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PropelICT Targets NL, $1B Company
PropelICT, the technology development organization that oversees the Launch36 accelerator, plans to expand into Newfoundland and Labrador within 18 months, and wants to support the growth of larger tech companies across the region.
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Medusa Raises $900K in Equity Deal
Medusa Medical Technologies Inc. has attracted $900,000 in equity investment from three investors, a sum that will be added to its Atlantic Innovation Fund financing to help develop the next generation of its technology.
Last week, the Halifax
Build Sinks $1.5M into Introhive
Fresh on the heels of launching on Salesforce, Introhive Inc. has landed $1.5 million in funding from Build Ventures that will be used to enhance the product and attract new customers.
The Fredericton- and Washington, D.C.-based startup just six
Stairs to Open mLab in Fredericton
A new incubator for mobile telecom companies will open in the former York County Courtroom on Queen Street in Fredericton in September, meaning the New Brunswick Capital will soon be home to two co-working spaces for startups.
Gary Stairs, the
Chelation Eyes Phase I Trials
Bill Cheliak doesn’t believe the world needs a new, amazing antibiotic to kill superbugs — lethal strains of pathogens that are resistant to antibiotics. It simply needs ways to make antibiotics more effective. And he believes his company,
Biotech Boosting C-Level Teams
Kevin Sullivan’s move to Nova Scotia is part of a healthy development in Atlantic Canada’s life sciences sector. Having lived in the province when he was younger, Sullivan spent 10 years in London, Ont., working for a biotech start-up called Viron
Deloitte Backs Business Model Contest
Deloitte has agreed to pay $250,000 in prize money in the next five years in Canada’s Business Model Competition, a program being organized by Norman Newman Centre for Entrepreneurship at Dalhousie University’s Rowe School of Business.
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Oris4, TheRounds Honoured at AVF
It’s difficult to say who transmitted the most valuable information at the first Atlantic Venture Forum — the tech experts and investors who flew into Halifax to deliver speeches, or the 22 Atlantic Canadian entrepreneurs who pitched their
Notable Quotes from AVF
The Atlantic Venture Forum wrapped up in Halifax yesterday. Here are a few quotes from the conference that are worth repeating:
Communicating with Investors
“If you can't communicate and inspire that poor investor on the other side of the
IRAP Advisory Work Soared in ‘11-12
Like many entrepreneurs, Robert Niven looks to the National Research Council’s Industrial Research Assistance Program, or IRAP, for more than just money. Niven is the CEO of Halifax-based CarbonCure Technologies, and since 2008 he has been an
Hard-Won Lessons at Venture Forum
Atlantic Canadian entrepreneurs received some hard-won lessons in the world of venture capital and angel investment on Wednesday, hearing the investing world had evolved in recent years.
The Atlantic Venture Forum opened yesterday and featured a
Progressing DeNovaMed’s New CEO
With a new CEO in place, DeNovaMed Inc. believes it is enticingly close to identifying the single molecule it needs to proceed down the path to commercialization.
The Halifax biotech company drew local attention last year when it won
