Chamber Dinner Showcases Kinduct
Travis McDonough, the CEO of Kinduct Technologies, will be the keynote speaker at the Halifax Chamber of Commerce’s annual fall dinner on Thursday. McDonough founded Kinduct, an athlete management...
View ArticleNovacap in Leading Edge Buyout
Leading Edge Geomatics, a New Brunswick-based provider of aerial survey and geomatics services, has sold a majority stake to Montreal private equity firm Novacap for an undisclosed sum. Though the...
View ArticleJulie Robinson Leads Luncheon Panel
We’re delighted to have received such a great response for our luncheon in Halifax today, and to have Julie Robinson, a McInnes Cooper Partner specializing in startups, joining us as moderator. At noon...
View ArticleRed Meat Games Expands to Halifax
Red Meat Games, a video game development studio, has expanded its offices into Halifax to develop its new horror-puzzle game, Bring to Light. “The expansion into Halifax made a lot of sense in terms of...
View ArticleModest Tree’s 3-Year Deal with DND
Modest Tree Media Inc., a Halifax SaaS company that offers 3D simulation and training software, has entered a three-year licensing agreement with the Canadian Department of National Defence. The...
View ArticlePanel Calls for Continued Growth
Atlantic Canada needs more startups, more immigrants, greater links with hotspots like Toronto and Boston, and more capital from huge tech corporations, the panel at Entrevestor’s luncheon said...
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Entrevestor Study Finds Exits Bring $1.8B, 2,200 jobs to Atlantic Canada
It’s a little-known fact that IBM’s R&D team for cybersecurity is headquartered in Fredericton — all because of a transformative exit announced in 2011. IBM that year agreed to buy Q1 Labs, a...
View ArticleHalifax’s Website for Amazon HQ Bid
The group organizing Halifax’s bid for Amazon’s second North American headquarters has launched its website, AmazonHFX.com, so anyone can see the rationale for the bid. The bid pits Halifax against...
View ArticleDeLong Inspired by Kidney Donation
As she packages orders for her latest Christmas tree ornament—a blended kidney and heart design—Kacy DeLong is simultaneously growing her business, raising funds for kidney research and celebrating her...
View ArticlePitchers Named for Volta Cohort
Volta Labs on Tuesday will host a pitching competition to select five startups that will receive a total of $125,000 in early stage investment in the Volta Cohort. The Halifax startup house will hold...
View ArticleUNB Summer Group Seeks Applicants
The University of New Brunswick’s summer accelerator program—whose alumni include mental-health awareness clothing line Wear Your Label and energy storage solution Stash Energy – has opened...
View ArticleSMU To Host Student VC Competition
Venture Grade, a student-run venture capital fund at St. Mary’s University, has announced its successful bid to host the international Venture Capital Investment Competition. VCIC is a tri-continental...
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Highlights of our Data Report
If there’s one piece of data that stands out from our study of the Atlantic Canadian startup community in 2016, it’s the number of companies that are gaining meaningful traction. Last week, at the...
View ArticleBrave New World Dives Into Robotics
The leap from web design to robotics is a big one, but Mike Rizkalla and his company are making the transition and preparing to bring their first robotics product to the market. Rizkalla heads Brave...
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Jeff Thompson Leaves Serenova
Winter might be moving in, but Jeff Thompson is lacing up his sneakers and hitting the road. One of the region’s most successful serial entrepreneurs, Thompson has recently moved on from his executive...
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Solace Lone Mention in Deloitte 50
Let’s start with the good news from the Deloitte Technology Fast 50: Solace Power of Mount Pearl, NL, was named to the competition’s Companies-to-Watch group for 2017. And now the bad news: for the...
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Volta Cohort Selects First Winners
The Volta Cohort, a new micro fund for Atlantic Canadian early-stage companies, got its start last night by awarding a total of $125,000 to five Halifax companies. Volta Labs, in partnership with...
View ArticleRabbit Hole Wins Gameacon Award
Charlottetown-based Rabbit Hole Studios has won Fan Favourite Digital Game at this year’s Gameacon Crystal Awards in New Jersey for its game The Lost Gardens. The Gameacon Crystal Awards honour the...
View ArticleBDC Adds to Women in Tech Fund
BDC Capital announced Wednesday it will add $20 million to its Women in Technology investment program, which aims to support women heading tech companies. This investment builds on a previous...
View Article27 Oceans and Cleantech Winners
Days after naming 18 winners of its Spark Innovation Challenge, Innovacorp has awarded a total of $920,000 to 27 companies in its oceans and cleantech competitions. Partnering with the Atlantic Canada...
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