ReadyPass Eyes 250 Mid-sized Cities
A Fredericton startup company is looking at about 250 cities in the U.S. and Canada with populations of less than 150,000 as the target market for its product to improve transit systems. Alex Kall, CEO...
View ArticleThe Mune Launches on Kickstarter
With one month to go, Scott Stevenson has already received commitments of $24,568 – almost one-quarter of his $100,000 target – in the Kickstarter campaign for his new musical instrument, the Mune. The...
View ArticleBrownie Points Targets Small Cities
Newfoundland and Labrador may get a chance Thursday to defend its title at the Fierce Founders bootcamp at the Communitech Hub in Kitchener, Ont. Niki Pryor, the CEO of St. John’s startup Brownie...
View ArticleTrevor MacAusland Rejoins Propel ICT
Trevor MacAusland is returning to Propel ICT. The regional accelerator said Wednesday that MacAusland, who had overseen the organization’s first program, Launch36, has accepted a position as...
View ArticleAccelerator Centre Launches Phase One
Waterloo’s Accelerator Centre, or AC, is accepting applications for the first cohort of its newly developed Phase One program launching in September. Phase One is an intensive four-month program...
View ArticleGone Fishin’
Well, we're not really fishing, but there was a time when that sign used to hang in office windows if people were away. We will be taking our annual summer break next week. We're having a bit of down...
View ArticleBriefs: Sequence, Sentinel, Curbza
EyeRead Changes Name to Squiggle Park EyeRead, the Halifax startup dedicated to helping children learn to read, has changed its name to Squiggle Park. A spinout from the Halifax web development company...
View ArticleDigital NS Offers New Sales Program
The need for Atlantic Canadian businesses to increase sales, particularly global sales, is a hot subject. With that in mind, technical industry association Digital Nova Scotia is piloting a sales...
View ArticleBriefs: Propel, Medved, Thorasys
Palmer to Head Propel ICT’s Growth Program Propel ICT, the Atlantic Canadian regional accelerator, has named Steve Palmer as the head of its new Growth Program. The Growth Program, which the...
View ArticleMcLaughlin Heads Startup Award List
John McLaughlin, Professor Emeritus and President Emeritus of the University of New Brunswick, has been awarded Startup Canada’s 2016 Adam Chowaniec Lifetime Achievement Award for the Atlantic Region....
View ArticleSpark Cape Breton Awards $225,000
Innovacorp and the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency last week awarded a total of $225,000 in development money to seven winners of their 2016 Spark Cape Breton Innovation Challenge. The Spark...
View ArticleJobs of the Week: iWave, Porpoise
Our Jobs of the Week column today highlights a couple of postings by iWave Information Systems, a P.E.I. company that helps non-profits with their fundraising efforts. Based in Charlottetown, iWave has...
View ArticleOcean Institute Attracts $220M
Government, private investors and academia came together Tuesday to announce $220 million in funding for the Ocean Frontier Institute, a new research group led by Dalhousie University. The OFI, which...
View ArticleInnovacorp Launches Spark West
Innovacorp has launched a new competition called Spark West to identify and provide seed capital for startups in western Nova Scotia. Spark West is the counterpart to Spark Cape Breton, which for the...
View ArticleUsing Data to Fight Global Hunger
When the Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition initiative holds its first summit this month, one speaker will be a New Brunswick entrepreneur who aims to use data analytics to alleviate world...
View ArticleElla: The Shop To Open in Saint John
Ella, the Saint John-based app-developer that helps women sell their used clothing, has opened a retail outlet where women can get together to close more sales. Founder and CEO Kelly Lawson announced...
View ArticleGardner Dedicated to ‘Place-Making’
St. John’s-based entrepreneur Chris Gardner is doing a lot to foster and grow his community. He, in turn, will need community support if his biotechnology company Sequence Bio is to succeed. Gardner...
View ArticleBriefs: NB Events; Dal’s Collide
Events in Fredericton this Week The Startup Canada Awards on Tuesday evening are just one of a series of events taking place in Fredericton this week. Startup Canada, the national organization...
View ArticleJobs of the Week: Dash Hudson, DPL
It’s been said that just about every startup is looking for developers, and this week in Jobs of the Week we’re highlighting companies from around the region in the hunt for tech talent. Companies...
View ArticleLINKETT Growing After 500 Startups
Toronto and California-based LINKETT has quadrupled its customer base in the last year. Appropriately enough for a marketing analytics company, LINKETT has grown by streamlining and deepening its use...
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