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Founder Institute Comes to Halifax

  • Sep 24, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

The Founder Institute, the world’s largest pre-seed accelerator, is launching its newest chapter in Halifax and has opened applications for its winter 2020 cohort.

With plans to host two semesters annually, the Silicon Valley-based organization

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Vineview Extends Reach in California

  • Sep 24, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Halifax-based VineView, which provides remote sensing technology for vineyards, has extended its blanket flyover coverage to the California communities of Edna Valley, Monterey, Paso Robles and Santa Barbara.

For years, VineView has flown most of

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7 Startups Schooled at MentorCamp

  • Sep 24, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

MentorCamp took place in Charlottetown on Monday, bringing together seven companies for an intense day with 28 mentors from Atlantic Canada and other parts of the world.

Launched in Halifax in 2011 by investor and consultant Permjot Valia,

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Binogi Opens Studio in Halifax

  • Sep 23, 2019
  • Carol Moreira

Swedish ed-tech company Binogi has opened a mobile app and animated content creation facility at Volta, Halifax's startup hub. The new space will support its e-learning platform. The company is also hiring staff, aiming to raise its three-person

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Lessons on All Funding Stages

  • Sep 23, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

A crowd of startup enthusiasts in Charlottetown on Sunday night heard what it takes to raise funding in every band imaginable.

The event at Startup Zone was the opening phase of MentorCamp 2019, which will take place in the P.E.I. capital today.

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SimplyCast’s $100K Fund for Youth

  • Sep 23, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

SimplyCast, the automated marketing company based in Dartmouth, has announced a $100,000 fund to benefit young people as the central part of its 10th anniversary celebration.

President and CEO Saeed El-Darahali said at an anniversary party

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Novalte Moves to N.S. to Grow

  • Sep 19, 2019
  • Carol Moreira

A project that allows disabled seniors to live more independently has resulted in the company behind the core technology – Novalte – moving from Ontario to Halifax to take advantage of the opportunities and older demographic the province offers.

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APEC Details IT Labour Crunch

  • Sep 19, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Atlantic Canada’s post-secondary institutions graduated only about two-thirds of the IT personnel required by industry, says a new report from the Atlantic Provinces Economic Council, highlighting the tight labour market in IT.

The report Digital

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Region’s IT Revenues Hit $6.1B

  • Sep 19, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Atlantic Canada’s digital technology industry accounted for $6.1 billion in revenue in 2017, up from $5.2 billion in 2014, says a new study of digital industries in the region by the Atlantic Provinces Economic Council.

The study titled Digital

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New Community Startup Group in NL

  • Sep 18, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

There’s a new, community-based startup group in St. John’s that aims to tackle some of the gaps in the local ecosystem and support young companies.

ConnectioNL (pronounced “Connectional”) is a volunteer group that now totals about 200 members, and

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ReelData Enters Techstars AI

  • Sep 18, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Halifax-based ReelData, whose software uses artificial intelligence to analyze video for the aquaculture industry, has entered the Techstars Montreal AI Accelerator.

Founders Matt Zimola and Hossein Salimian joined the latest cohort of the

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Women’s Fund Eyes Spring Launch

  • Sep 17, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

The Atlantic Women’s Venture Fund is now working on closing its fund with a target of $20 million, and hopes to be funding female-led ventures in the second or third quarter of 2020.

Two representatives of the nine-member council overseeing the

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