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The Legacy of Invest Atlantic
I was depressed after the meeting. Bob Williamson was defiant. It was the spring of 2010, and we had just met with an eminent person in the start-up community. We had outlined Williamson’s plan for a regional conference to unite start-ups and
Nautel Branches into New Markets
When Peter Conlon looks back at his career, he may muse that September 2013 was the month in which the revolution he has brought to Nautel Ltd. bore fruit.
Started in 1969, the Hackett’s Cove manufacturer was a maker of niche radio transmitters
Bringing Iranian Sand Tech to Canada
A University of New Brunswick researcher whose technology has helped to stabilize huge sand dunes in Iran is now forming a company to develop commercial applications for the North American market, including the mining and agricultural industries.
What Startups Need in the NS Election
Hannes Weiland and Robert Niven at CarbonCure Technologies in Halifax asked on Twitter last week why no one in the Nova Scotia election is discussing the potential of startups, and asked me to weigh in on the matter.
“I'll bet I'm not alone in
Puritas’ Filter Improves Stored Diesel
Puritas Energy Inc. is striving to make sure that calamities like Hurricane Sandy aren’t exacerbated by failing emergency generators, brought on by changes in the composition of diesel fuel in the past five or six years.
The Halifax company has
Invest Atlantic’s PitchCamp Entrants
Invest Atlantic, the conference for the Atlantic Canadian startup community, has named the companies that will appear at its PitchCamp on Sept. 24 in Halifax.
Invest Atlantic will host PitchCamp the night before the main conference as a showcase
NBIF Preserves Core While Expanding
Almost three years ago, New Brunswick Premier David Alward sat down with Robert Hatheway to offer the Fredericton orthodontist and businessman the chair of the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation.
From that discussion, Hatheway understood that
Planet Hatch Opens in Fredericton
The latest incubation centre and program for Atlantic Canadian entrepreneurs were launched in Fredericton on Thursday with the aspirations of being a national or international enterprise by the spring.
Knowledge Park, a development for knowledge
Compilr in Talks on Key Assets
Compilr, the Halifax company whose online development environment allows users to learn, write and test code in the cloud, has received interest from a number of potential suitors that may be interested in buying its assets.
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Karma Secures $1M from Vanedge
Halifax-based Karma Gaming, which develops video games for regulated lotteries, has added to its Series A round of venture capital with a $1 million funding from Vanedge Capital in Vancouver.
The funding, Vanedge’s first in Atlantic Canada, is
Miramichi Fund Backs Eggroll Digital
Eggroll Digital Studios Inc., a new mobile and software development company, is launching in the Miramichi region with an investment from the Miramichi Technology Fund, which was established by former New Brunswick Premier Frank McKenna.
The
Ladies Learning Code Comes to NB
Ladies Learning Code, the national group that introduces people of all ages and genders to programing, is coming to New Brunswick.
The group began in Toronto a few years ago and came to Atlantic Canada earlier this year with a few sessions in
