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NYC’s Watzan Expands in Halifax

  • Jul 09, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Watzan is a profitable, fast-growing Software-as-a-Service company launched in New York in 2014 that is actively growing its development and sales teams – in Halifax.

Five-year-old Watzan offers a content-curation site for medical journals, and CEO

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$4M To Aid Women Entrepreneurs

  • Jul 09, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

The federal government on Monday announced grants totalling $4 million to support the work of two Atlantic Canadian organizations that promote entrepreneurship by women.

The government said it would give $2.1 million to the Centre for Women in

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Coloursmith Closes $600K Round

  • Jul 09, 2019
  • Avery Mullen

Contact lens technology startup Coloursmith Labs has raised $600,000 in seed funding and announced the first two members of its board of directors.

Founded in 2018 by Dalhousie University researcher Gabrielle Masone, the Halifax-based company is

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Angels, VCs Back Securicy with $1.2M

  • Jul 08, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Sydney-based Securicy, which helps medium-sized enterprises meet the cybersecurity requirements of larger customers, has closed a $1.8 million funding round, including $1.2 million in equity financing.

The company, which launched its

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MedMira Ills Persist Despite Gains

  • Jul 07, 2019
  • Avery Mullen

An embattled Halifax medical technology company reported an improved performance in the three months ending April 30, but is still warning it may not survive.

MedMira Inc., which manufactures instant diagnostic test kits for contagious diseases, on

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Jobs: Account Exec at Dash Hudson

  • Jul 07, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Our Job of the Week column today showcases an opening for an Account Executive at Dash Hudson in Halifax.

Dash Hudson is a visual marketing Software-as-a-Service company that helps its clients increase engagement on their social media. Its

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SucSeed Seeks Public Votes

  • Jul 07, 2019
  • Carol Moreira

SucSeed, a young company that makes hydroponic growing kits, is asking the public to help it win a chance to pitch for $100,000 in the upcoming Telus/Arlene Dickinson pitch competition.

St. John’s-based SucSeed has made the shortlist of 100

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Venn’s Dunnett Is TECNA Finalist

  • Jul 05, 2019
  • Inda Intiar, Huddle

Jonathan Dunnett, Venn Innovation‘s Program Manager of Markets and Insights, is a finalist for the Technology Councils of North America‘s (TECNA) first-ever innovation awards.

“It’s a really nice recognition of the work that we’ve been doing as

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New Skills for Hire Program

  • Jul 04, 2019
  • Carol Moreira

A “Skills for Hire” program to address the ICT sector skills gap has been launched by Digital Nova Scotia, the industry association for the province’s ICT sector, and Bluedrop Performance Learning, a specialist in workplace e-learning, simulation

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Life Sciences Dominated Q2 News

  • Jul 03, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Two massive funding deals in the life sciences segment and a pair of companies moving to the public markets were the highlights of the Atlantic Canadian startup community in the second quarter of 2019.

The biggest news was the US$30 million (C$40

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Kula Launches Synchrostack Product

  • Jul 03, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

After 16 years as an agency, Kula Partners of Halifax has launched a product called Synchrostack that helps manufacturers integrate the various components of their ecommerce systems.

Kula is a 15-person operation that in recent years has developed

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NovaResp Targets Sleep Apnea

  • Jul 03, 2019
  • Avery Mullen

A new medical startup from Dalhousie University PhD graduate Hamed Hanafi plans to use artificial intelligence to treat sleep apnea.

The condition causes patients to intermittently stop breathing in their sleep. It is usually treated with

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