AVF Begins To Unveil Speakers

The Atlantic Venture Forum, which will be held in just over two months, is rolling out its list of speakers for the conference in Halifax.

The speakers include financing expert David Brennan, innovation leader Jim A. Gibson, SkipTheDishes Co-Founder and CEO Josh Simair, and Techstars Vice-President of Network John Hill.

The sixth annual AVF, which will take place June 28 and 29 at the Halifax

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Bay Area Talent Mulls Canada Move

A trip to San Francisco last week included a few meetings with startup entrepreneurs and the discussions inevitably turned to one topic — immigration.

This subject is never far from the minds of senior teams in growth-stage companies in Atlantic Canada. But it isn’t limited to the East Coast of Canada. It’s woven into the fabric of startup life everywhere. If you run a high-growth company,

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A Peek Inside Volta’s New Digs

Last weekend, a team of movers descended upon Volta Labs in Halifax to start moving the tech hub into its new 60,000 square foot home in the Maritime Centre. Its resident companies are now settled into their new offices, while construction continues on the other wings.

"This is an exciting time for Volta," said Jesse Rodgers, CEO of Volta. "Our new space, which is the largest innovation hub

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Jobs: Dash Hudson and Remsoft

There are three postings each from Dash Hudson in Halifax and Remsoft in Fredericton in our Jobs of the Week column today.

Dash Hudson is a visual marketing company for content creators. Its AI-powered software, Vision, helps its corporate clients grow brands on Instagram by finding its best images and receiving real-time recommendations for future posts. Dash Hudson has three postings this

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Kognitiv Spark in Plug and Play

Having booked sales of more than $1 million in less that a year, Fredericton-based virtual reality company Kognitiv Spark has now entered the Plug and Play accelerator in Silicon Valley.

Kognitiv Spark offers an augmented reality solution to help the military and industries with training or instructing remote workers using complex equipment. The company released its RemoteSpark product last

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IP Workshop by Emergence, BioNova

Charlottetown's bioscience incubator Emergence and Halifax’s BioNova have partnered to host an intellectual property workshop in Halifax for bio-sector innovators and entrepreneurs.

The seminar, scheduled for May 8, is presented by Canadian IP law firm Bereskin & Parr LLP Intellectual Property Law and will discuss different types of IP rights, including trademarks, copyright, trade secrets and

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Adaptiiv, CIVCO Ink Distribution Deal

The executive team of Halifax-based Adaptiiv, fresh with a recent round of financing, is attending an international radiotherapy conference in Barcelona this week to announce a new distribution partnership.

Formerly known as 3DBolus, Adaptiiv is a company that has been gaining notice in Halifax biotech circles for a couple of years, even though it just released its first public statement this

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GIT Mulls New Graphene Products

Graphite Innovation and Technologies has launched a pilot program to beta-test its innovative graphene coating with the aim of extending its reach into different marine-related products.

The Halifax company known as GIT has developed a marine coating out of graphene, a carbon-based material that is 200 times stronger than steel and efficiently conducts heat and electricity. Co-Founders Mo

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