Invest Atlantic To Focus on Fundraising
Invest Atlantic, the pan-Atlantic conference for startups and investors, will open Wednesday in Moncton with a range of speakers from around the region and other startup centres. The 2016 event – the...
View ArticleMcLaughlin Calls for Urbanization
Atlantic Canada should foster urbanization in order to build the kind of capital-attracting, wealth-creating culture the region needs, says New Brunswick-based academic and writer, Prof. John...
View ArticleJob Openings: SimpTek, Dash Hudson
Our Jobs of the Week column this week features opportunities for a data scientist in Fredericton and sales executive in Halifax. SimpTek Technologies, a Fredericton startup that helps utilities and...
View ArticleFDA Grants Soricimed Orphan Status
Soricimed Biopharma Inc., the Moncton-based biotech company developing peptide-based cancer treatments, has announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted orphan drug designation to its...
View ArticlePropel Growth Seeks Candidates
Propel ICT is looking for a few good startups – with the potential of becoming a few great companies. The regional Atlantic Canadian accelerator is hoping to identify successful startups that would be...
View ArticleEyesover Exceeds 2016 Sales Target
As a former cabinet minister in New Brunswick, Craig Leonard knows how quickly and decisively public opinion develops on social media. It helps him as the CEO of Eyesover, a new Fredericton-based...
View ArticleStartups Help To Retain Young People
About four years ago, a trio of game developers came together to form a Bedford-based gaming studio called Alpha Dog Games, and quietly began to grow. The team started with three founders – two of...
View ArticleClearpath Raises US$30M in VC
Kitchener-based Clearpath Robotics Inc. said Wednesday it has raised US$30 million (C$39.5 million) in a follow-on round led by iNovia Capital of Montreal. The funding is on top of a $14 million round...
View ArticleSquiggle Park Joins Fierce Founders
As it launches the pilot of its first product, Halifax-based Squiggle Park has been accepted into the Fierce Founders Accelerator, a new program in Kitchener-Waterloo for female tech entrepreneurs. The...
View ArticleSullivan Balances Appili’s Risks
Pathogens’ growing antibiotic resistance is a global concern. Halifax drug discovery firm Appili Therapeutics Inc. is developing its own solutions, and scouring the world for potential drugs with which...
View ArticleCape Breton Startups on Display
Cape Breton startups had to compete with Donald Trump, Jeff Hutcheson and Jim Balsillie at the Cape Breton Partnership’s Investor Summit on Thursday, but the young companies more than held their own....
View ArticleJob of the Week: Resson Growing
Our Jobs of the Week column this week features an opportunity for a developer interested in working for one of the hottest tech companies in the region. The Fredericton agriculture technology company...
View ArticleWise: Best Time Ever for Startups
A familiar face on the East Coast startup circuit, Sean Wise had a limited time to answer a range of questions at Invest Atlantic and summed them up in a simple sentence: it’s a great time to be an...
View ArticleAthletigen Releases Flagship Product
Athletigen Technologies, a Halifax company dedicated to genetics for athletes, on Monday released its flagship product Iris. Iris produces human performance insights developed from partnerships with...
View ArticleInnovacorp’s Oceans Adopter Program
Six Nova Scotia ocean technology companies have been selected to participate in Innovacorp’s Early Adopter Program, the provincial innovation agency said. Each of the companies in the program will...
View ArticleWhat’s Next for Karma Gaming?
Karma Gaming has sold its portfolio of lottery and instant games to Scientific Games Corp. of Las Vegas for an undisclosed price. Scientific Games, which is listed on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange,...
View ArticleProductCamp To Be Held Oct. 22
The third annual ProductCamp Atlantic, a gathering for product managers, marketing professionals, agile technology innovators, and thought leaders from across the region, will be held at the Innovacorp...
View ArticleLockheed Martin Supports Jedi
Lockheed Martin Canada said today it will expand its partnership with the Joint Economic Development Initiative, or Jedi, a not-for-profit organization that fosters economic development for First...
View Article5 Startups in Cleantech Accelerator
Five Nova Scotia clean technology companies have been selected to participate in the inaugural cohort of Innovacorp’s CleanTech Accelerate Program, the Nova Scotia innovation agency has announced...
View ArticleBig Data Congress Opens Monday
The fourth annual Big Data Congress opens in Saint John on Monday, once again bringing some of the world’s leading thinkers on technology to the region. The tech consultancy T4G began the conference in...
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