Meeting on Women’s Angel Fund

There’s a movement afoot to establish a women’s angel network in Atlantic Canada, and proponents are inviting anyone who’s interested to an information and planning workshop on April 12.

Tentatively called the Atlantic Women’s Angel Investment Fund, the fund is being proposed by a group of professional women who are in the region or have close ties to Atlantic Canada. The goal is to find a group

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Introhive Expanding in Saint John

SAINT JOHN– New Brunswick startup Introhive is experiencing faster than expected growth in its new Saint John operation, company executives say.

Last July, the Fredericton headquartered company announced that it was adding 12 new staff to its team, and establishing its first office in Saint John, where members of its engineering and program management teams would be based. The port city office

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Appili Raises $3.6M, Files Prospectus

As it moves closer to listing its stock on the TSX Venture Exchange, Appili Therapeutics of Halifax has raised an additional $3.6 million by selling shares and warrants through a private placement.

The drug discovery company issued a statement Monday saying it had raised gross proceeds of about $3.6 million through the placement, though the total is lowered somewhat by fees paid to the banks

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Smart Energy Seeks Pitchers

The Smart Energy conference is looking for startups to pitch at its 15th annual conference, which will take place in Halifax on April 15 and 16.

The Smart Energy conference is hosted by the Jameson Group, which also produces the Invest Atlantic series of conferences. It will be attended by about 250 delegates, who are representatives of the energy industry in Atlantic Canada and beyond.

For the

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Applicants Invited for Planting Seed$

Young Nova Scotian entrepreneurs with a good idea are invited to apply to this year’s 100 Entrepreneurs Planting Seed$ pitching contest for the chance to win $10,000.

Now in its fourth year, Planting Seed$ sells tickets to 100 people in the startup community at $100 per head. That money makes up the $10,000 prize that is awarded to the company with the most successful pitch.

Applicants must be

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Acoubit Wins at COVE Demo Day

Wireless underwater communications company Acoubit was voted most improved startup by its peers in Dartmouth-based Start-Up Yard last week, winning a $1000 Air Canada gift card.

While the gift card will prove useful, Co-Founder Colin Ross said he really hopes his pitch at the Start-Up Yard Demo Day will lead to partnerships. Specifically, he is looking for a partner that could get his prototype

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Jobs: Full Stack Developer at CoLab

Our Job of the Week column today showcases an opening for a Full Stack Developer at St. John’s-based CoLab Software.

CoLab helps engineering teams better communicate and manage feedback when designing 3D models with its integrated platform, called Gradient.

The platform lets engineers share input on a design model, which is a process normally done through a convoluted string of emails,

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The Vantec Model of Angel Funding

One of the country’s most successful angel communities showed its stuff earlier this month as the Vantec Angel Network held its monthly pitching session.

About 150 people – half of them investors – assembled in the VentureLabs offices in downtown Vancouver to consider the three pitches and go over monthly business. Vantec has been holding these sessions for about 20 years and more than 2,000

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