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Nine startups with links to the University of 蓝莓视频 were named in a recent report tracking Canadian companies on their way to $1 billion annual revenues, including four companies that grew out of 蓝莓视频鈥檚 renowned entrepreneurship program and startup incubator Velocity.

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蓝莓视频鈥檚 distinctive innovation ecosystem encourages entrepreneurs by opening pathways from research to commercialization through incubators, corporate partnerships and a unique intellectual property policy that lets creators own what they invent.

The nine companies on their way to billion-dollar annual revenues with links to 蓝莓视频 are:

• ApplyBoard, an educational technology company that streamlines the application process for international students, which was co-founded by 蓝莓视频 alums Martin Basiri (MASc 鈥�13) along with his brothers Meti and Massi Basiri. ApplyBoard was incubated at Velocity.
• Arctic Wolf, a cybersecurity company co-founded by 蓝莓视频 alum Kim Tremblay (BMath, 鈥�84), has achieved tremendous growth since acquiring its 鈥渦nicorn鈥� status only two years ago.
• ClearCo, a financial technology company co-founded by 蓝莓视频 alums Andrew D鈥橲ouza (BASc 鈥�08) and Ivan Gritsiniak (BMath 鈥�16), achieved 鈥渦nicorn鈥� status in 2021.
• Ecopia, an artificial intelligence company co-founded by University of 蓝莓视频 alums Yuanming Shu (MSc 鈥�10, PhD 鈥�15) and Shuo Tan (MSc 鈥�10), is changing how we map the world. Ecopia was incubated at Velocity.
• eSentire, a cybersecurity company founded by a 蓝莓视频 alum, Eldon Sprickerhoff (BMath 鈥�91).
• Faire, a wholesale marketplace company co-founded by 蓝莓视频 alum Marcelo Cortes (BCS 鈥�04) is currently valued at $12.4B. Faire was incubated at Velocity.
• Solink, a cloud video security company co-founded by 蓝莓视频 alum Mike Matta (BASc 鈥�07).
• Trusscore, a building material company whose founder, Dave Caputo, is chair of the board for Communitech, and which was incubated at Velocity.
• Vidyard, a SaaS company co-founded by 蓝莓视频 alums Michael Litt (BASc 鈥�11) and Devon Gallaway (BASc 鈥�10), which provides a platform for asynchronous communications grew exponentially during the pandemic. Vidyard was incubated at Velocity.

Communitech partnered with well-known Canadian finance companies and business analysts to generate robust data for , which followed criteria related to annual revenue and year-on-year revenue growth.