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Creators Showcase Today at Dal
The Creator Series, an entrepreneurship program for students interested in producing hardware, will showcase its six teams and their products today at 4:30 pm at Dalhousie University.
The program has taught six student teams from Launch Dal’s
Q1 Labs Exit Still Paying Dividends
If any exit can demonstrate how the economy benefits when a young company is bought by a larger company, it was IBM’s purchase of Q1 Labs of Fredericton in early 2012.
That purchase, reportedly worth more than $600 million, did more than just
Budget May Impact Some Startups
Startup founders should be aware of a subtle change coming to the Income Tax Act (Canada) based on wording revealed in the recent federal budget. It could impact their tax rate or ability to participate in programs like SR&ED.
The change centres
Venture for Canada Launches in NB
Venture for Canada, the program that matches leading Canadian graduates to jobs in the country’s startups, will announce its launch in New Brunswick on Tuesday.
The organization will hold a launch event, open to the public, at Planet Hatch in
Fundy Monitoring Projects Funded
Two Nova Scotian projects have been selected and received funding to develop environmental monitoring technologies for tidal energy applications.
The Offshore Energy Research Association of Nova Scotia said last week that industry and academic
Spark Zone Hits Its Stride
One snowy evening last month, the Spark Zone finally got a chance to show what it had been up to in the past year or two.
The entrepreneurship group hosted its New Product Competition finals at Saint Mary’s University, showcasing three student-led
PocketPass Wins Collide Event
PocketPass, which plans to use blockchain technology to stop scalpers from jacking up ticket prices, won the $3000 first prize at Dalhousie University’s Collide pitching competition Thursday night.
Founded by Conor Daly and Kyle Gardiner,
Kognitiv Spark Gains Traction
Kognitiv Spark has plunged into the heady market for augmented realty training products, and is now using its traction to raise capital.
The Fredericton company offers an augmented reality solution to help the military and industries with training
Canada’s First AngelList Syndicate
Charlottetown-based Forestry.io has become the first startup in Canada to close a round of funding that includes an AngelList syndicate — a development that opens a new avenue of financing for Canadian startups.
Forestry.io, which has developed a
Briefs: Deacon, Dal, Appili, CarbonCure
Startup Zone Names Deacon as Entrepreneur-in-Residence
Startup Zone, the startup hub in downtown Charlottetown, has announced that Colin Deacon will be joining the Startup Zone team as Entrepreneur-in-Residence. Deacon brings years of experience
A New BoomersPlus Enters Ontario
BoomersWork, the Halifax company that helps retired executives find part-time work, is rebranding itself as BoomersPlus and launching operations in Ontario.
The new branding is part of an expanded service that will offer its clients — largely
Jobs: Manifold, Dash Hudson
Our Jobs of the Week column today features a few recent postings in Halifax by IT companies Manifold and Dash Hudson.
Manifold is a young company dedicated to helping developers discover and use tools that can simplify and accelerate their work.
