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Site2020 Eyes Strong Sales Growth

  • Jun 16, 2019
  • Avery Mullen

Dartmouth-based Site2020’s traffic-control equipment was used on more than 200 construction sites last year, and CEO Mitch Hollohan expects to deploy another 1,000 units over the next two years.

The company’s product, the Guardian SmartFlagger, is

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Fuckup Nights Arrives in Halifax

  • Jun 13, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

A sold-out crowd gathered in Halifax last night to learn from, reflect on, even laugh at other people’s failures, and in doing so join a movement that has spread to more than 300 cities in 90 countries.

The Halifax chapter of Fuckup Nights held its

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NBIF To Invest in Energia Companies

  • Jun 13, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Companies going through the University of New Brunswick’s Energia Ventures will receive as much as $500,000 in total investment from the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation in the next two years.

Energia and NBIF announced Wednesday companies going

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Medteq Backs Densitas, Spring Loaded

  • Jun 12, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Two Halifax-area medtech companies – Spring Loaded Technology and Densitas – have received a slice of an $11 million equity funding exercise anchored by the Montreal-based health technology organization Medteq.

Medteq, which nurtures Canadian

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StepScan Launches Military Product

  • Jun 12, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Stepscan Technologies, the Charlottetown company that has developed pressure-sensitive floor mats, has launched a new product that helps the military train soldiers in combat techniques.

Primarily a medical device company, Stepscan has developed

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Ocean Sonics Expands to New HQ

  • Jun 12, 2019
  • Carol Moreira

Ocean Sonics, the Nova Scotia-based maker of equipment that listens to and monitors the oceans, has moved into a new headquarters in Truro Heights that will facilitate growth of staff, innovation and sales.  

Ocean Sonics designs and manufactures

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Nine Win Startup Canada Awards

  • Jun 12, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Gary F. Keenan, the Co-Founder and Chairman of F6 Networks of Fredericton, was named Entrepreneur of the Year at the Atlantic Region Startup Canada Awards on Tuesday.

Keenan, who last year was named the EY Entrepreneur of the Year in Atlantic

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Saint John Seeks Young Founders

  • Jun 11, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Economic Development Greater Saint John is launching a new program that offers curriculum and pay to young people interested in developing businesses in the Port City.

The development agency has teamed up with the Atlantic Canada Opportunities

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Devil’s Keep Vodka Wins Big

  • Jun 11, 2019
  • Carol Moreira

Two well-known drivers of New Brunswick’s innovation sector are celebrating a win for their own recently founded startup as they take home international recognition for their Devil’s Keep vodka.

Ray Fitzpatrick and Joe Allen have won a Platinum

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Pelorus Mulls Raising 2nd Fund

  • Jun 10, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

With its Newfoundland and Labrador-focused fund performing better than expected, Pelorus Venture Capital is talking about raising a second fund.

Four years ago, the Atlantic Canadian investment group began to manage the Venture NL fund, which makes

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NBIF Backs TurboPlay with $200K

  • Jun 10, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

TurboPlay, a Fredericton company building a customized marketplace for indie games, has raised $200,000 from the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation as part of an initial funding round.

NBIF issued a press release on Monday outlining its

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Volta Presents 5 Ecosystem Awards

  • Jun 09, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Volta presented Ecosystem Impact Awards to five companies or organizations Thursday to acknowledge their contributions to nurturing startups in Atlantic Canada.

The Halifax startup hub initiated the awards this year to recognize groups that had

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