V4C Partners with McInnes Cooper
Venture for Canada, a not-for-profit organization that recruits, trains and supports recent graduates to work at leading Canadian startups, has announced a partnership with McInnes Cooper. Through this...
View ArticlePEI Launches Early-Stage Fund
Island Capital Partners, a new $4-million-plus investment fund, has launched to fund startups and add some investment power to the deepening startup ecosystem on Prince Edward Island,. The new...
View ArticleGrowing as Social Ventures Increase
As the social entrepreneurship movement gains momentum, Common Good Solutions of Halifax is keeping pace and growing its business locally and internationally. The company is dedicated to working with a...
View ArticleThe Task of Finding a Co-Founder
Finding the right co-founders to grow a startup is often a challenge. Just ask entrepreneur Randy Campbell, who has launched ShopLaw, an online platform that helps people find a lawyer to meet their...
View ArticleShould Startups Become B Corps?
WoodsCamp Technologies seems like a natural candidate to become a B Corp, but its CEO isn’t rushing to gain certification. The Mahone Bay, N.S., startup has developed an online tool to help manage...
View ArticleHelpMeOrder Expands Into Toronto
A year after a launching in Atlantic Canada, HelpMeOrder has just expanded its dish-rating service into the Greater Toronto Area, hoping to capture clients in Canada’s culinary capital. Based in St....
View ArticlePropel Applications Close Friday
There are just two days left to apply for the next cohort of Propel ICT, the regional IT accelerator. The organization, whose goal is to find and support the first $1 billion tech company in Atlantic...
View ArticleIrvings Donate $2.2m to Dal’s IDEA
Irving Oil has donated $2.2 million to Dalhousie University’s upcoming Innovation and Design in Engineering and Architecture project, more commonly known as the IDEA project. According to a post in Dal...
View ArticleBeauceron Moves Past Adopter Stage
Chatting with David Shipley on Monday, I was curious to know how a guy goes from being a business journalist to CEO of an up-and-coming cybersecurity startup. It happens when the guy works in-between...
View ArticleTelling the B Corp Story Through Film
A New Brunswick-made documentary that explains the benefits of starting a social venture and gaining B Corp (Benefit Corporation) certification will soon be available for public viewing. A social...
View ArticleIf You Need Us, We’ll Be at the Beach
As we have done every year, we're taking a brief holiday from Entrevestor in the last week of August. So unless there's big, big news new week, you won't be hearing from us until the Tuesday after...
View ArticleFraser to Succeed Duff at Innovacorp
Innovacorp last week named its new boss and unveiled the makeup of its new-and-improved Spark competition. And the Nova Scotia innovation agency is expected to have a third announcement later this...
View ArticleShowcasing High-Growth Companies
A startup event is taking place in Halifax next Monday that isn’t really about startups. It’s a showcase for high-growth innovation companies, most with international customers. With luck, the...
View ArticleUNB Unveils Innovation Fellowships
The University of New Brunswick has announced the creation of a post-doctoral fellowship program focused on innovation, the latest in a string of initiatives at UNB to enhance the development of new...
View ArticleInvest Atlantic To Feature Alistair Croll
Celebrated author and tech guru Alistair Croll will be the keynote speaker at Invest Atlantic, which for the first time is being held in St. John’s. For the past eight years, Invest Atlantic has aimed...
View ArticleSomru Plans Aggressive Expansion
As Somru BioScience puts the finishing touches on its new 5,000-square-foot headquarters in Charlottetown, its leaders are already talking about doubling its size next year and eventually building a...
View ArticleJaza, SomaDetect Join CIX Top 20
Two Atlantic Canadian companies – Fredericton-based SomaDetect and Jaza Energy, which based in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick – have been named to the prestigious CIX Top 20 by the Canadian Innovation...
View ArticleWhelan, UNB Shine at Startup Awards
Anne Whelan of St. John’s and the University of New Brunswick walked away as the big winners at the regional Startup Canada Awards celebration in Fredericton on Thursday night. Whelan, President...
View ArticleJob of the Week: Dash Hudson’s SDR
Dash Hudson’s opening for a Sales Development Representative in Halifax is the focus of this edition of Job of the Week. Halifax-based Dash Hudson has created a “visual intelligence platform” that...
View ArticleJob of the Week: Dash Hudson’s SDR
Dash Hudson’s opening for a Sales Development Representative in Halifax is the focus of this edition of Job of the Week. Halifax-based Dash Hudson has created a “visual intelligence platform” that...
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