Fifty Atlantic Canadian startup community members travelled to the Startupfest Montreal conference last week in a bid to entice outside investors, entrepreneurs and talent to consider doing business east of the St. Lawrence.
Kathryn Lockhart, CEO of remote startup incubator Propel ICT and one of the delegation’s organizers, said in an interview that the team blew through their internal goal for overall visitors to their booth within just the first day of the three-day gathering. And this Tuesday alone, she took three calls with investors contemplating moves into the region, prompted by what