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Erin Flood’s Promise to New Brunswick
Erin Flood, the COO of Fredericton’s HotSpot Parking, was recently accepted into Tech Women Canada in San Francisco. Last week she posted this blog on her website:
My Promise to New Brunswick
The glass ceiling is still there, waiting for the
Curwin Prepares to Begin Production
With California’s drought raising concerns about food supply, Gregg Curwin is well placed to begin producing leafy greens out of his indoor farm near Truro.
Many of Atlantic Canada’s vegetables are grown in California. Curwin, president and CEO
Press Release: NBIF Funds Research
The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation, the agency responsible for developing innovation in the province, has issued the following press release:
NEW BRUNSWICK STUDENTS GET RECORD FUNDING TO WORK IN UNIVERSITY LABS
FREDERICTON, N.B.—The New
Entrevestor Ends Sponsorship Era
As of today, Entrevestor has no sponsorship from government.
Since we began almost four years ago, this website and its quarterly Entevestor Intelligence reports have been dedicated to reporting on and promoting the Atlantic Canadian startup
East Coast Startups Must Think IPO
There’s a new trend developing in Canadian technology, and it ain’t happening in Atlantic Canada.
This is the year of the tech initial public offering in Canada, with companies like Shopify, Hootsuite, Stingray and Vision Critical likely to list
HotSpot Enters US with Passport
HotSpot Parking is moving into the U.S. in partnership with Charlotte, N.C.-based mobile payments specialist Passport – a move that will soon increase HotSpot’s accessible market by 100 times.
The Fredericton startup announced Tuesday that it
Ooka Island Launches Web Product
Ooka Island, the P.E.I. software company dedicated to teaching children to read, has launched the web-based version of its program in time for Charlottetown’s Reading Town week starting on Saturday.
The company, which hired a new CEO and raised
EoY, Propel, Metabridge Deadlines
The hours are ticking down to the deadlines to apply for a few of the country’s leading entrepreneurship or startup happenings -- the EY Entrepreneurs of the Year competition, PropelICT's next cohort and metabridge.
April 30 is the deadline to
Fiddlehead Raises Funds, Begins Pilot
Two veterans of the New Brunswick startup scene are gaining traction with a new data-based product they hope one day will reduce global food waste.
David Baxter and Shawn Carver – both known for their work as mentors – have spent more than two
Press Release: CarbonCure’s Traction
CarbonCure Technologies, the Halifax-based maker of green building materials, has issued the following press release:
Mutual Materials propels green masonry movement forward with CarbonCure partnership
Cleantech company partners with second
Metamaterial Raises At Least $3.1M
Metamaterial Technologies Inc. has closed a $3.1 million round of funding, which will help the Dartmouth company with its ambitious plans to establish a metamaterials R&D and pilot production facility in Nova Scotia.
The company – which has
Eye on KW: Rev Targets Growth Stage
It’s strange -- and certainly refreshing – to hear the program manager of a tech accelerator say he doesn’t really care whether startups get any investment once they graduate from his course.
In fact, Sam Legge hopes the 10 companies now going
