Thalmic Labs' Aaron Grant: Startups 'gaining momentum' in Kitchener

When CBC Kitchener-Waterloo launched a year ago, we met Thalmic Labs' CEO Stephen Lake at Communitechas the company was preparing to raise funding for their Myo armband.

• Thalmic Labs armband a Canadian-made wearable device

The device uses arm gestures to control electronics like computers, robotic devices and video games. A year later, millions of dollars and almost a million pre-orders later, co-founder Aaron Grant looks back at a stellar year.

"We very consciously decided to stay [in Kitchener]. There's a really, reallygreatstartup ecosystemhere and it's just, you know, gaining momentum over the past couple years. It's really becoming an awesome place to be as a startup," Grant told The Morning Edition host Craig Norris in an interview.

Listen to the entire interview here: