Remembering the Radian6 Exit
For Marcel LeBrun, it was like winning the Stanley Cup. “Just like hockey players who work all their lives toward that goal of winning the Stanley Cup, entrepreneurs work very hard to build a startup...
View ArticleMike Kirkup to Leave Velocity
Mike Kirkup is moving on. The director of Velocity, the University of Waterloo’s technology incubator, said in an open letter on Tuesday that he is leaving to become the CTO at Kitchener-based...
View ArticleUbique Lands $2M, Preps for Series A
Serial entrepreneur Vijai Karthigesu considers himself a citizen of the world, and the latest location he’s developing a business in is Sydney. The native of Sri Lanka last year founded his fourth...
View ArticleSustane Aims to Open Facility in 2017
A disruptive technology that eliminates the need for landfills will soon be operational on Nova Scotia’s South Shore, according to Peter Vinall, CEO of Chester-based Sustane Technologies Inc. Sustane...
View ArticleJobs of the Week: Startup Zone, HealthQR
This week in Jobs of the Week, we are featuring three positions in the marketing, managerial, and software categories. Startup Zone out of Charlottetown, is looking for an Executive Director, while...
View ArticleLux Tests New Crowdfunding Rules
Halifax-based Lux Wind Turbines wants to revolutionize the wind energy industry. But its first big impact may be in the way equity crowdfunding is carried out in Canada. The company has launched a...
View ArticleTaylor Wins Sea++ Competition
Dartmouth marine biologist Lawrence Taylor won first place in the Sea++ Competition on Sunday for an automated visual inspection system that can improve efficiency and data analytics for seafood...
View ArticleCARIS To Be Acquired by Teledyne
CARIS, a Fredericton company that has developed over 37 years into a leading producer of marine mapping software, has agreed to be acquired by Teledyne Technologies Inc. for an undisclosed price. The...
View ArticleSwift Labs Partners with Miovision
Swift Labs, an end-to-end wireless product design and development company, has struck a partnership with Miovision to design, develop and test products to improve traffic flows in modern cities. The...
View ArticleKira Awards Finalists Announced
The organizers of the Kira Awards have announced the finalists for the awards, which are presented annually to members of New Brunswick’s knowledge industry. In a statement, the organizers said the...
View ArticleDal Launches $100K Competition
Entrepreneurs with new ideas are invited to apply for Dalhousie University’s third annual $100K Competition, part of the university’s LaunchPad Accelerator. The $100K Competition is one of several...
View ArticleFDA Grants Appili Orphan Drug Status
After growing quietly for several months, Appili Therapeutics Inc. of Halifax announced Tuesday it has received a key U.S. regulatory designation for a drug that treats Clostridium difficile infection,...
View ArticleGoogle Invites PACTA, Knowledgehook
Google has invited two up-and-coming Canadian startups – Waterloo-based EdTech company Knowledgehook and Halifax-based contract management startup PACTA – to pitch at its annual Demo Day next month in...
View ArticleBriefs: V4C, Masitek, Volta, TSX
Venture for Canada unveils cohort After receiving a record 1670 applications, Venture for Canada has announced its 2016 cohort of fellows, awarded to students representing 22 universities from across...
View ArticleBuild, NBIF Invest $1.8M in Fiddlehead
Fiddlehead Technology, which makes forecasting systems for the food and beverage industries, has closed a $1.8 million round of seed financing from Build Ventures and the New Brunswick Innovation...
View ArticleMoyer Wants to Extend Pelorus Model
After a successful first year in which he invested in four new companies, Chris Moyer believes that Venture Newfoundland and Labrador provides an investment model that other Atlantic provinces should...
View ArticleJobs of the Week: Spring Loaded
Spring Loaded Technology, the Dartmouth company that is making the bionic knee a reality, is staffing up its marketing department and looking for two individuals for key positions. The company, which...
View ArticleMobivity Buys Livelenz, Signals Growth
Livelenz, a Bedford-based company that analyzes data for fast food restaurants, has been sold to Mobivity Holding Corp. for less than $1 million in stock in a bid to grow with the larger company....
View ArticleWhy You Should Complete our Survey
We want to heartily thank the dozens of founders who have completed our survey, and remind those of you who haven’t done so to please fill it out. We’re thrilled with the response we’ve had to the...
View ArticleChecking Out Nashville’s Project Music
I was really lucky in February to drop by the coolest accelerator I’ve ever heard of – Project Music in Nashville. At an old brick transit garage in the heart of Nashville, two cohorts of music-related...
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