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Rising Number of Startup Launches

  • Oct 21, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

One of the changes that have taken place in the East Coast startup ecosystem in the past four or five years is the region has ratcheted up its capacity for launching new companies.

As part of our mission to chart and analyze data on the startup

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Jennifer Wagner Named to Clean50

  • Oct 20, 2019
  • Eli Lusty

CarbonCure Technologies' Jennifer Wagner has been named to the Clean50, which each year recognizes 50 Canadians who have made outstanding contributions to clean capitalism.

As Executive Vice-President of Corporate Development at Dartmouth-based

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Startup Weekends Set for CB, PEI

  • Oct 20, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Startup weekends are being planned for Sydney and Charlottetown in the coming month, giving aspiring entrepreneurs a chance to learn how to develop a business idea in a single weekend.

Techstars Startup Weekend, the international organization that

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Isenberg Details Scalerator Success

  • Oct 18, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

When the University of New Brunswick hosts its Future of Innovation conference on Saturday in Fredericton, one of the highlights will be Daniel Isenberg speaking on his Scalerator program.

In particular, he’ll be able to give a recap of Scale Up

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Puddister Wins EY’s EoY Award

  • Oct 17, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Larry Puddister, Executive Chairman of St. John’s-based integrated solutions provider Pennecon, is this year’s EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2019 Atlantic winner.

Puddister’s entrepreneurial journey started at the age of 12 in his hometown of Bay

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ShiftKey, Dal CS Grow Together

  • Oct 16, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

With computer science enrollment soaring at one of its key constituencies, ShiftKey Labs is developing programming to encourage tech entrepreneurship among students.

ShiftKey Labs is housed in the Goldberg Computer Science Building at Dalhousie

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Arolytics Preps for Oil Patch Change

  • Oct 16, 2019
  • Avery Mullen

The founders of a startup that aims to help oil and gas companies track their greenhouse gas emissions believe their business is poised for rapid growth.

Arolytics was developed at St. Francis Xavier University, where co-founders Liz O’Connell,

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Venn Leads Mission to Money 20/20

  • Oct 16, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Venn Innovation will lead a group of 10 technology companies to the Money 20/20 conference in Las Vegas from Oct. 27 to 30 with the goal of increasing sales within the financial services space.

The Atlantic Fintech Mission will travel to

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Region’s Startups Eye Stock Market

  • Oct 14, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Much has been written about the record year in funding for Atlantic Canadian startups last year, but one facet of startup fundraising in the region has been largely overlooked: the growing role of the stock market.

For the first time, high-growth

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Jobs: Dash Hudson, Protocase

  • Oct 14, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Our Jobs of the Week column today features openings for a Quality Systems Manager at Protocase in Sydney and a Junior Project Manager at Dash Hudson in Halifax.

Established in 2001, Protocase makes custom electronic enclosures. It focuses on

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Squiggle Park in Florida Accelerator

  • Oct 10, 2019
  • Eli Lusty

With its latest product generating weekly growth of 10 percent, Dartmouth-based edtech company Squiggle Park is attending the Rally accelerator in Orlando, Fla., to improve its performance further.

Co-Founder Julia Dexter was accepted this summer

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Clockk Launches Time Record App

  • Oct 09, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Almost two years after winning $25,000 at the first Volta Cohort pitching event, Paul Doerwald has launched his product Clockk, an automated time-tracking app for freelancers and small agencies.  

Doerwald not only launched the product Wednesday

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