Waterloo EDC Blog

With the warm weather kicking in, Waterloo tech news got even hotter this month. Big names like MasterClass and Verily have announced expansions into the region while local tech scale-ups Faire, ApplyBoard, SkyWatch and Tulip raised a combined $683M. There’s a lot to cover, but we’re here to fill you in.

Here are the top stories from June 2021:

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ApplyBoard, a Waterloo-based edtech leader, has announced a $375 million Series D funding round that brings the company’s total value to $4 billion.

An online platform that empowers students around the world to access top quality educations, ApplyBoard became a unicorn just one year ago on the back of a $100 million Series B raise. In total, the company has raised at least $600 million since it...