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MediaSpark Preps GoVenture World

  • Oct 27, 2011
  • Peter Moreira

Fresh from the introduction of new training software products, Mathew Georghiou is gearing up to launch a software he believes could change the face of online entrepreneurship training.

Georghiou is the CEO of MediaSpark of Sydney, whose main

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Perfect Regional VC Manager Needed

  • Oct 24, 2011
  • Peter Moreira

With a bit of luck, Wilson Executive Search has the wisdom of Solomon because it will need it to find the perfect manager for the new regional venture fund for Atlantic Canada.

The Halifax recruitment firm was mandated on Sept. 1 to find a

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Saint John Named to Smart21 2012

  • Oct 24, 2011
  • Peter Moreira

Saint John has become the third New Brunswick city to be named to the Smart21, a club of cities and towns from around the world dedicated to the "broadband economy", the New York-based Intelligent Community Forum said Friday.

Fredericton

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7% Rise in I-3 Contestants

  • Oct 24, 2011
  • Peter Moreira

Innovacorp, Nova Scotia’s technology commercialization agency, has received 142 applications for its biennial I-3 competition, up almost 7 percent from two years ago and reflecting particular interest in the Halifax area.

Dawn House, spokeswoman

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2nd Act Logs First U.S. Sale

  • Oct 21, 2011
  • Peter Moreira

Halifax-based 2nd Act Innovations , which has developed an advanced document-organization system called 4sightECM, landed its first sale in the U.S. by winning a contract yesterday with North Star Solutions of Media, Pennsylvania.

North Star,

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Mindful Scientific Begins Fundraising

  • Oct 21, 2011
  • Peter Moreira

Halifax medical devices company Mindful Scientific has secured the first commitment of funding en route to a seed round it hopes will be worth $400,000 to $600,000.  

Permjot Valia, a London investor who has invested in several Nova Scotia

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21-Gun Salute to the Irvings

  • Oct 20, 2011
  • Peter Moreira

There are few angles of the Halifax Shipyard story that have been overlooked, but none is more glaring than how lucky we are that K.C. Irving and his descendants were  born in the Maritimes.

Billionaires are not in vogue this season, but the

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Atwood Develops Revenue Stream

  • Oct 20, 2011
  • Peter Moreira

Atwood Technology, a Miramichi software company employing artificial intelligence to provide matching services, will launch its first paying site within weeks, CEO Theresa Williams said in an interview.

The early-stage company, which has

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Marport, Verafin Named to Fast 50

  • Oct 20, 2011
  • Peter Moreira

Two Newfoundland and Labrador companies have been named to the prestigious 2011 Deloitte Tech Fast 50, and a P.E.I. startup has been named a Company to Watch.

Marport Deep Sea Technologies of St. John’s placed 17th on the list after its revenues

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Accelerators Accelerating in NB

  • Oct 18, 2011
  • Peter Moreira

Exits, schmexits! The truly compelling news in the New Brunswick startup community late in 2011 involves entrances.

McKenzie College of Moncton will soon open an accelerator for pre-seed companies, and Propel ICT has announced its Launch 36

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Opinion: We Still Need More R&D

  • Oct 17, 2011
  • Peter Moreira

The Telegraph-Journal reported this morning that tech entrepreneurs Gururaj Deshpande and Gerry Pond have made a multi-million-dollar donation to finance the Pond-Deshpande Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at UNB.

This is only the

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Menchefski Rises with Billdidit, GMS

  • Oct 17, 2011
  • Peter Moreira

Companies often develop into family trees, with clusters of progeny growing hither and yon, and an interesting group of shoots is sprouting in northern Nova Scotia around an intriguing entrepreneur called Joe Menchefski.

He is the CEO of

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