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Job of the Week: Protocase

  • Apr 22, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

An opening for an R&D Designer Software Developer at Protocase  in Sydney is the lone entry in our Our Job of the Week column today.

Established in 2001, Protocase makes custom electronic enclosures. It focuses on combining advances in software

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Lobster Trap Co. Starts Manufacturing

  • Apr 18, 2019
  • B. Jack Morse

The Lobster Trap Company, which aims to build a more robust trap than is now available, is making its first commercial manufacturing run of its plastic product this lobster season.

The Yarmouth-based company started taking orders three weeks ago

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3 Reasons To Complete our Survey

  • Apr 18, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

We’d like to thank all the founders who have taken two minutes to complete our survey, and make another request to others to please fill it in – today, if possible.

Well over 100 founders have completed the 15-question survey, but we need more

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MTI Developing MedTech in London

  • Apr 17, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

In a research facility in London’s East End, a team from Halifax-based Metamaterial Technologies Inc. is toiling in a sector that’s not seen as the company’s core business.

They’re working on medical devices.

MTI is a specialist in producing

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Nodalblock Lands GSK as Client

  • Apr 16, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Nodalblock, a blockchain company based in Spain and Halifax, has secured healthcare giant GlaxoSmithKline plc as a client.

Nodalblock released a statement last week saying it had been selected to develop a blockchain-based solution for quality

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EY Extends EOY Deadline to April 30

  • Apr 16, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

EY Canada, the global accounting and consulting group, has extended the deadline for its 2019 Entrepreneur of the Year competition until April 30.

EY each year holds regional competitions across the country, and the Atlantic region in any given

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Appili Gets $476,000 ACOA Loan

  • Apr 14, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Halifax pharmaceutical company Appili Therapeutics, which is working on a stock market listing, has received a $476,000 loan from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency’s Regional Economic Growth through Innovation program.

Appili is creating

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Jobs of the Week: 2 at Dash Hudson

  • Apr 14, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Our Jobs of the Week column today features a couple of openings at Halifax’s Dash Hudson, which is in the market for a Sales Development Representative and a Junior Customer Success Representative.

Dash Hudson is a visual marketing

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Innovation Week Slated for NL

  • Apr 12, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

The Newfoundland and Labrador tech community will hold its annual Innovation Week April 29 to May 4, with a range of programs slated for St. John’s and other locations.

For several years, the Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Technology

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Biotech Tops Recent Startup News

  • Apr 11, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Something is happening in life sciences in Atlantic Canada, which was far and away the most exciting segment of the innovation economy in the first quarter of 2019.

In the three months to March 31, biology-focused companies raised $74.3 million in

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Squiggle Park, Tapnbe at Collision

  • Apr 11, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Add two more to the list of Atlantic Canadian companies appearing at the Collision conference in Toronto next month.

Squiggle Park, the Halifax- and Toronto-based startup that helps to teach children to read, and Cape Breton app-maker Tapnbe will

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Three NS Startups Head to Collision

  • Apr 10, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Three Halifax startups have been selected to showcase their businesses at Collision, the Toronto conference that has been called the fastest-growing technology event in North America.

Hosted by the Ireland-based Web Summit group, Collision brings

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