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Thank you very much to everyone who has already taken the time to fill out our 2018 survey. And we’re asking founders and CEOs who haven’t yet got round to it to please take two minutes to fill it in....
View ArticleThe Changing Focus of Due Diligence
In the heady days of the first dot-com boom, a sketch on a napkin and a sparkle in a coder’s eye could net a nice seed round from angel investors. Subsequent rounds, it seemed, would flow like...
View ArticleStart-Up Yard Seeks Ocean Innovators
Just months after opening, the cavernous COVE (Centre for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship) building in Dartmouth is feeling lived in, with residents gathering over screens and sharing pizza. But...
View ArticleFour Shortlisted for Manning Awards
The heads of four Atlantic Canadian companies have been named to the short-list for the 2019 Ernest C. Manning Innovation Awards, which presents cash prizes of up to $100,000 to winners. The award...
View ArticleAnaconda In #DisruptMining Finals
For the second year in a row, a company from Newfoundland and Labrador is a finalist for the US$1 million #DisruptMining competition. Mining giant Goldcorp Inc. said this week that Anaconda Mining of...
View ArticleJobs of the Week: Code + Mortar
Openings for Backend Web and Hybrid App Developers at Halifax-based Code + Mortar headline our Jobs of the Week column today. Code + Mortar is a development company that provides web apps, mobile apps...
View ArticleVidCruiter Aids UNDP in Award
The United Nations Development Programme has won an Innovation in Recruitment Award, using the software of Moncton-based video interview company VidCruiter. The UN agency announced last week that it...
View ArticleLifeRaft Partners with DarkOwl
Halifax-based LifeRaft, a Software-as-a-Service security company, has struck a partnership with Denver-based information security company DarkOwl, which will improve its ability to find information on...
View ArticleBioVectra Unveils $145M Expansion
Charlottetown-based drug-manufacturer BioVectra Inc. on Monday announced a five-year, $144.6 million expansion project in its facilities on P.E.I. and in Windsor, N.S. The company issued a statement...
View ArticleAlentic Lands $3M from ACOA
A team of researchers in Halifax are on the brink of releasing a pocket-sized medical device that can generate test results in mere minutes, using only a pinprick of blood. Alentic Microscience is a...
View ArticleNBIF Names 5 Breakthru Finalists
The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation has named the finalists for its 2018-2019 Breakthru entrepreneurship competition. The provincial innovation agency said Tuesday the five teams will compete for...
View ArticleLennox’s New Startup Canada Job
Victoria Lennox, the head of Startup Canada since its inception, is taking on a new development role within the national entrepreneurship support group, meaning the group is now looking for a CEO....
View ArticleSucSeed Eyes Further Growth in ‘19
As it sets out to raise $700,000 in debt capital, St. John’s-based SucSeed is looking to build on its proven strategy of selling its vegetable-growing kits to schools and school boards. The company...
View ArticleJobs: Senior Developer at TotaliQ
TotaliQ of St. John’s is searching for a Senior Cloud Platform Developer – someone who is able to work remotely. TotaliQ has produced a knowledge-sharing online platform that lets a company’s employees...
View ArticleDurland Named SMU’s Chancellor
Michael Durland, who has invested in some of Halifax’s leading startups, has been named the new Chancellor of St. Mary’s University, succeeding Paul D. Sobey. Durland is best known as the former Group...
View ArticleIMV Raises $29.5M in Offering
Montreal-based Fonds de solidarité FTQ has invested $5 million in Dartmouth-based immunotherapy company IMV as part of the company’s recent public offering, which raised almost $30 million. It is the...
View ArticleMara Lands $3M Loan from ACOA
Mara Renewables Corp. has received a $3 million conditional loan from the federal government to research the best ways to produce commercial quantities of algae-based nutritional supplements. The...
View ArticleCribcut’s $1M+ Raise To Aid Growth
Cribcut, whose online platform connects mobile hair stylists and clients, has raised $1.06 million in equity funding to help finance its expansion across Canada and the U.S. The Halifax company issued...
View ArticleSapien Releases Lightdogs App
Fredericton-based Sapien has launched its Lightdogs app on Apple’s App Store, and people in several countries have downloaded the app in the hope it will ease them off their cell phone addictions....
View ArticleACOA Backs Eigen with $800K+
Fredericton-based Eigen Innovations has received financing of more than $800,000 from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, which will fund marketing programs. ACOA issued a statement on Tuesday...
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