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Punch Review Aims to Aid Farmers

  • Mar 18, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Ross Culberson considers himself a problem-solver, and he’s sure his startup Punch Review can solve a big problem for farmers.

Culberson is a sixth-generation farmer himself, overseeing a 340-acre potato operation near Hartland, NB, just north of

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VR Training for Hazardous Industries

  • Mar 18, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Better Than Reality asks a simple but important question: How do you train the younger generation to safely participate in high-risk industries?

Its three co-founders believe the answer is virtual reality.

The company has been co-founded by three

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Eadie’s Glaucoma Testing Device

  • Mar 17, 2019
  • Jennifer Lee

When Brennan Eadie, an ophthalmologist from Vancouver, moved to Nova Scotia from the other side of the country, he wasn’t expecting to stay.

Eadie travelled out east for a one-year fellowship program to study glaucoma. But when he learned that

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A Tool To Measure Impact Investing

  • Mar 17, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Fredericton has long been a hub of social innovation, and now a trio of female entrepreneurs hope the city will become a centre for measuring impact investing.

R I D D L, a finalist for the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation’s Breakthru

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Genesis Launches Micro Fund

  • Mar 14, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

St. John’s-based Genesis has initiated a $775,000 micro fund that will provide initial financing to about 38 companies over the next three years.

Genesis announced this week that the Genesis Micro Fund will provide grants of up to $20,000 to each

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B4checkin Books a Lake Tahoe Sale

  • Mar 14, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Lake Tahoe said Thursday it will be the first casino in the Lake Tahoe area to install b4easypost, the credit card authorization payment and posting platform developed by Halifax’s b4checkin.

The hotel said in a statement

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Regional Universities Excel in VC Contest

  • Mar 14, 2019
  • Carol Moreira

Students from Wolfville’s Acadia University won an undergraduate venture capital contest at a recent event, with a team from  Mount Allison in Sackville, New Brunswick, taking second.  Teams from other regional schools also won accolades.

The

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NL’s TotaliQ Teams up with UdeM

  • Mar 14, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

TotaliQ, a St. John’s IT company that helps businesses use the expertise of their workforce, has struck a partnership with Université de Moncton to develop artificial intelligence for the product.

The company is currently working on an

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Atlantic Canada Books $158M in VC

  • Mar 13, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Led by an off-the-charts performance in New Brunswick, Atlantic Canada recorded $158 million in venture capital investment in 2018, accounting for its biggest ever proportion of Canada’s VC funding.

The Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity

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NACO to Support Region’s Angels

  • Mar 13, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

The National Angel Capital Organization wants to help nourish local investment groups in Atlantic Canada, but its CEO stresses that the development of angel groups in the region has to be organic.

In an interview in his Toronto office last week,

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Drive to Boost NB Exports

  • Mar 13, 2019
  • Carol Moreira

In what is described as a first for Canada, the Atlantic Canada Marketing and Export Centre, or AMEC, is opening a virtual centre that will support the marketing efforts of small and medium-sized enterprises in New Brunswick. 

The aim is to help

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Genesis Launches Micro Fund

  • Mar 13, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

St. John’s-based Genesis has initiated a $775,000 micro fund that will provide initial financing to about 38 companies over the next three years.

Genesis announced this week that the Genesis Micro Fund will provide grants of up to $20,000 to each

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