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Superpower Challenge Seeks Students
Brilliant Labs and its partners are looking for high school students in the Maritime Provinces to pitch their ideas for a new product or service in the Superpower Challenge.
Several student teams or individuals from each participating province will
Jobs of the Week: NewAE, Onboardly
Jobs of the Week is beginning February with a couple of opportunities at Halifax’s NewAE Technology Inc.
NewAE has developed technology to assist companies in finding the security weaknesses within their embedded hardware systems. The company is
Digital NS Promoting Women in Tech
When Ulrike Bahr-Gedalia read about Deloitte Canada’s recent report on the status of women in tech, she had to agree with the dismal findings.
Deloitte looked at the way women are recruited and hired, their retention rates, pay, and paths to
Propel ICT Applications Surge
Propel ICT, Atlantic Canada’s startup accelerator, has announced a 25 percent increase in the number of entrepreneurial teams applying for its startup programs.
A total of 162 companies have applied to take part in Propel ICT’s Build and Launch
Build Invests $3M in Icejam
Charlottetown-based icejam, whose technology incorporates real-world, real-time data in free-to-play games, has secured $3 million in equity financing from the Halifax-based venture capital fund Build Ventures.
The investment brings the total
Sentinel Eyes Cross-Country Expansion
Having landed $525,000 in fresh funding, St. John’s startup Sentinel Alert is gearing up to push its worker safety software into the market across Canada.
The company was one of three Newfoundland and Labrador companies on Tuesday to announce
Venture NL, Killick Fund 3 Startups
Three St. John’s tech companies on Tuesday announced total funding of more than $2 million, including financing from the young Venture Newfoundland and Labrador fund and Killick Capital.
Educational game developer Clockwork Fox Studios, marketing
Correction to our Report on Conceptualiz
Entrevestor erroneously reported on Monday that Halifax-based Conceptualiz has a partnership with Thinking Robot Studios of Dartmouth. We based our report on information that was provided to us. In fact, the two companies have signed non-disclosure
Vidyard Raises US$35M Series C Round
Vidyard, the Kitchener startup that helps customers monitor the performance of their video-based marketing, has raised a US$35 million (C$49.7 million) Series C financing round, which will help it to develop new products.
The company said in a
ABK, Densitas Head to Silicon Valley
Two Halifax medtech companies, ABK Biomedical and Densitas, will travel to San Francisco next month to take part in the Dose of the Valley – a mentoring and networking event for Canadian life sciences companies.
The Bay Area is renowned as the
Our Policy During the Herald Strike
As many of our readers know, the union representing reporters, editors and photographers at the Chronicle-Herald in Halifax is now on strike. We want our readers to know our position during the strike as Entrevestor has contributed three articles a
Conceptualiz Finishes App for Implants
After three years, Conceptualiz brought its vision to life: a mobile application for the iPad that can design orthopedic implants personalized to the patient. The current app is exclusively available for research and educational purposes.
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