What’s next in Nova Scotia’s ETC Reform?

The Nova Scotia government delivered half a reform on its equity tax credit last week, and it will be interesting to see what the other half of the reform will entail in a few months.

Don’t get me wrong. Last week’s announcement was a welcome step forward – something I’ve long called for in this column. The government says there are more changes coming, and I suspect they will be announced

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Kognitiv Spark Works With Northern UAVs

Kognitiv Spark of Fredericton has announced a partnership that will help communities in the Canadian North benefit from the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs.

The company issued a press release today saying that it had formed an alliance with LOOKNorth, a Centre of Excellence for Commercialization and Research, specializing in programs for northern communities.

The goal of the

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CarbonCure To Be Added to 11 Plants

Carboncure Technologies of Dartmouth has announced its client Irving Materials, Inc. of Greenfield, Indiana, is adopting the Carboncure technology at 11 of its plants in the coming months.

Irving now uses the technology at four plants, and the expansion brings the total to 15. It is a major expansion of Carboncure’s customer base, given that the system is now used at a total of 126 plants.

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Barrington Edge Grows Portfolio

Halifax-based tech consulting group Barrington Edge has invested in a high-growth U.S. tech company and hopes to use the relationship to improve sales for Atlantic Canadian clients.

Barrington Edge, which grew out of the more established Barrington Consultancy, has developed its relationship with CieloIT, which has been booking annual revenue growth of 300 percent. The Texas company recently

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NS Boosts Equity Tax Credit Limit

Nova Scotia has quintupled the size of its equity tax credits for people investing in young, innovative companies, and signaled that more changes are on the way.

The provincial government announced Friday that its new Innovation Equity Tax Credit will apply to investments in approved companies of up to $250,000, up from $50,000. Investors will receive a credit equal to 35 percent of their

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Funding Spike Led to Higher Sales in NL Startups

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There’s one big lesson from the most recent analysis of our data from Newfoundland and Labrador.

Funding is important.

There’s nothing startling in that statement, but as we look back on our data presentations from 2018, the highlight was the clear correlation between funding and company performance in Canada’s most easterly province.

Our 2017 data shows that equity

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Envenio Exits, Purchased by Juul

Fredericton-based Envenio, whose technology assists in the understanding of fluid dynamics, has quietly exited, being taken over by San Francisco electronic cigarette company Juul.

Neither Envenio nor Juul has put out a public statement on the deal and no one from the New Brunswick company is talking. However, Monica Schnitger, head of Massachusetts engineering software consultancy Schnitger

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CarShare Atlantic’s Cooley Steps Down

It was a bittersweet birthday for CarShare Atlantic as the Halifax company celebrated its 10th anniversary last month. The company’s co-founder and CEO, Pam Cooley, announced that she will step down from the position in February.

CarShare Atlantic is Halifax’s first and only car-sharing network. Its members share a fleet of vehicles which can be booked any time via web, mobile app or through a

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