June 15, 2016
The iUGO Health Story
Forge company and Innovation Factory client, CareKit (rebranded iUGO Health), was created during the 2015 eHealth conference for the Hacking ...
June 9, 2016
8 Forge companies named LiON’S LAIR Finalists
Fifteen companies have been selected as finalists for the 2016 LiON’S LAIR competition, which offers entrepreneurs the chance to pitch ...
May 27, 2016
Start The Cycle to partner with Toronto startup Joyride Technologies
Joyride Technologies, a smart bike tracking and analytics company, has formed a new partnership with Start The Cycle, a bike ...
May 2, 2016
Profile: GoWrench is changing the way you interact with your mechanic
What if your car hadn’t started this morning? What would you have done? You’d call a tow truck, wait in ...
April 26, 2016
Bruha Launches Their New Entertainment Discovery & Ticketing Platform
The Forge-based tech start-up, Brüha, launches the first version of its platform and is looking to tap into the event ...
Mohawk College launches virtual tour map
Incoming or prospective college students have a new place to turn when trying to get to know Mohawk College. The team ...
April 1, 2016
Virtual Possibilities wins $20,000 at Spectrum Student Startup
Last night, Spectrum held its second annual Spectrum Student Startup Competition. Virtual Possibilities, one of the companies working out ...
April 1, 2016
Spectrum Student Startup 2016 – Results are in!
On March 31, Spectrum held its Second Annual Spectrum Student Startup Competition. CIBC Hall at McMaster was filled to capacity with ...
March 15, 2016
Blue Orchid Awarded $125,000 in OCE Funding
Blue Orchid, one of the startups working out of The Forge, received some great news to end the winter ...
March 15, 2016
2015 Spectrum Student Startup Finalist Blue Orchid wins $125,000 grant
Last year, Sina Afshani and his company Blue Orchid were little more than a passion, an idea, and a design. ...
March 9, 2016
Event Recap: Spectrum Student Startup Top Ten Dinner
On March 31st, ten of Hamilton’s most impressive student entrepreneurs will compete for a prize pool of more than $100,000 ...
February 25, 2016
Thrive Games Fully Funded on Kickstarter
Recently, Thrive Games launched an exciting Kickstarter campaign to fund their upcoming game Dragon of Legends. The campaign in now ...
February 25, 2016
Event Recap – How to Start a Software Company, with Dale Mugford
Tuesday night was quite a barn-burner for the software/entrepreneurship crowd. Hamilton entrepreneur, and co-founder of Brave New Code, Dale Mugford ...
February 22, 2016
The Forge’s CareKit Health is acquired by Moseda Technologies in $2 million deal
Hamilton startup CareKit Health Corp. (“CareKit”) has been acquired by British Columbia-based Moseda Technologies Inc. (TSX VENTURE: MSD). The deal ...
February 19, 2016
CareKit Health is Acquired by Moseda Technologies
One of our Forge startups CareKit Health Corp. (“CareKit”) has been acquired by British Columbia-based Moseda Technologies Inc. (TSX VENTURE: ...
McMaster Engineering student Sean Hodgins has a Kickstarter the maker community should seriously check out
We truly believe McMaster has some of the brightest and most creative minds there is in the tech and software ...
Ken Sangha founder of DoublePlay Q and A on insights to starting an App based company
We got the opportunity to chat with McMaster alumnus Ken Sangha (LinkedIn) on some updates towards his company app development company ...
January 21, 2016
Photos: Startup Career Fair
On January 20th Hamilton had its first Startup Career Fair. The Arnie at Mohawk College was filled with local startups ...
January 21, 2016
Photos: Startup Career Fair
On January 20th Hamilton had its first Startup Career Fair. The Arnie at Mohawk College was filled with local startups ...
January 15, 2016
Branding & Marketing Workshop – Event Recap
On January 13th, Spectrum hosted marketing expert, entrepreneur, and all-around-nice-guy Mark Tharme at TwelvEighty to present a workshop on marketing and ...
December 1, 2015
2nd Annual STAND UP Pitch Competition – Event Recap & Video
November 25th marked the final pitch night for Spectrum’s STAND UP Pitch Competition, and with it the end of ...
November 24, 2015
RotaNovus: Getting to know a McMaster startup
RotaNovus is a Spectrum-supported startup based out of McMaster University. The company won the 1st Place $2,500 prize at our ...
November 10, 2015
Andrei Tichenkov on his trip to CalHacks
Earlier in 2015, Spectrum helped send McMaster’s Andrei Tichenkov to CalHacks at the University of California – Berkeley. This is ...
November 4, 2015
Hack Your Community – Event Recap & Video
Over Halloween weekend eight teams worked to solve social, community problems. We only had them working for 24 hours, but things ...
October 29, 2015
HTML & CSS Beginners Workshop – Event Recap
Ladies Learning Code’s Hamilton chapter partnered with Spectrum to bring a beginners coding workshop to campus. The rain kept some ...
October 22, 2015
Hangry to appear on Oct. 28th episode of Dragon’s Den
Most people hate waiting in long lines for food. Will the Dragons feel the same way? Hangry, a mobile app ...
Spectrum Radio EP. 16: Mac grads give The Gist of the day’s news
Two McMaster graduates are behind a fresh startup that is looking to help users wake up and get informed on ...
October 1, 2015
Six Forge Companies Impress at LiON’S LAIR Gala
Another LiON’S LAIR Gala, another inspiring night for Hamilton innovators. In the fifth year of the LiON’S LAIR – a ...
October 1, 2015
Spectrum does LiON’S LAIR!
Spectrum had the distinct pleasure of attending the LiON’S LAIR Gala on Wednesday, Sept. 30th. (We’re a goofy bunch) “LiONʼS ...
Mac grads build sports data company OnPoint Sports
For many sports fans or fantasy sports players, the basic array of readily-available statistics just isn’t good enough. That’s the ...
