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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...

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University 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...

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UTEST 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,”...

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Minuum 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...

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Minuum 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...

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Minuum’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)...

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Mobile 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...

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Whirlscape 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) —...

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Whirlscape’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...

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Portfolio 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,...

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Whirlscape’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...

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MaRS 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...

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Financial 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...

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Whirlscape 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...

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UTEST 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,...

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Whirlscape’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...

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Y 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...

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UTEST 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...

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Whirlscape’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....

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Whirlscape 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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