The Impact of the I-3 Competition
The great and the good gathered at the Trade and Convention Centre in Halifax Wednesday evening to witness a substantial exercise in seed funding. Officially, they were at the awards gala for the I-3...
View ArticleESentire Raises US$19.5M Round
Cambridge, Ont.-based cybersecurity company eSentire has raised US$19.5 million (C$26.8 million) in a round of funding co-led by eastern U.S. fund Edison Partners and Toronto-based Georgian Partners....
View ArticleKW-based Pout Bought by Everalbum
Pout, the Waterloo Region company whose app allows people to explore the fashion industry, has been bought by San Francisco-based Everalbum for an undisclosed sum. The company’s co-founders, engineer...
View ArticleKW-based Pout Bought by Everalbum
Pout, the Waterloo Region company whose app allows people to explore the fashion industry, has been bought by San Francisco-based Everalbum for an undisclosed sum. The company’s co-founders, engineer...
View ArticleJobs of the Week: Resson, BioNB
This week in Jobs of the Week, we’re focusing on multiple opportunities in Fredericton, from Resson Aerospace Corp. and BioNB, as well as a position in Halifax at 4Deep Inwater Imaging. Resson...
View ArticlePunamiya Named New Propel CEO
Anita Punamiya has been named the new CEO of Propel ICT, Atlantic Canada’s regional tech accelerator. Propel Chair Dave Grebenc confirmed Friday that Punamiya is taking the helm of the pan-regional...
View ArticleApplications Open for Next Founders
Applications for The Next Founders, a growth stage program offered by The Next 36, are now open until March 3. The Next Founders is a three-month development program looking for 20 founders of...
View ArticleACOA Funding for Volta, B4checkin
The federal government has provided $500,000 to the Halifax startup house Volta Labs as part of a round of funding for growth companies and their ecosystem in Nova Scotia. As well as a grant to Volta,...
View ArticleClockwork Fox Eyes 2 Launches in ‘16
The story of Clockwork Fox is the story of a film company that wanted a digital product and ended up with an educational technology startup backed by a $1 million equity investment. St. John’s-based...
View Article5 Startup Marketing Predictions for 2016
It seems I can’t escape a “Best of 2015” or “Trends for 2016” post, so I guess if I can’t beat them, I might as well join them… even if I am a little late to the party. Here are five predications for...
View ArticleAcorn Cryotech Plans 2016-17 Launch
Acorn Cryotech, a cryogenic storage business and one of four startups that won $25,000 in the Velocity Fund Finals last fall, has set a tentative launch date of winter 2016-2017. The early-stage...
View ArticleSpring Loaded Nears Sales Target
Spring Loaded Technology has launched the sale of its acclaimed bionic knee brace in a crowdfunding campaign that aims to raise at least US$75,000 – which it almost reached in its first day. The...
View ArticleLooking for New East Coast Startups
We have a request for all new startups in Atlantic Canada: let us know you’re out there. We’re now developing our list of startups and high-growth companies in Atlantic Canada – all those that were...
View ArticleSimms Gets Boost from OneStart
A Halifax-based team that’s developing a treatment for a rare childhood blindness is hoping an international accelerator will help them get their technology to the global market. Members of a research...
View ArticleSortable Aims for 10X Growth
Sortable, an automated ad optimization service, has revealed that its network of publishers has grown to 200, reaching about 130 million unique viewers in January. The startup uses machine learning to...
View ArticleJobs of the Week: Proposify, HeyOrca
This week in Jobs of the Week we are featuring two positions located in Halifax, from Proposify and Gracenote, and one opportunity from St. John’s-based Software-as-a-Service company HeyOrca. Proposify...
View ArticleClean Simple Lands $575K in Equity
After a dramatic change in its business model last autumn, Halifax-based Clean Simple has raised $575,000 in equity funding, becoming the first Atlantic Canadian portfolio company of the venture...
View ArticleShooting for a Toronto-KW Supercity
The backdrop said as much as the beaming man standing alone on the stage. The man was Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. He wore no jacket, just a white shirt with the sleeves rolled up and the top button...
View ArticleOur Quarterly Report on KW is Out
We’re extremely proud today to publish our first quarterly Entrevestor Intelligence report on the Waterloo Region, which highlights the need for KW and Toronto to develop Canada’s Tech Supercity. This...
View ArticleBains Unveils Innovation Funding
The federal government has announced $14 million in funding for a new institution in Charlottetown that will encourage the commercialization of products developed from natural substances. Federal...
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