Members of the startup community were saddened to learn of the sudden passing of Heather Boyd-Kinnie, the Funding Manager and Program Coordinator of the Pond-Deshpande Centre at the University of New Brunswick.

Boyd-Kinnie passed away at her home in Fredericton on March 16, 2021.

Born October 12, 1962 in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, she was a graduate of Dalhousie University Law School and a

The Scale-Up Hub program, which began in New England three years ago, is expanding to include the South-Eastern U.S. with the launch of Scale-Up Hub Atlanta.

The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and the four provincial governments on Monday announced the opening of the program and called for high-growth, innovation-driven companies to apply.

In the Scale-Up Hub program, Atlantic Canadian

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Sandy Bird still recalls the support Q1 Labs got from the University of New Brunswick long before it became one of the greatest Atlantic Canadian tech successes ever.

Bird was a co-founder of the Fredericton cybersecurity company, which was preventing attacks on large computer networks decades before the word “cybersecurity” entered the popular lexicon. In the early days, Bird

Entrevestor principal Peter Moreira, in partnership with startup hub Volta, is offering a virtual presentation of his popular Media Relations for Startups talk.

Dealing with the media can be daunting, confusing but ultimately rewarding for startups. This seminar teaches entrepreneurs how to write a press release and identify which publications to target with their news and updates.

“We’ll also

MindSea Development has been acquired by Reuben Hall, who has served as the CEO of the Halifax-based mobile apps developer for the last two years.

Hall is buying the company for an undisclosed price from Bill Wilson, who founded MindSea in 2007 and served as CEO for 11 years. In late 2018, Wilson stepped aside from executive management of MindSea to launch the Software-as-a-Service company

The Province of Nova Scotia is spending $16.8 million to allow four Nova Scotia universities to expand and improve their computer science programs.

In a statement, the province said COVID-19 has accelerated digital adaptation and that producing more digital talent will strengthen the startup ecosystem across all areas from cleantech to agri-food and ocean sciences.

The four universities –

HB Studios, a Lunenburg, NS, gaming studio with a staff of about 80, has agreed to be acquired by New York-based Take-Two Interactive Software for an undisclosed price.

Take-Two, which is listed on the Nasdaq with a valuation of almost US$20 billion (C$24.8 billion), announced the deal Monday as it also said it has struck a partnership with iconic golfer Tiger Woods. The winner of 15 Majors will

Halifax-based Innovation hub Volta is inviting applications for its Women Taking over the World with Tech pitch competition.

The contest is for founders identifying as female working within the Atlantic Canadian tech ecosystem and offers feedback from experienced entrepreneurs, potential investors and community leaders. Competitors also have the chance to win a $500 Visa gift card.

The free

A new $50 million investment fund has been launched by Natural Products Canada Ventures to invest in early-stage Canadian companies developing naturally derived alternatives to synthetic products.

NPC Ventures has secured a non-binding term sheet with a significant anchor investor and is actively fundraising toward a first close in the fall, Charlottetown-based NPC said in a statement. 

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St. John’s-based SkillsHawk – the new name for Creatros Technologies – is reporting strong sales of its talent-mining technology more than three months after its official launch.

The company came together more than four years ago at Memorial University and set out to solve a problem that plagues many teams of programmers – understanding the skillsets of all the team members. It’s common that a