22 Companies To Present at AVF
The Atlantic Venture Forum has announced 22 companies that will present at the event later this month. The AVF will be held June 26 and 27 at the Halifax Marriott Harbourfront Hotel in Halifax, Nova...
View Article3 Winners at Digital NS Awards
The winners of this year’s Digital NS Diversity Awards were honoured in Halifax on Monday at an event that celebrated achievements in widening participation in Nova Scotia’s ICT workforce. Event...
View ArticleTieos Pitching at BIO2019
Tieӧs Pharmaceuticals, a bioscience company based in Moncton, has been chosen by national industry association BIOTECanada as one of four competitors in the Coast to Coast Competition to be held at the...
View ArticleStartup NB Hosts a Week of Events
Startup New Brunswick, the umbrella group for startups in the province, is hosting a series of events in the next week to celebrate entrepreneurship in New Brunswick and across the region. On...
View ArticleDeloitte Buys Blue Spurs Consulting
The global consultancy Deloitte is acquiring Fredericton-based Blue Spurs Consulting to enhance its capabilities in cloud-based technologies and increase its presence in Atlantic Canada. Deloitte...
View ArticleMysa Raises $2.3M Equity Round
St. John’s-based Mysa Smart Thermostats has closed a $2.3 million equity funding round, which it plans to use to launch new products and expand sales. Co-Founder and CEO Joshua Green said in an...
View ArticleAli Ghorbani: NB’s Serial Entrepreneur-Academic
As a driving force behind the Canadian Institute for Cybersecurity and the private company Eyesover, Ali Ghorbani’s résumé is an impressive document – and he’s not finished adding to it. Before...
View ArticleVineView Eyes $10M A Round
With a new CTO on board and revenues expected to hit $1 million this year, Bedford-based VineView is on the hunt for capital, hoping to close a $10 million funding round near the end of the year....
View ArticleKognitiv Named in Microsoft Awards
Kognitiv Spark on Thursday said it was named a finalist in the 2019 Microsoft Mixed Reality Partner of the Year Award. The Fredericton company, which uses augmented reality and mixed reality to assist...
View ArticleCarman WIns 100 Seed$ Event
The winner of the 100 Entrepreneurs Planting Seed$ pitching competition plans to use the prize money to help improve modern farming methods in rural Nova Scotia. Thian Carman is the owner of Meadow’s...
View ArticleJobs: Remsoft, Springboard Atlantic
Our Job of the Week column today showcases two openings at Remsoft in Fredericton and one at Springboard Atlantic in Atlantic Canada. Remsoft, a predictive analytics software company, helps its clients...
View ArticleVolta Presents 5 Ecosystem Awards
Volta presented Ecosystem Impact Awards to five companies or organizations Thursday to acknowledge their contributions to nurturing startups in Atlantic Canada. The Halifax startup hub initiated the...
View ArticleNBIF Backs TurboPlay with $200K
TurboPlay, a Fredericton company building a customized marketplace for indie games, has raised $200,000 from the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation as part of an initial funding round. NBIF issued a...
View ArticlePelorus Mulls Raising 2nd Fund
With its Newfoundland and Labrador-focused fund performing better than expected, Pelorus Venture Capital is talking about raising a second fund. Four years ago, the Atlantic Canadian investment group...
View ArticleDevil’s Keep Vodka Wins Big
Two well-known drivers of New Brunswick’s innovation sector are celebrating a win for their own recently founded startup as they take home international recognition for their Devil’s Keep vodka. Ray...
View ArticleSaint John Seeks Young Founders
Economic Development Greater Saint John is launching a new program that offers curriculum and pay to young people interested in developing businesses in the Port City. The development agency has teamed...
View ArticleNine Win Startup Canada Awards
Gary F. Keenan, the Co-Founder and Chairman of F6 Networks of Fredericton, was named Entrepreneur of the Year at the Atlantic Region Startup Canada Awards on Tuesday. Keenan, who last year was named...
View ArticleOcean Sonics Expands to New HQ
Ocean Sonics, the Nova Scotia-based maker of equipment that listens to and monitors the oceans, has moved into a new headquarters in Truro Heights that will facilitate growth of staff, innovation and...
View ArticleStepScan Launches Military Product
Stepscan Technologies, the Charlottetown company that has developed pressure-sensitive floor mats, has launched a new product that helps the military train soldiers in combat techniques. Primarily a...
View ArticleMedteq Backs Densitas, Spring Loaded
Two Halifax-area medtech companies – Spring Loaded Technology and Densitas – have received a slice of an $11 million equity funding exercise anchored by the Montreal-based health technology...
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