MentorCamp to Debut in Sydney
MentorCamp, the event that brings together entrepreneurs and mentors for intense training sessions, will take place in the Sydney area this month — the first time it’s been held in Cape Breton. Founder...
View ArticleBriefs: Curbza, V4C, BDC, Cheep
Peer-to-Peer Commerce Startup Curbza Raises $83,000 Curbza, a new Dartmouth company that is developing a peer-to-peer mobile commerce platform, has raised $83,000 in seed capital from angel investors....
View ArticleGovernment Must Adopt Innovation
There are a few things that investors don’t like to hear from entrepreneurs who are pitching them for money, and one is that the startup plans to sell mainly to government. Selling to government is...
View ArticleEvent Season in 2016 Focuses on NB
We’re entering event season in the Atlantic Canadian startup community, and the focus this year will be on New Brunswick. There are at least five big events planned for the region this autumn, and...
View ArticleUnique Solutions Closes its Doors
Dartmouth-based body scan company Unique Solutions has closed down after burning through tens of millions of dollars in capital, including $5.6 million it raised from the Nova Scotian government. A...
View ArticleSequence Announces US$3M Funding
Silicon Valley venture capital firm Data Collective is leading a US$3 million (C$3.9 million) seed round of funding in St. John’s-based Sequence Bio, calling the company’s work in health data “a...
View ArticleNew Programming at Planet Hatch
A method for streamlining access to entrepreneurial services is being developed in New Brunswick. The idea is to prevent service duplication, said Lisa Kinney, Entrepreneurial Services Coordinator at...
View ArticleJob of The Week: 4Deep Inwater
Halifax-based 4Deep Inwater Imaging, which makes cutting-edge microscopes that can operate in the water, is seeking a product verification/quality control lead. The company makes advanced microscopes...
View ArticleThe Digital Side of Charlottetown
Gillian McCrae smiled as she looked back at the makeshift stage where six Prince Edward Island digital technology companies had just pitched. McCrae, the Propel ICT Vice-President, had just overseen...
View ArticleNS Should Maintain VC Policy
The closing of Unique Solutions has ignited calls for the Nova Scotia government to get out of the venture capital business. After four companies in the Nova Scotia Business Inc. VC portfolio have...
View ArticleSimms Returns to Genesis as CEO
Michelle Simms has not only returned to the Genesis Centre. She is now running the St. John’s startup incubator. Simms had worked at the Genesis Centre on the Memorial University campus for 14 years,...
View ArticleBriefs: Sequence, CarbonCure, Venn
Incubators collaborate to deliver market intelligence Moncton-based Venn Innovation said Wednesday that market intelligence services will be available to qualifying technology companies across Atlantic...
View ArticleWellTrack Near Closing $1M Round
There’s part of the WellTrack story that overshadows its pending $1-million funding, or even its efforts to double revenue every quarter this year. It’s the tale of how CEO Darren Piercey decided one...
View ArticleErin Flood Grows in COO Role
Three years ago, HotSpot Merchant Solutions was a small Fredericton startup. Today, it’s growing with a major U.S. partner. Erin Flood, the company’s chief operating officer, said growth is driven by...
View ArticleJobs of the Week: RevIQ’s 4 Openings
RevIQ, the Charlottetown company that helps game-makers boost revenues, is our featured company in Jobs of the Week today with a quartet of postings. The one-year-old company has been rapidly...
View ArticleSustane’s Deal Paves Way for Funding
Peter Vinall emphasized that the announcement in Chester was a key step in a long and complicated process. “It’s a big milestone for us,” said the CEO and Co-Founder of Sustane Technologies Inc. over...
View ArticlePropel ICT Names Autumn 2016 Cohort
Propel ICT, the East Coast regional accelerator, has announced 38 companies from all four Atlantic Provinces that will go through the Fall 2016 Cohort. The group has accepted five companies into its...
View ArticleInnovacorp Looks to Exits for Capital
Nova Scotia venture capital agency Innovacorp has less money left in its main fund than it usually invests in a typical year, and hopes to replenish the fund through exits by existing portfolio...
View ArticleAct of Radical Generosity, Season Two
Female entrepreneurs and mentors are invited to prepare for the second year of SheEO’s An Act of Radical Generosity, an initiative that last year raised half a million dollars to fund five female-led...
View ArticleJob of the Week: Springboard Atlantic
Our Job of the Week column today highlights a position at Springboard Atlantic, the organization that coordinates and promotes commercialization at 19 academic institutions across Atlantic Canada....
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