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Job of The Week: 4Deep Inwater

  • Aug 08, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Halifax-based 4Deep Inwater Imaging, which makes cutting-edge microscopes that can operate in the water, is seeking a product verification/quality control lead.

The company makes advanced microscopes that can examine micro-organisms and other small

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New Programming at Planet Hatch

  • Aug 05, 2016
  • Carol Moreira

A method for streamlining access to entrepreneurial services is being developed in New Brunswick. The idea is to prevent service duplication, said Lisa Kinney, Entrepreneurial Services Coordinator at Fredericton’s Planet Hatch.

Chicago-born Kinney,

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Sequence Announces US$3M Funding

  • Aug 04, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Silicon Valley venture capital firm Data Collective is leading a US$3 million (C$3.9 million) seed round of funding in St. John’s-based Sequence Bio, calling the company’s work in health data “a globally significant opportunity.”

The parties issued

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Unique Solutions Closes its Doors

  • Aug 04, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Dartmouth-based body scan company Unique Solutions has closed down after burning through tens of millions of dollars in capital, including $5.6 million it raised from the Nova Scotian government.

A spokesman on Wednesday said that the company had

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Event Season in 2016 Focuses on NB

  • Aug 04, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

We’re entering event season in the Atlantic Canadian startup community, and the focus this year will be on New Brunswick.

There are at least five big events planned for the region this autumn, and three that were held in Halifax last year will be

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Government Must Adopt Innovation

  • Aug 03, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

There are a few things that investors don’t like to hear from entrepreneurs who are pitching them for money, and one is that the startup plans to sell mainly to government.

Selling to government is difficult. The sales cycle is long – so long the

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Briefs: Curbza, V4C, BDC, Cheep

  • Aug 03, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Peer-to-Peer Commerce Startup Curbza Raises $83,000

Curbza, a new Dartmouth company that is developing a peer-to-peer mobile commerce platform, has raised $83,000 in seed capital from angel investors.

Curbza has developed a mobile application that

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MentorCamp to Debut in Sydney

  • Aug 02, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

MentorCamp, the event that brings together entrepreneurs and mentors for intense training sessions, will take place in the Sydney area this month — the first time it’s been held in Cape Breton.

Founder Permjot Valia launched MentorCamp in Halifax

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Jobs of the Week: Forestry.io

  • Aug 02, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Forestry.io, a Charlottetown company developing a new content management system, or CMS, is looking for two programmers to help the young company grow.

Today’s Jobs of the Week column highlights the postings by this startup, whose recent beta test

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Miller Seeks Input for G20 Gathering

  • Jul 29, 2016
  • Carol Moreira

Entrepreneur-in-training Emily Miller wants to be briefed by young Atlantic Canadians like herself so she can better represent the region in in her role as a G20 Young Entrepreneurs’ Alliance delegate.  

Halifax-based Miller leaves for Beijing on

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East Coast Cities Show Tech Density

  • Jul 28, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

A new study of Canada’s information technology sector shows the country’s tech segment is bigger — and slower growing — than you might have expected.

And the report offers glimpses of the tech scene in Atlantic Canada. It said tech employees make

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Applications Open for The Next 36

  • Jul 28, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Applications are now open for the 2017 cohort of The Next 36, a mentorship program for the country’s leading undergraduates interested in entrepreneurship.

Based in Toronto, The Next 36 takes in about 36 undergraduate students each year and puts

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