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WellTrack Hits $400,000 in ARR

  • May 25, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

WellTrack, the Fredericton company that provides mental health software for university students, has reached $400,000 in annual recurring revenues and sees a clear path to $1 million this summer.

Founder and CEO Darren Piercey revealed the

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12 Companies To Present at AVF

  • May 25, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

The Atlantic Venture Forum has announced the 12 companies that will present at the 2017 conference, which this year will include a special stream for life sciences and health technology companies.

As well as providing a range of speakers, the AVF

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Labfundr Raises Money for Research

  • May 24, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Labfundr, a Halifax startup that has developed a crowdfunding site for scientific research, has launched its first campaign, which will help develop a databank of blood samples for Canadian children and teens.

Founded by scientific researcher Eric

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Region Eyes Oceans Supercluster

  • May 23, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Atlantic Canada is making a push to establish a “pan-Atlantic oceans cluster” with the hope of tapping the $950-million supercluster program announced in the last federal budget.

There’s been some scuttlebutt in economic development circles lately

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Rodgers To Head CDL-Atlantic

  • May 19, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Jesse Rodgers, the head of Volta Labs, has been named the regional leader of the Creative Destruction Lab Atlantic, the new Halifax-based accelerator that was officially announced Thursday.

CDL, which began at University of Toronto in 2012, is

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DGI Executes Two-Pronged Strategy

  • May 19, 2017
  • Carol Moreira

Halifax-based DGI Clinical takes a two-pronged approach to boosting healthcare: the group gives patients a voice and allows pharmaceutical companies to better understand their clinical trial data. 

DGI Clinical has developed systems that allow

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EduCode’s Pilot in Coding Education

  • May 18, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

The French school system in New Brunswick is launching a pilot project that will teach computer coding to junior high school students, even when their teachers have no experience in computer science.

The initiative will use a new product from

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Lunney Nears Pilot in Fredericton

  • May 17, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

There’s nothing like finding a possible early adopter to stoke the entrepreneurial fires, and right now Melissa Lunney seems stoked.

Lunney is the Founder and CEO of AppDigenous Development Inc., a young company whose technology opens doors

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Hailing the Benefits of Bioscience

  • May 16, 2017
  • Meaghan Seagrave

What if we told you that New Brunswick could revitalize its economy, retain young workers and help the environment to boot?

It might sound too good to be true, but it’s not. The bioeconomy can do all of those things and more. Some of those efforts

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Steve Blank Coming to NS May 30

  • May 15, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Steve Blank is coming to Halifax.

The father of the lean startup movement will be giving a fireside chat at Dalhousie University on May 30. He will be hosted by Launch Dal, whose founders Mary Kilfoil and Ed Leach adopted Blank’s methodology when

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Lenarduzzi Joins AVF Speakers

  • May 15, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

The Atlantic Venture Forum, which will take place June 27 and 28 in Halifax, has added digital content expert Sunny Lenarduzzi to its list of keynote speakers.

Lenarduzzi is an award-winning social media strategist and consultant. Working with such

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Sustane Eyes New Contracts in ‘17

  • May 12, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Sustane Technologies, the Nova Scotia company that turns garbage into eco-fuel, has broken ground on its Chester plant and expects to have it operational in a year. The plant is expected to cost $16 million-$17 million.

The company came to

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