Rimot Launches First IoT Product

After two years of development, Dartmouth-based Rimot.io last week launched its Internet-of-Things product for monitoring remote infrastructure, like communications transmitters.

At the International Wireless Communications Expo in Orlando, the company launched RimotRF, which monitors remote phone transmitters, like those in the middle of a forest, to ensure the equipment is working when it’s

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Innovacorp Exits Kivuto; 12X Return

Innovacorp has exited from an investment it made last century, booking a return of 12 times in the process.

The Nova Scotia government’s venture capital and innovation agency said Friday that its portfolio company Kivuto Solutions Inc. has been sold in a private equity deal. No information on the price was released, but Innovacorp Vice-President of Investment Charles Baxter said in an interview

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Jobs of the Week: 5 at Dash Hudson

To keep up with its growing customer base, Dash Hudson has five positions open to join its team here in Halifax, all on our job board this week

Dash Hudson is a visual marketing, software-as-a-service company that helps corporate clients optimize and manage visual marketing strategies. It hopes to hire five new employees to fill the roles of: Senior Full Stack Developer, Account Executive, Data

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Proposify Raises; ARR Soars 121%

Halifax-based Proposify has raised a significant funding round led by businessmen John Risley and Brendan Paddick, which should help the company more than double its staff to 60 this year.

The parties involved in the deal, which closed last week, are not revealing how much was raised by the company, whose Software-as-a-Service product automates the process of writing proposals. But CEO Kyle

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Ethical Swag Expands Into the US

Having polished her e-commerce sites and quit her full-time job, Tara Milburn is building Ethical Swag, a business that helps companies buy sustainable branded products.

Sydney-based Milburn began Ethical Swag in 2010 and, until recently, worked on it part-time.  Now, with many businesses becoming concerned about their purchasing decisions, Milburn is making it easy for companies to buy

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A Call for Better Business Acumen

Having been a scientist for more than 15 years, I’ve seen my fair share of science-based startups come and go.

Those that succeed tend to do so through a combination of good products, good business sense and good fortune. Often a good enough product or idea can compensate for a lack of business sense, and some companies succeed through sheer luck alone.

But many others fall by the wayside

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