Toronto-based Flixel Photos Inc., whose software allows content creators to easily produce cinemagraphs, has closed a $2.2 million seed round led by Extreme Venture Partners.

Cinemagraphs are still photos that include an element of video – a portion of the picture that moves -- so the viewer’s eye is drawn to the moving part of the photograph. Flixel’s apps include a patent-pending feature

As in all startup ecosystems, there’s a crying need for more capital and coding talent on Canada’s East Coast. But in terms of structural improvements that would lead to economic growth, the region most needs expertise in helping established companies to scale.

To get an idea of the potential of Atlantic Canada’s startup community, consider a company like Kinduct Technologies. This

BioNB, the New Brunswick life sciences agency, has issued the following press release:

Bioscience Community Honours Laforge Bioenvironmental with New Brunswick Bioscience Achievement Award

Fredericton, New Brunswick (October 2nd, 2015) – BioNB, New Brunswick’s bioscience agency, awarded Laforge Bioenvironmental with the New Brunswick Bioscience Achievement Award on Friday, October 2nd at the annual industry event Innovation at the Station. Over 130 members of the business and research community gathered for the presentation of the award and the celebration of the substantial growth

Sarah Murphy, the CEO and Co-Founder of St. John’s-based Sentinel Alert, captured the $35,000 first prize on Thursday for the pitching event at the Women Entrepreneurs’ Bootcamp at Communitech.

Sentinel Alert, co-founded by a Murphy and Jason Janes, is developing software that works with wearable technology to help companies reduce worker accidents. It has already lined up two early adopters.

Atlantic Canadian entrepreneurs are often advised to aim for global sales. In assembling a new team of international advisers, Vendeve founder and CEO Katelyn Bourgoin is doing just that.

Vendeve is a women-only site that allows members to swap and buy business skills.

“We believe in building our company in Halifax, but we need world-renowned people on our advisory board,” said Bourgoin

The New Brunswick government is teaming up with TechImpact with the goal of producing the first truly digital government in North America.

Premier Brian Gallant and Ed McGinley, CEO of TechImpact (formerly the New Brunswick Information Technology Council), jointly announced the initiative at a press conference in Fredericton Thursday.   

Working together, they plan to create a digital hub

Startups Canada announced its Regional Startup Awards on Thursday, with Andrea Feunekes, co-founder and CEO of Remsoft, and David Alston, CMO of Introhive, leading a field of nine individuals or companies winning Atlantic Canadian prizes.

Feunekes received the Adam Chowaniec Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by Wolf Blass. Alston was named Entrepreneur of the Year, an award presented by

When Nancy Mathis agreed to be the 2015 Chair of Invest Atlantic, the largest networking event in the region for startups, entrepreneurs and investors, she had two conditions: one, the conference needed to scale itself, like the entrepreneurs it attracts; and two, Invest Atlantic needed to be regional, not just a Halifax event.

Conference Founder Bob Williamson agreed to Mathis’

The Nova Scotia Office of Immigration on Tuesday announced the introduction of two new business immigration streams to help attract international entrepreneurs and retain international university and college graduates. 

Both these new  streams – the Entrepreneur Stream and the International Graduate Entrepreneur Stream - have been carefully developed using the best practices of others around the globe, said a statement from the office.

“These new tools will be an integral part of the future growth of our economy and will foster entrepreneurship in Nova Scotia,” said the statement.

Of

Atlantic Hydrogen Inc., the Fredericton company whose technology extracted carbon from natural gas, has filed for voluntary bankruptcy and is searching for a buyer for its assets.

The company issued a statement Tuesday saying it was making the move pursuant to the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act of Canada and had appointed Deloitte as the trustee for the proceedings. The AHI directors have