Colare
Colare, a San Francisco company spun out of the University of Waterloo Velocity program, runs simulation-based technical assessments for hardware engineering hires, putting candidates into real CAD, PCB, thermal and FEA tasks and using AI to analyse their work before interviews.
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Colare, a San Francisco company spun out of the University of Waterloo Velocity program, runs simulation-based technical assessments for hardware engineering hires, putting candidates into real CAD, PCB, thermal and FEA tasks and using AI to analyse their work before interviews. About half of its customers are aerospace and defense companies.
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Investor· 3
Founders / team· 2
Funding history
- 2026-01-22Pre-Seed$3M
Investors · Afore Capital, Garage Capital, Acadian VenturesSource · fortune.com ↗
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Colare, a San Francisco company spun out of the University of Waterloo Velocity program, runs simulation-based technical assessments for hardware engineering hires, putting candidates into real CAD, PCB, thermal and FEA tasks and using AI to analyse their work before interviews. About half of its customers are aerospace and defense companies.
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