Job of the Week:  Dash Hudson

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

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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AtlanTick Wins ACOA Support

When Lisa Ali Learning’s sons became sick with body pain and swollen joints, she had no idea what was wrong.  It turned out the boys, then aged 12 and nine, had developed Lyme Disease.  Their illness led their mom to found AtlanTick Repellent Products, a business focused on developing natural tick repellents.

Now, Ali Learning has received a grant of up to $100,000 from the Atlantic Canada

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Volta Cohort Seeds 5 Startups

The Volta Cohort program awarded a total of $125,000 to five companies Wednesday night, bringing the total funding provided by the two-year-old program over the $500,000 mark.

In its fourth pitching event, the Volta Cohort invested $25,000 each in five companies, meaning it has now channeled a total of $525,000 into 21 startups based in Atlantic Canada. Volta, the Halifax startup house,

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Mariner’s Change Management Team

Best known as a multi-layered IT company, Mariner has launched a new service that helps companies develop change management strategies.

The Saint John-based company issued a statement on Wednesday saying it has hired Shelley Fletcher to head the new change management practice, which will help clients grasp the opportunities and avoid the pitfalls of a changing business environment.

The thinking

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Agyle Fills Ag Department Contract

Agyle Intelligence, a P.E.I.-based data analysis company, said it has filled a contract with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada worth almost half a million dollars.

Based in Mount Stewart, just east of Charlottetown, Agyle Intelligence said its technology is helping the federal department to automate instant access to manually collected data in various research projects, ranging from greenhouses

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Moltex Eyes Power from Nuke Waste

A British company is developing a 300-megawatt power plant in New Brunswick to source electricity from spent nuclear fuel, and says it could make Saint John a hub for similar zero-carbon plants around the world.

Moltex Energy signed an agreement last July with NB Power, the utility owned by the New Brunswick government, under which both parties would put up $5 million toward the project.

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Energia Seeking Cohort Members

Fredericton-based accelerator Energia Ventures is inviting applications from companies in the smart-grid, energy, cleantech, and cybersecurity sectors.

A Global Accelerator Network (GAN) member, Energia’s program is headquartered in Fredericton and was built in partnership with the University of New Brunswick and leading technology companies.

Founded in 2016, the program offers a 12-week

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CDL Angels Invest $7M in 2 Years

In less than two years, the Creative Destruction Lab-Atlantic has established itself as the main angel funding group in Atlantic Canada, with its members investing about $7 million into 23 companies – so far.

The CDL is primarily a mentorship group that assembles wealthy businesspeople  (which it calls fellows or associate fellows) to advise and invest in young innovation companies. It requires

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