Eyesover Lands $200K from NBIF

Eyesover Technologies, a provider of opinion tracking and targeting software, has received a $200,000 equity investment from the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation, as part of a $450,000 funding round.

In addition to the NBIF investment, the Fredericton-based company also received angel investment and a grant from National Research Council of Canada’s Industrial Research Assistance Program,

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Social Media Event Set for Sydney

Cape Breton’s burgeoning startup community will host a one-day seminar next month in which experts from Canada, the U.K. and the U.S. will provide instruction in online marketing.

The event, to be held Sept. 14, is called Social Media Sydney: A World of Online Marketing. It’s designed to help entrepreneurs and others reach out to potential clients in their community or around the world.

“This

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Jobs of the Week: SomaDetect

SomaDetect, a Fredericton-based company that produces an in-line sensor that measures and collects data on critical indicators of milk quality, has various job postings in our Jobs of the Week column today.

The company helps dairy farmers collect data to analyze cows milk to monitor health and milk quality. This year has been good to SomaDetect. In March, the company expanded its operations to

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Intersect Seeks IT Problem-Solvers

Innovacorp on Wednesday in Sydney will unveil its first-ever Intersect Challenge, which aims to introduce potential startup entrepreneurs to a bona fide business that is looking for a solution to a problem.

The Intersect Challenge allows owners of an existing business to present a problem they're dealing with. The competition then asks aspiring entrepreneurs to pitch a solution that uses digital

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Startup Community Keeps Growing

Since April, there’s been a post-it on the window frame beside my desk that has only a number and a word written on it. It reads: “486 companies”.

Actually, when I first stuck it up, it read “485 companies”, but I had to add one so I took a black marker and changed the 5 to a 6.

The number 486 became really important to me because it was the number of Atlantic Canadian startups I had identified

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Volta’s New Corporate Membership Program

Volta Labs in Halifax has announced its plan to increase corporate innovation in Atlantic Canada with its new Corporate Membership Program.

The program is designed to connect corporations and large organizations with the talent and the culture of innovation found at the startup house, and vice-versa.

This announcement comes as Volta prepares to officially open its new 60,000 square foot space

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Invest Atlantic Seeks PitchCamp Entries

Invest Atlantic, the regional startup conference, is looking for applicants for its PitchCamp workshop and competition next month, as well as entrepreneurs and students to attend the event.

Now in its ninth year, Invest Atlantic is a conference that brings together entrepreneurs, investors and support organizations from across the region. The event will take place in Charlottetown from Sept. 19

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Our Debt Article Sparked Discussion

Entrevestor’s column on startup founders’ debt last week sparked an interesting discussion on social media, especially in New Brunswick. And today, we’d like to share some of the insights brought out in the online exchange.

The participants dove deeper than we had into the issue, to discuss how student debt can impact the economics of starting a business, and whether a universal minimum income

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