IntroHive Inc., a Fredericton- and Washington, D.C.-based startup that helps large companies to mine the contacts of their staff, has raised $1.8 million from GrowthWorks Atlantic Venture Fund,  the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation and a range

Atlantic Canadian startups are finishing the year with a flourish of fundraising, pushing the total amount of equity capital placed in young innovative companies in 2012 up over $50 million, spread across more than 45 companies. 

That $50

SimplyCast, the Dartmouth-based multi-channel marketing company, today will unveil its new Canadian data centre in Toronto, which will allow it offer enhanced communications services to large Canadian organizations, including governments.

The

Equals6, the Halifax-based social network linking students and potential employers, has formed a partnership with a Nevada-based network for student interns as part of its strategy to target growth in the United States.

The Halifax company said

Precipice Capital of Dartmouth said Wednesday it has hired Philip Bassil, a former managing director of BSM Global Partners Inc., who will be joining the firm as Managing Director, Power & Utilities.

“I was fortunate enough to have had the

Our startup community has a problem: too many young companies are looking for too much money. Strategic investment is becoming part of the solution.

There are literally dozens of companies in the region that have raised a few hundred thousand in

The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation announced yesterday that the total prize value of its Breakthru competition – which assesses the business plans of embryonic companies -- has risen to a total of as much as $406,000, making it the largest

Our Guest Columnist today is Ian Cavanagh, Chief Executive Officer of Ambir Co., founding Chairman of the NB IT Council and Member of the New Brunswick Business Council. Ian is also a mentor with Launch36. This article has appeared already on the

Clarity, the Moncton-based startup that connects entrepreneurs with advisers around the world, has announced a $1.6 million round of investment, which is a key step in founder Dan Martell’s plan to develop a multinational company over the next

The founders of Execute Skate, a Halifax startup developing an app for skateboarders, are casting an eye to California so they can work with the best tech experts — and skateboarders — in the world.

The quartet of entrepreneurs met in September

Adeptio, a Charlottetown Software-as-a-Service company aiming to improve wellness and productivity, has closed a $500,000 round of seed financing and is working on plans to raise more than $2 million from venture capital investors next year.

The

You tend to sit up and take notice when someone pitching an online music product says they’ve conducted their customer validation with a community that includes Janis Joplin’s former manager.

Becky Jefferson and Bill McEwen did just that at