ProcedureFlow On To Fundica Finals

Daniella Degrace is not resting on her laurels after capturing top prize at the Fundica Roadshow event in Montreal  earlier this month.

The CEO of Saint John-based ProcedureFlow has been on the road, meeting with clients and potential investors. The company, which helps call centres improve their operational efficiency, has doubled sales in the past year and staff since December. There’s no sign

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Ropeless Traps Could Save Whales

One hallmark of Canada's East Coast is the bright, fluorescent buoys that fisherman release across our region’s oceans, freckling the Atlantic shorelines. But the ropes that link the buoys to the lobster and crab traps below are deadly hazards for marine life, especially for the endangered right whale.

Ashored Innovations, a young Halifax-based startup, aims to eliminate the risk of whale

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Alongside Works With CareerBeacon

CareerBeacon, Atlantic Canada’s leading job board, has teamed up with Moncton-based Alongside to launch an updated recruitment tool that focuses on mobile devices.

The job site, which is owned by the Irving family’s media company, Brunswick News Inc., unveiled its revamped website today, saying it provides a richer and easier experience for both recruiters and jobseekers.

The updated product,

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Bringing VR to the Eye Doctor

Virtual reality and augmented experiences have revolutionized entertainment and gaming industries. Now, Halifax entrepreneur Ryan Cameron is working on bringing this technology to a clinical setting.

His company Electric Puppets uses VR and eye-tracking technology to improve on the basic tests patients take when they visit the eye doctor.

“In current cases, they’re using tests that are over 100

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Job of the Week: Sendwithus

A Software-as-a-Service startup in Victoria, British Columbia is our lone posting in our Jobs of the Week column today.

Sendwithus is a communications platform designed for email management by providing a centralized hub for email creation and publishing. Its latest product, Dyspatch is an email template, content management system.

The company is seeking talent from the East Coast to become the

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Easy Golf Aligns with Association

When Todd Chant was developing his software for golf tournaments, he was worried about the narrow path to market. But he’s come up with a strategy that broadened his path to the width of the friendliest fairway.

Chant is the Co-Founder and CEO of Sydney-based Easy Golf Tour, whose software helps golf courses administer the tournaments they hold several times each season. The strength of the

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Inboundli’s New Home in Halifax

Gene Sobolev, the CEO of Innovacorp’s newest resident company Inboundli, was torn between three Canadian cities when deciding where to relocate from Berlin, Germany. The Start-Up Visa program put Halifax on top, and Sobolev moved his content curation platform to the East Coast.

Inboundli specializes in inbound marketing and social engagement, generating content for its clients via data and

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