Our Job of the Week column today showcases an opening at Dash Hudson in Halifax for a Product Marketing Manager.

Dash Hudson is a visual marketing Software-as-a-Service company that helps its clients increase engagement on their social media. Its software, called Vision, is a one-stop spot for clients to manage, source and engage with the traffic of their photos and videos.

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IMV Inc., the Dartmouth company developing a delivery platform for immunotherapy drugs, is entering a critical phase of its 16-year history as it will soon learn the results of key Phase 2 clinical trials.

The company is conducting a range of Phase 2 trials for its flagship drug candidate DPX-Survivac, including tests in partnership with the multi-national pharma company Merck & Co. The results

Aiming to bring advanced data analytics to farmers, Hanatech IoT has publicly stated the ambitious goal of producing annual revenues of $50 million within five years.

The Bedford-based company says it has developed an Internet of Things, or IoT, solution that takes readings from sensors and uses proprietary algorithms to instantly produce data on a single platform. Though the

Modest Tree, a Halifax company that makes easy-to-create online training solutions, has received a strategic investment from Augsburg, Germany-based Renk, a member of the Volkswagen group.

The companies announced the investment in a statement last month, though they did not give the details of the transaction. They said Renk has been a client of Modest Tree for some time, and the two companies

Charlottetown-based drug manufacturer BioVectra is being sold to U.S. private equity firm H.I.G. Capital for as much as US$250 million (C$330 million) – more than three times the price it sold for almost six years ago.

BioVectra’s owner, British pharmaceutical company Mallinckrodt plc, issued a statement on Tuesday saying it had agreed to the sale. The price includes both a fixed payment now and

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When Chris Cowper-Smith was planning to hire a new head of sales for Spring Loaded Technology, he wanted to do more than add an executive. He wanted to change the company’s sales processes, focusing on proximity to the customer.

In April, the CEO of the Dartmouth-based maker of next-generation knee braces, announced the new Vice-President of Sales would be Joe Khalifa, a

Stash Energy, the Fredericton-based energy-storage company, has raised a $400,000 funding round, with equal contributions from the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation and Island Capital Partners.

The funding comes as the company has received 1,500 pre-orders for its initial product, which works with a traditional heat pump to store energy and heat homes. And Stash is also working with the

Having just reported success in its recent sales training program, Planet Hatch is launching a new accelerator for early-stage companies that includes access to development capital.

The Fredericton-based entrepreneurship hub said last week it would  launch the Planet Hatch Startup Accelerator to help entrepreneurs gain the essential knowledge and skills to turn an idea into a growing business.

The federal and New Brunswick governments are contributing $7.8 million to help the University of New Brunswick further develop its smart grid initiative.

The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency said in a statement that the Fredericton-based university is undertaking a five-year research initiative to address the complex technical, regulatory, and social issues involved in moving from

Sequence Bio, the St. John’s-based biotechnology company that is conducting a widespread genetic study of Newfoundland and Labrador’s population, has named Joy Buckle its Vice President of Policy and Planning.

In a statement, the company said Buckle will help expand Sequence Bio’s Genome Project, which was launched this summer. The company is collecting genetic samples from 2,500 Newfoundlanders