Solace, Byrne Sign Long-Term Deal
Solace Power Inc., which makes wireless power technology, has signed a multi-year licensing agreement with Byrne, a leading power and data solutions company located in Rockford, Michigan. Solace said...
View ArticleSydney To Host Skaled Sales Event
The Cape Breton startup community will present a two-day seminar on sales techniques in the digital marketplace – a curriculum designed to attract participants from other parts of Atlantic Canada....
View Article270 Attend Invest Atlantic in St. John’s
Invest Atlantic, which bills itself as East Coast Canada’s largest networking event for entrepreneurs and investors, hopped the Gulf of St. Lawrence for the first time this week and came to St. John’s....
View ArticleManifold Raises US$15M Round
Manifold, the company that helps software developers assimilate a range of services, has raised a Series A round of US$15 million (C$18.5 million). Manifold was founded by Jevon MacDonald, the former...
View ArticleLeach Named CEED Education Head
Ed Leach, long known as half of the team of “Ed and Mary” at LaunchDal, has a new title. He is now Director of Education at the Centre for Entrepreneurship Education & Development. Leach until...
View ArticlePEI’s BioVectra Opens New Facilities
Charlottetown drug manufacturer BioVectra Inc. on Thursday announced the opening of its new flagship warehouse and process development suites. The company said in a statement the new 21,000-square-foot...
View ArticleADI Wins BioNB Achievement Award
Fredericton-based ADI Systems was presented the New Brunswick Bioscience Achievement Award on Thursday by BioNB, New Brunswick’s bioscience agency. BioNB presented the award, sponsored by McInnes...
View ArticleStartup Education Gained in Africa
As he gets into stride in his new role as director of Memorial University’s Centre for Entrepreneurship, French-born Florian Villaume keeps in mind what he learned working in Sub-Saharan Africa....
View ArticleManifold Builds Network with Series A
Manifold, the company that helps software developers access services with ease, has raised a Series A round of US$15 million (C$18.5 million) from a pool of blue-chip investors across the continent....
View Article8 Semi-Finalists In BioPort Contest
BioNova has announced eight semi-finalists for the 2017 edition of The BioInnovation Challenge, or BIC, the pitching event at BioPort Atlantic in Halifax on Oct. 17 and 18. Scott Moffitt, Managing...
View Article32 Finalists in EY Atlantic Competition
The global business service consultancy EY will name the Atlantic winners of its Entrepreneur of the Year competition next Thursday in Moncton. EY has selected 32 finalists in eight categories, who...
View ArticleMcCrae Back in the Mentorship Game
Returning to a task she loves, Gillian McCrae is once again working in the accelerator world, serving as Venture Manager at Creative Destruction Lab-Atlantic. The former entrepreneur-in-residence of...
View ArticleBreton SmarTek Extends its Reach
Four years after launching its first app for firefighters in Cape Breton, Breton SmarTek offers a suite of four products and is eyeing expansion into new sectors and jurisdictions. The Sydney company...
View ArticlePropel Names 28 to Fall 2017 Cohort
Propel ICT, Atlantic Canada’s startup accelerator, has announced the 28 companies that will make up its autumn 2017 cohort, more than one-third of them from Newfoundland and Labrador. The organization...
View ArticleStartup Weekends Set Across Region
As surely as it brings jack-o-lanterns and fresh apples, autumn is a season that brings us Startup Weekends. And this year, Startup Weekends – or events following a similar format – will be held across...
View ArticleHudson To Lead Sequence Bio’s SAB
Sequence Bio has named American scientist Kathy Hudson, who held a senior role at the National Institutes of Health during the Obama administration, as Chair of its Scientific Advisory Board. The St....
View ArticleIgnite Fredericton Nabs 2 IEDC Awards
Ignite Fredericton announced Wednesday it has received two Excellence in Economic Development Awards from the Washington, D.C.-based International Economic Development Council. The Fredericton economic...
View ArticleScreenScape Cited for Sales Growth
ScreenScape Networks, the Charlottetown-based digital signage company, has been ranked as one of the fastest-growing software companies in the country by Canadian Business magazine. With 591 per cent...
View ArticleDemoCamp Set for Halifax Oct. 10
The countdown is on for DemoCamp Halifax, which is set to take place Oct. 10 at Pier 21 in Halifax. DemoCamp is an opportunity for early-stage startups to present their projects to an audience of...
View ArticleNBIF Backed 29 Startups in 2016-17
The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation released its 2016-17 annual report on Wednesday, revealing an active year, in which it invested in 29 different companies. The report on the innovation agency’s...
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