc., creators of the Minuum keyboard, closed an seed funding round of $500,000. TORONTO, Canada (February...
View ArticleUTEST accepting applications for third cohort of University of Toronto...
MaRS Innovation-U of T accelerator program among Canada’s best The University of Toronto Early-Stage Technology accelerator program (UTEST) is now accepting applications for a third cohort until April...
View ArticleWhirlscape’s Minuum keyboard makes SmartTV typing easy
University of Toronto Early-Stage Technology (UTEST) graduate Whirlscape Inc. released a video on February 25, 2014 showing how their Minuum keyboard can make typing on Smart TVs and consoles easy....
View ArticleWhirlscape exits beta, launches version 2.0 of the Minuum keyboard
Whirlscape Inc., a graduate of the University of Toronto Early-Stage Technology (UTEST) program’s cohort graduate, exits beta with the version 2.0 release of Minuum, their hit “small keyboard for big...
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