Luckett, Jamieson Invest in TruLeaf

TruLeaf, the Truro-based indoor agriculture company, announced Wednesday that it has received new investment from two prominent businessmen and strengthened its executive team.

The company, which recently raised more than $1.7 million by crowdfunding in the U.S., issued a press release saying it received an undisclosed amount of funding from Martin Jamieson and Pete Luckett. Both will become

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Eigen Places 3rd at Cisco Event

Eigen Innovations is returning to Fredericton with a US$25,000 cash prize from placing third at the second annual Cisco Innovation Grand Challenge, but the money may be the least of the benefits.

The New Brunswick Industrial Internet of Things, or IIoT, startup was named one of six finalists last month in the pitching competition at the IoT World Forum in Dubai. On Tuesday, Eigen was named

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Showcasing The Region’s Startup Jobs

Today we’re wrapping up our first week of highlighting the jobs available on the Entrevestor Job Board, which is powered by Qimple.

Entrevestor and Qimple last month launched this job board, which helps to match job openings and candidates in the Atlantic Canadian tech and startup communities. Until Jan. 31, you can post job openings on the site for only $25 each.

We highlighted jobs in

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Explaining the Buzz Around Velocity

About 500 students and faculty packed the Student Life Centre at the University of Waterloo last month and saw why their school is often called Canada’s MIT.

The space resembled a food court at any mall, but there was a rare buzz in the air Nov. 26 as 10 companies competed to grab a share of more than $100,000 in prize money being awarded that day by the Velocity Fund. Velocity is the

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This Week’s Leading Jobs in Halifax

This week, we are kicking off our Jobs of the Week feature to highlight Atlantic Canadian tech and startup openings that have been posted on the Entrevestor Job Board, which is powered by Qimple.

Entrevestor and Qimple last month launched this job board, which helps to match job openings and candidates in the Atlantic Canadian tech and startup communities.

Until Jan. 31, you can post job

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This Week’s Leading Jobs in Moncton

Today, for the first time, we will post Jobs of the Week, to highlight Atlantic Canadian tech and startup openings that have been posted on the Entrevestor Job Board, which is powered by Qimple.

Entrevestor and Qimple last month launched this job board, which helps to match job openings and candidates in the Atlantic Canadian tech and startup communities.

Until Jan. 31, you can post job

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Weisenburger: A Corporate Psychologist

As Joni Mitchell sang, ‘you don’t know what you got till it’s gone’. In Christian Weisenburger’s case, it wasn’t until he was on the brink of changing career and moving to Europe that he realized that, after all, he wanted to stay in Halifax and practice law.

Many would be surprised to learn that Weisenburger, who is well-known for his love of Halifax and for his legal work in Nova Scotia’s

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Startup Canada Hails Aboriginals, Gillis

The Startup Canada Awards ceremony at the CN Tower on Tuesday focused foursquare on the country’s future, paying special attention to the potential of the native community and on one young entrepreneur, 17-year-old Alex Gillis of Halifax.

The Canadian entrepreneurial organization presented awards in eight categories, and Atlantic Canada came away with two of them – Gillis for young

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