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Jobs: Startup Zone, Foundation Marketing
Our Jobs of the Week column today showcases an opening for the CEO of Charlottetown’s Startup Zone and a Content Marketing Manager at Foundation Marketing in Halifax.
Foundation is a content marketing agency that collaborates with ambitious B2B
BreatheSuite Closes $1.2M Round
St. John’s-based BreatheSuite, whose technology helps people to use inhalers properly, has closed a $1.2 million equity financing round, led by Venture NL, the fund overseen by Pelorus Venture Capital.
The company issued a press release on Thursday
PLATO Lands $500K in Funding
Fredericton-based PLATO Testing has received a $500,000 investment from Raven Indigenous Capital Partners, which it will use to train and hire more Indigenous people to test software.
PLATO was founded five years ago by Fredericton’s PQA Testing
ScreenScape Acquired by Spectrio
Charlottetown-based ScreenScape Networks, which makes technology for video displays, has been acquired by Tampa, Fla.-based Spectrio for an undisclosed price.
Founded by CEO Mark Hemphill in 2007, ScreenScape helps businesses and organizations
TrojAI Books $750K in Equity Funding
TrojAI, which is developing a cybersecurity platform for artificial intelligence, has closed $750,000 of an equity funding round that its Co-Founders hope will reach $1 million.
The company now has investment from Concrete Ventures of Halifax, the
Talkatoo Partners with Patterson
Halifax-based Talkatoo, which provides transcription software for the veterinary market, has formed a partnership with Greely, Co.-based Patterson Veterinary, under which the U.S. company can distribute Talkatoo’s products.
The two companies
5 Enter Venn’s Scaleup Program
Venn Innovation has accepted five companies into its Set to Scale Program, which helps established companies increase their sales.
The New Brunswick innovation hub last year called for applications for the program, which uses the Scaling Up
DeCell Poised for Growth in 2021
Late in 2020, DeCell Technologies released a flourish of announcements – including a unique patent approval – that position the Halifax-area life sciences company for growth in 2021.
The company, which makes a natural regenerative scaffolding for
VIS Aids Consolidating Veterinary Industry
Not many tech entrepreneurs will tell you their total addressable market comprises 47 potential clients, but Ivan Zak states the number unequivocally – and five of them are already his customers.
He adds, of course, that the total addressable
Jobs: Startup Coach at Propel
The Atlantic Canadian virtual startup accelerator Propel is looking for startup coaches to work with its stable of entrepreneurs in six cities across the region. The opening is today's featured Job of the Week.
Propel is the e-accelerator for tech
How Strong Branding Aided a COVID Pivot
What’s truly fascinating about the story of how Educated Beards coped with the COVID-19 pandemic is it shows the value of a superior branding program.
The maker of organic beard-grooming products is known for its strong branding well beyond its
Cartmill Sells C-Therm to Harris
Adam Harris, who has served as Managing Director of Fredericton-based C-Therm Technologies since its inception in 2007, has bought the company from founder Charles Cartmill.
The company released a statement on Wednesday saying Cartmill sold