Lazaridis Program Seeks 2nd Cohort

The Lazaridis Scale-Up Program, a pan-Canadian program that helps growth-stage companies expand globally, will hold an information session on Tuesday in Halifax about its second cohort.

The program gives 10 companies the opportunity to fast-track their growth by working with experienced mentors and experts from around the world. It focuses on meeting the need for more globally competitive

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Best Showing Yet in Branham300

In the region’s best showing ever, eight Atlantic Canadian companies have been named to the prestigious Branham300 – four in the Top 250, and four in the Up and Coming classification.

Ottawa-based Branham Group today released its Branham300 for 2017. It comprises the top 250 ICT companies in the country, the top 25 international companies operating in Canada, and 25 up and coming companies.

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HeyOrca Unveils $2M Funding Round

HeyOrca has landed $2 million in equity funding, allowing it to ramp up its fast-growing content-planning business.

The St. John’s company that makes collaborative software for marketing agencies announced this morning that it received $2 million in funding from previous investors  Killick Capital and Pelorus Venture Capital. This takes the company’s total equity funding to $2.65 million.

The

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Job of the Week: Dash Hudson

Dash Hudson is continuing to expand its staff, and today we’re highlighting an opening at the social media analytics company for an account executive.

Halifax-based Dash Hudson has created a “visual intelligence platform” that helps its corporate clients to create and distribute photos and video, then analyze their impact. The system is an integrated solution to predict, measure, and enhance

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Teaching Tech to First Nations Children

All children need to learn computer science, but minority groups often have fewer opportunities to do so. A new five-week program in New Brunswick is helping boost knowledge among First Nations’ elementary and middle-school children.

The program, Computer Science to First Nations Schools, is being run by CyberLaunch Academy, which was founded last year to provide opportunities for children to

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UNB Opens Marine 3D Printing Centre

The University of New Brunswick on Thursday launched Canada’s first research centre for 3D metal printing for the marine and defence industries.

The Fredericton university said in a statement the new Marine Additive Manufacturing Centre of Excellence is the first Canadian such organization to combine research, commercialization and workforce development and training.  The initiative is the

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Swept Accepted into 500 Startups

Swept, the Halifax company that makes janitorial software, has been accepted into 500 Startups, the second Atlantic Canadian startup to be accepted into the prestigious program this year.

The Silicon Valley-based program on Wednesday announced the 31 companies that will comprise its 21st cohort. The announcement in TechCrunch noted that 43 percent of the companies are from outside the U.S., as

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