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Propel Seeks CEO, Assesses Future

  • Jun 05, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

As it assesses its strategy for the coming years, Propel ICT is launching a search for a new chief executive following the announcement that current CEO Anita Punamiya is stepping down.

The regional tech accelerator announced on Friday that

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Jobs: McInnes Cooper, Alongside

  • Jun 05, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Our jobs column this week showcases a couple of openings in New Brunswick – a Business Development Officer at the law firm McInnes Cooper, and a Web Developer at the recruiting software maker Alongside.

McInnes Cooper is among the 20 largest

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A Criterion for Founders: Story-Telling

  • Jun 04, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Steve Blank wrapped up his fireside chat at Dalhousie University last Tuesday with words that really resonated with me. 

The famed entreprenurial educator was in Halifax to receive an honorary degree from Dal, and brought his abundant wit and charm

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3 Charts That Kill the No-Funding Myth

  • Jun 02, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

An investor contacted me recently to take issue with a perpetual bee in the Atlantic Canadian bonnet — the perma-complaint that there’s no funding available to startups in the region.

I’ve heard it for years. So has this investor. As a result, he

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Lockheed, MTI Sign $5.6M Solar Deal

  • Jun 02, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Metamaterial Technologies Inc. of Halifax has signed a $5.6 million agreement with aerospace giant Lockheed Martin to develop materials that enhance solar power and can be used on aircraft.

MTI issued a statement on Thursday saying that the

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McCain Institute Names 28 to ELP

  • Jun 02, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

After an intense two-day process called "The Choosing," the Wallace McCain Institute, at the University of New Brunswick, has named the 10th cohort of its Entrepreneurial Leaders Program, ELP.

The institute said in a statement this group of 28

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Dal Eyes Canada’s First I-Corps Node

  • Jun 01, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Atlantic Canada’s I-Corps program is expected to launch in the autumn, having been given a boost this week by famed startup educator Steve Blank.

Mary Kilfoil, who teaches entrepreneurship at Dalhousie University, said the pieces are now in place

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Kinduct Adds Zebra to Sports Platform

  • Jun 01, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Halifax-based Kinduct Technologies has formed a partnership with Zebra Technologies Corporation that will help coaches and their staffs track player movement and performance more easily.

The two parties announced the partnership Wednesday, and said

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Lazaridis Program Seeks 2nd Cohort

  • Jun 01, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

The Lazaridis Scale-Up Program, a pan-Canadian program that helps growth-stage companies expand globally, will hold an information session on Tuesday in Halifax about its second cohort.

The program gives 10 companies the opportunity to fast-track

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Best Showing Yet in Branham300

  • May 31, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

In the region’s best showing ever, eight Atlantic Canadian companies have been named to the prestigious Branham300 – four in the Top 250, and four in the Up and Coming classification.

Ottawa-based Branham Group today released its Branham300 for

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HeyOrca Unveils $2M Funding Round

  • May 30, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

HeyOrca has landed $2 million in equity funding, allowing it to ramp up its fast-growing content-planning business.

The St. John’s company that makes collaborative software for marketing agencies announced this morning that it received $2 million

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Indigo Foundation Backs Squiggle Park

  • May 30, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Squiggle Park has struck a partnership with the Indigo Love of Reading Foundation, which will place the company’s edtech product in some of the most disadvantaged schools in Canada.

The Halifax company’s online games, which help children to learn

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