How Would Reforms Affect Startups?
Like many entrepreneurs, Alastair Trower recently told his member of Parliament of his outrage about the proposed tax reforms, which are being billed as an attempt to ensure fairness in the tax system....
View ArticleJobs: Dash Hudson’s Sales Dev Rep
Dash Hudson has an opening for a Sales Development Representative in Halifax, and this is the focus of Job of the Week today. Halifax-based Dash Hudson has created a “visual intelligence platform” that...
View ArticleImmigration Event Planned for Halifax
Startup Halifax and The Halifax Library will host an event on Oct. 16 to educate people on the processes available to foreigners who want to immigrate to Canada. In particular, the free session is...
View ArticleSMU’s New Multicultural Sales Course
The Sobey School of Business at St. Mary’s University will hold an information session Thursday for its new sales course, Sell Beyond Borders. The information session will be held at the Innovacorp...
View ArticleBoondoc’s MRR To Hit $140K in Jan.
Before discussing his survey of 1,450 physicians about tax reform, Blair J. Ryan was more than happy to discuss the financial success his company, Boondoc, has been enjoying lately. Halifax-based...
View ArticleMcInnes Cooper’s Startup Package
McInnes Cooper, the Atlantic Canadian law firm, has announced its new Start-up and Retainer Packages with the goal of making legal services more accessible for innovation-driven startups in Atlantic...
View ArticleNC Client Adds CarbonCure Systems
CarbonCure Technologies says one of its major clients has install the its technology at two more of its concrete production facilities. Dartmouth-based Carboncure this week distributed an announcement...
View ArticlePEI Ignition Fund Backs 10 Startups
The government of Prince Edward Island has announced that 10 young companies will receive Ignition grants of $25,000 each to develop their products or services. The government said Tuesday the grants...
View ArticleOceans Contest Offers China Access
A new startup competition in the OceanTech space is offering competitors cash prizes of as much as US$70,000 (C$87,5000) as well as access to the Chinese market. Halifax is one of a handful of cities...
View ArticleDurland in LifeRaft’s $1.45M Round
LifeRaft, the Halifax company whose platform uncovers potential threats through social media posts, has brought in noted investor Mike Durland to its team as an investor and adviser. The company said...
View ArticleInnovacorp Unveils Spark Shortlist
Innovacorp on Thursday revealed the shortlist for its Spark competition, which will award a total of $800,000 in non-dilutive capital to startups across the province. The innovation agency said in...
View ArticleStash Explores Energy Storage Systems
With heat pump technology improving and the devices becoming more popular, Fredericton’s Stash Energy is well positioned to build a business around storing that energy. Stash co-founder and CEO Jordan...
View ArticleSolace Appoints Gotlieb as CEO
As it raises its Series A funding round, Solace Power of Mount Pearl, NL, has named Michael Gotlieb as CEO to guide the company alongside Founder and President Kris McNeil. Solace Power specializes in...
View ArticleSomaDetect Wins US$1M at 43North
Fredericton-based SomaDetect has won the US$1 million first prize in the 43Northcompetition in Buffalo, NY. As well as giving the one-year-old company the equivalent of C$1.25 million, the win grants...
View ArticleRandell Wins EY’s Atlantic Award
Joe Randell, CEO of Chorus Aviation Inc., an organization that offers a full suite of aviation services, is this year’s EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2017 Atlantic winner. “Joe has played a vital role...
View ArticleBlue Solutions Contest Offers $200K
Entrants from around the world are being sought for a Nova Scotia competition designed to find solutions to ocean industry problems and offer about $200,000 in prize money. The Blue Solutions Start-Up...
View ArticleDeshpande To Open GCEC Event
Famed entrepreneur and philanthropist Desh Deshpande will officially open the 2017 Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centres Conference on Friday at Dalhousie University in Halifax. The consortium...
View ArticleJobs: Swept, HeyOrca, Remsoft
A pair of job postings from janitorial software producer Swept head up our Jobs of the Week column today. Fresh with about C$2.5 million in new financing, Halifax-based Swept is growing and is looking...
View ArticleINovia, Afore in Swept’s US$2M Round
Fresh from the 500 Startups accelerator in California’s Silicon Valley, janitorial software-maker Swept has closed a US$2-million funding round, led by venture capital firms iNovia and Afore Capital....
View ArticleCohort 2 of Fredericton’s Export Igniter
Ignite Fredericton, the community economic development agency, is inviting Fredericton-based companies aiming to enter new markets to apply to the Export Igniter acceleration program. Since the...
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