Qimple Changes its Name to Alongside

Qimple, the Moncton-based maker of digital recruitment tools, has changed its name to Alongside.

The company said in a statement that the online hiring space has become less personal, so Qimple recognized the

Waterloo’s Accelerator Centre has announced the first cohort of its newly developed Phase One program.

Phase One is the first of four phases within the AC’s recently restructured two-year incubation platform. The program offers a combination of

New Brunswick’s venerable tech investor Gerry Pond often bemoans the fact that he can receive a tax incentive to invest in Arkansas but not in Nova Scotia.

The investment group that Pond chairs, East Valley Ventures, has a portfolio of 26 active

There has been talk recently about the need to create more startup hubs in Atlantic Canada. Halifax-based entrepreneur Megan McCarthy thinks Nova Scotia is well-placed to become a hub for sustainable technology and renewable energy.

McCarthy is CEO

A young Halifax company called Harbr is bringing the promise of Big Data to one of Canada’s biggest and fastest-growing industries—construction.

Harbr has developed a mobile app that allows big construction companies and their project managers to

Scientists Confirm Benefits of Levitation Knee Brace

Spring Loaded Technology has announced that independent scientists have shown its Levitation knee brace significantly reduces factors that can lead to muscle fatigue.

The Dartmouth company said

Something unexpected is happening in Atlantic Canada’s technology and innovation community: as these companies become larger, they are in total growing more quickly than when they were literally a bunch of startups.

What we’re seeing among

Island Abbey Foods Expands into Vitamins and Supplements

Island Abbey Foods, a Charlottetown-based natural health product manufacturer, has expanded into the vitamin and mineral supplement category with the launch of four new products under the

Waterloo-based Thalmic Labs has announced a US$120 million ($158 million) Series B Funding led by Intel Capital, The Amazon Alexa Fund, and Fidelity Investments Canada. 

In a statement, Thalmic said the new investment will help the company realize

The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation launched its Breakthru competition last week, ramping up the total prize pot to $1 million and opening the competition to startups across the country.

The Innovation agency holds the Breakthru competition

Qimple Lands $500,000 from ACOA

Qimple, the Moncton startup that works to improve hiring for companies and applicants, has received a conditional loan of almost $500,000 from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency’s Business Development Program.

As Halifax-based Bob Williamson prepares to host Invest Atlantic in New Brunswick for the first time, his years of mentoring entrepreneurs are being recognized by a national startup organization.

Williamson, who has won Startup Canada’s regional