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Dal Computer Grads Rise 26%

  • Jul 09, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

The number of graduates from Dalhousie University’s Computer Science program has jumped by more than one-quarter in the past year, driven by rising enrolment and an insatiable demand for tech talent.

The Faculty of Computer Science awarded just

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Oliver POS Taps European Angels for $3.2M

  • Jul 08, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

St. John’s-based Oliver POS, which offers digital payment solutions to retailers, has raised $3.2 million from European angels, an impressive seed round for a company that is only two years old.

The company has developed a Software-as-a-Service

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Cribcut Pivots, Rebrands as Bright

  • Jul 07, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

Halifax-based Cribcut, known for its at-office haircuts and beauty services programs, is rebranding as Bright and adding new personal well-being and fitness services to its platform.

Bright will continue to sell its on-site services to employers to

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12-Step Pledge for Gender Diversity

  • Jul 07, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

A trio of Atlantic Canadian entrepreneurs is encouraging technology companies and funding organizations to sign a pledge aimed at increasing the number of women working in the sector.

Sarah Murphy, Maddie Coombes and Chris Gardner are the creators

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4 Thoughts on Sona’s Share Surge

  • Jul 06, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

Well, another day, another $70 million.

That’s what life has been like for Sona Nanotech recently. The Halifax nanoparticle maker’s shares gained 18 percent to $8.25 on Monday, lifting its market capitalization (the total value of its stock) by

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JEDI Seeks Startup Group Partners

  • Jul 06, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

As it prepares for its next round of accelerator and incubator programs, the Joint Economic Development Initiative is hoping it can build stronger ties with startup organizations throughout Atlantic Canada.

Based in North Fredericton, the Joint

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Sona Stock Up 123% on Test Results

  • Jul 05, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

Shares of Halifax-based Sona Nanotech more than doubled Friday after the nanoparticle technology company said clinical trials showed its COVID-19 rapid testing kit has a 96 percent sensitivity to the virus.

The company’s shares on the Canadian

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Let’s Begin to Build a Respectful Society

  • Jul 05, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

I am very proud to be at the University of New Brunswick and call Atlantic Canada home. The whole conversation around racism is a very hard conversation to have with my kids and students because you simply have to look around and it is obvious that

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3D Planeta Revamps Strategy, Raising Funds

  • Jul 02, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

In the wake of a comprehensive retooling of its business development strategy, Fredericton geo-mapping startup 3D Planeta is in the process of raising a seven-figure funding round.

CEO Norm Couturier said in an interview that the reworked sales and

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Businesses Must Be Welcoming

  • Jul 01, 2020
  • Melissa Lunney

Imagine a house. All your life, you're told you don't belong in that house, and the doors are locked. In order to enter the house, you have to look, act, and talk like the people who live there.

Imagine one day they open up the doors and windows

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Technow Named BioAlliance Chair

  • Jul 01, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

​Oliver Technow, CEO of Charlottetown-based BioVectra, was named the new chair of the PEI BioAlliance’s board of directors on Monday.

Technow has been a member of the board of the life sciences industry association since 2017. BioVectra, which

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AVSS Lands Funding from Japan VC

  • Jun 29, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

New Brunswick drone parachute manufacturer Aerial Vehicle Safety Solutions announced Monday that it had inked an investment deal with Japanese specialty venture capital firm Drone Fund.

The agreement, which took less than three months to negotiate

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