BDC and the Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association has issued the following press release:

BDC and CVCA award RtTech Software BDC Innovation Award for industrial app development

RtTech’s software deployed across 14 countries, 24 blue chip companies and 55 industrial sites

Toronto, ON – May 21, 2015 – RtTech Software, a New Brunswick based software company specializing in industrial app development, has been recognized by the Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (CVCA) as the BDC Innovation Award winner for 2015. The award recognizes an early-stage

An intriguing company in Miramichi, N.B., will soon let people not only analyze publicly listed stocks by themselves but help more qualified users sell their analysis reports to others.

Patchell Brook Equity Analytics Inc. has developed a tool that allows people who follow the market to analyze publicly traded companies based on fundamental valuations. The results can be shared with others, and soon the company will provide a virtual storefront so people can sell their reports.

“We’re into a marketplace where individuals can be located anywhere and do the analysis on any publicly traded

Green building materials maker CarbonCure Technologies has closed a $3 million round of funding, which it will use to launch its new ready-mix product. The Halifax company expects the funding will last until it reaches profitability, likely next year.

First-time investor Pangaea Ventures, a Vancouver venture capital firm specializing in advanced materials, led the round with a $1.75 million

An Entrevestor Luncheon sponsored by BDO will be held on June 5 in Sydney, giving startup community members a chance to discuss the next phase of ecosystem development in Cape Breton.

The Entrevestor Luncheon, sponsored by the accountancy and advisory services firm BDO, will be held at the Verschuren Centre at Cape Breton University beginning at 12 noon. The event organized by Startup Cape Breton Island will feature a discussion led by Innovacorp’s Bob Pelley on how to help the growth of seed-stage startups in Cape Breton. 

"The Sydney area is the fastest-growing startup hub in the

Al Sturgeon, product marketing manager at Radian6/Salesforce in Fredericton, has been named Propel ICT’s second Entrepreneur In Residence.

Propel ICT—which advertises on Entrevestor—is an Atlantic Canadian accelerator for startups. It hosts Build, a Moncton-based accelerator for mature companies, and Launch, which is for seed-stage startups and is in Halifax, Fredericton and St. John’s.

A blog post on the Propel ICT website announced that Sturgeon will work directly with Build and Launch participants. With his experience in marketing, he will advise them on market/product fit, product

As mariners launch their boats this season, Iaian Archibald and Craig Sheppard are launching a mobile app to help them enjoy their time on the oceans more.

The co-founders of Swell Advantage have set June 1 for the official launch date for their app that tells boaters about the environment, their surroundings and helps them connect with other boaters. Swell Advantage is expected to be

Innovacorp will be adding a boot-camp component to its I3 Technology Startup Competition when the event launches the autumn to help the contestants build their businesses.

I3 is a biennial startup competition that picks the best business ideas from around Nova Scotia. The competition is sponsored by the early stage venture capital firm, Innovacorp, which is a client of Entrevestor.

A panel of Nova Scotia lawyers, entrepreneurs and leaders choose the five best business ideas, one from each of the five zones across the province. Each zone winner receives $100,000. The five zone winners

Trevor MacAusland will bring fresh perspectives largely gained from the startup world to his new role as Director of Business Development for 3Plus Corp., the economic development agency for Moncton, Dieppe and Riverview.

PropelICT announced Friday that MacAusland would be leaving his post as Vice President of Business Development at the East Coast tech accelerator to take the new job at

Chad Munro sees a lot of potential in Atlantic Canada’s medical technology sector, but it needs more players and more of an ecosystem for the benefits to be realized.

The financial rewards can be great, but there are many challenges in building a medtech company, including the long and expensive regulatory process and defending intellectual property.

Munro, the CEO of Halifax Biomedical,

Nova Scotia and New Brunswick are two of six provinces that announced Thursday they will allow entrepreneurs to raise equity capital through crowdfunding.

Equity crowdfunding – soliciting equity investments from a range of individuals through an online campaign – has been studied by regulators in Canada and the U.S. for several years. Finally this year, regulators have decided that investors can be protected while allowing companies to raise capital through crowdfunding campaigns.

“Crowdfunding has become a popular method of raising money using websites such as Kickstarter,” Jeff