Waterloo Region technology firms top national rankings

Deloitte announced its Technology Fast 50 on Thursday and a trio of firms in Waterloo Region topped the chart.

The rankings, which have been around for 22 years, honour companies that are on the “cutting edge of innovative technologies.”

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ApplyBoard, which is located in Kitchener, was ranked number one overall for its platform, designed to recruit international students to North America.

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The company enjoys a four-year growth of 12,525 per cent.

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Intellijoint Surgical of Kitchener and Auvik Networks of Waterloo finished second and third, respectively.

Two other Kitchener companies, Smile.io (Sweet Tooth) and Vidyard, finished 29th and 39^th overall on the list, which saw 27 of the 50 companies hail from Ontario.

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