Jobs 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 Halifax-based HealthQR is seeking a Marketing Coordinator, and McKenzie College of Moncton wants a Software Tester Instructor. 

Startup Zone is a new incubator launching in Prince Edward Island with the goal of connecting start-ups in the region and forming a community of support around them.

HealthQR is an early stage startup and the developer of an app that helps patients manage their

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Sustane 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 has developed technology that allows solid waste destined for landfills to be made into clean and valuable products such as fuel pellets.

The Sustane facility to be built near the Chester landfill

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Ubique 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 business, Ubique Networks Inc., based it in the Cape Breton city and has ambitious growth plans.

Ubique — pronounced U-bi-quay, it’s the Latin word for “everywhere” — has developed technology that

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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 into a successful business,” said LeBrun, reflecting on the landmark exit of the company he co-founded, Radian6. “We felt like we won the Stanley Cup of tech entrepreneurship. It is also a great

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Wave of New Startups in 2015

Tanya Collier MacDonald in many ways exemplifies what was happening in the Atlantic Canadian startup community in 2015.

She entered (and did well in) a competition. She worked with an accelerator outside the region. And she gained traction with her product. But above all, she launched a tech company. That’s worth noting because strong company formation was one of the hallmarks of the East Coast

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Huddle: Aho Calls for Tech Advances

Former Finnish Prime Minister Esko Aho called on New Brunswick companies last week to capitalize on the second industrial revolution to prosper in the digital age.

Huddle reported on Esko Aho’s speech in Moncton, and you can read the full report here.

Venn Innovation invited Aho to the region because Finland has developed into one of the most technologically advanced nations in the world, and

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Job of the Week: Fiddlehead Technology

This week in Job of the Week, we are featuring a position with Fiddlehead Technology, which is seeking a principal software engineer on the Entrevestor Job Board.

Fiddlehead Technology is based in Moncton and focuses on using Big Data to better manage the food and beverage industry supply chain. Its technology helps global food and beverage manufacturers make better forecasting decisions. It wants to reduce the 2.4 billion kilograms of food that are wasted in supply chains each year in Canada alone.

Our Jobs of the Week column features positions available on the Entrevestor Job Board.

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Briefs: Kinduct, SimplyCast, V4C

ACOA Funds Venture for Canada Program

Top university graduates from across Nova Scotia in June will begin two-year paid fellowships at some of the province’s most promising emerging and early-stage startups. The Government of Canada on Friday announced a $45,450 contribution to enable Venture for Canada to create the infrastructure needed to place six fellows at venture-backed Nova Scotian companies. The non-repayable contribution comes through the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency’s Business Development Program.

A new Nova Scotia Program Director will work to close a gap between

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