Profitual Launches Forecast Evaluator

Profitual, a financial intelligence startup that specializes in working with other young companies, is revamping its branding and has launched a new, free product. 

In an interview Tuesday, CEO Raymond Fitzpatrick said the Fredericton-based company has tweaked its business development strategy after completing this year’s AI cohort from accelerator NEXT Canada. Fitzpatrick was speaking from

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One Week Until Entrevestor Live

There's one week left to buy tickets for Entrevestor Live, our showcase for the best and the brightest of the Atlantic Canadian startup community 

The half-day conference, to be hosted by Saint Mary's University Professor Ellen Farrell, will take place Sept. 17 at Volta in Halifax. The program includes a lunch hosted by Tribe at 12:30, followed by six sessions with leading innovators. 

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SMU Heading to Enactus World Cup

A team from Saint Mary’s University will travel to Kazakhstan in three weeks to compete in the World Cup finals of the Enactus student entrepreneurship competition, for which it has already won the Canadian division.

Founded in 1975 and based in New York, Enactus is a global network of charity and experiential learning programs for post-secondary students, with a particular focus on social

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Dependbuild Joins Myrtle Beach Living Lab

Dependbuild, the St. John's maker of cloud software to help municipalities and infrastructure developers assess risks to construction projects, is among four companies chosen by the city of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, to join its new living lab program.

The announcement comes about six months after dependbuild’s beta launch. As part of Myrtle Beach’s smart city initiative, dependbuild will

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Gerry Pond Award to be Presented Next Week

Virtual startup incubator Propel ICT will present its annual Gerry Pond Sales Award in Moncton on Sept. 17, recognizing its program members that have excelled at selling their product. 

The Gerry Pond Award is an annual, $25,000 cash prize in honour of former NBTel CEO and Aliant Telecom President Gerry Pond, who went on to co-found Saint John-based Mariner Partners and Propel itself. Pond is a

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BioPort to Feature VC Panel, Startup Pitches

This year’s BioPort Atlantic life sciences conference will include a venture capital panel discussion, as well as a pair of pitch sessions featuring pre-seed and seed-stage startups from the region.

When BioPort attendees gather at the Halifax Marriot September 19, the VC panel will feature investors from firms such as Vancouver-based Pender Ventures and Quebec specialist fund AmorChem.

The

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Kraken Announces Software Partnership

Kraken Robotics, the Newfoundland maker of marine robotics systems that has raised close to $38 million from public markets this year, has signed a major new product partnership.

The company, which specializes in next-generation sonar systems and unmanned platforms to carry them, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the U.K.-based SeaByte, a division of Battelle. Kraken will combine its

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