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UserEvents Deal Boosts Mentors, NBIF

  • Jan 30, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

Maybe it’s a good thing we didn’t learn how much the shareholders pocketed when UserEvents Inc. of Fredericton was bought this week.

It would be nice to know how much Redwood City, Calif.-based LiveOps Inc. paid in the acquisition announced

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Thank You for Supporting the Survey

  • Jan 30, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

We’re overwhelmed by the response we’re getting when we notify people about the Entrevestor Survey, which we will send out to about 300 Atlantic Canadian startups one week from today – Thursday, February 6.

What’s really heartening is the

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LeadSift, RtTech, TitanFile: New Deals

  • Jan 29, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

Three of the region’s leading ITC companies – LeadSift, RtTech and TitanFile – announced partnerships with blue chip international corporations on Tuesday, which will help develop their sales around the world.

Moncton-based RtTech, whose

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Thompson: ‘Our Vision Was Aligned’

  • Jan 28, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

Aside from the financial considerations, the founders of Fredericton-based UserEvents decided to sell out to LiveOps, Inc. this week because they discovered an alignment of ambition and vision for the two companies.

UserEvents, a Fredericton

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I-3 Shows Spread of Tech Boom

  • Jan 28, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

There’s been a subtle change on the podium of Innovacorp’s I-3 competition, and it’s a change for the better.

The provincial innovation agency released on Monday the regional winners and runners-up of the biennial competition, which aims to find

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UserEvents Sells Out to LiveOps

  • Jan 27, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

UserEvents, a Fredericton startup whose technology alerts corporations when customers are having trouble with online transactions, has sold out to LiveOps, Inc., a global leader in cloud contact center and customer service solutions.

The Redwood

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Rolling Out Presenter’s Podium

  • Jan 27, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

Matthew Fanning reveals his background in sales as he begins to tell the story of Presenter’s Podium, the eLearing platform he has developed and is beginning to sell to universities in the region.

The former medical device salesman delivers a

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Fighting Illiteracy Is in her Genes

  • Jan 24, 2014
  • Carol Moreira

Eradicating illiteracy is a lofty goal, some might say an unrealistic one, but for Joelle MacPhee the fight against illiteracy is a family tradition, a business, and a battle she intends to win.

MacPhee, 25, is director of reading partnerships

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NSBI Sells DHX Stake for $8.4M

  • Jan 24, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

Nova Scotia Business Inc. on Thursday said it has sold its shares in Halifax-based DHX Media Ltd., almost tripling its money in less than nine years.

Founded by Michael Donovan, a long-time film exec who won an Academy Award for his work on

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Thoughts on Deloitte’s TMT Predictions

  • Jan 23, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

The presentation this week of Deloitte Canada’s tech outlook indicated there are some interesting opportunities for Atlantic Canadian startups, and showed where the region has to improve its ecosystem.

The findings of the 13th annual Canadian

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Support for the Entrevestor Survey

  • Jan 23, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

I’ve been talking to people throughout the startup community about our survey, and the overwhelming message I’m hearing is that the data provided by the survey will definitely help the ecosystem.

In case you missed it, Entrevestor will soon send

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ZapTap Targets Major Sales in 2014

  • Jan 22, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

Yan Simard believes 2014 will be the year the market catches up with his company’s capabilities.

Simard is the founder and CEO of Zaptap, the Fredericton-based company that helps retailers market products in-store through consumers’ smartphones.

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