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NSBI Accepts 6 into Scale-Up Hub

  • May 09, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Nova Scotia Business Inc. has selected six companies to join the latest cohort of its Scaleup Hub: Cambridge program.

NSBI launched the program last year as a vehicle to help scaling companies establish a base in Cambridge, MA., and generate sales.

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ScreenScape Launching Redesign

  • May 09, 2019
  • B. Jack Morse

Charlottetown-based digital signage company ScreenScape Networks has soft-launched its ScreenScape5 initiative, which will offer greater flexibility to users.

A pioneer in digital signage in public spaces, ScreenScape helps businesses and

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Concrete Leads SalesRight’s Round

  • May 09, 2019
  • B. Jack Morse

Halifax-based SalesRight has raised $250,000 in a pre-seed round led by Concrete Ventures, the first investment made by the new Atlantic Canadian venture capital fund.

Concrete Ventures, which has more than $17 million to invest, offers investments

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CoLab Accepted into Y Combinator

  • May 08, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

St. John’s-based CoLab Software has become the first Atlantic Canadian company to be accepted into Y Combinator, one of the world’s most prestigious tech accelerators.

CoLab, whose Gradient platform helps engineers and designers collaborate,

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AVF Names 14 Keynotes So Far

  • May 08, 2019
  • B. Jack Morse

The Atlantic Venture Forum is coming back to Halifax this June and has announced 14 keynote speakers so far.

The seventh annual forum features networking opportunities, an Atlantic Canadian technology showcase, and information sessions.

The AVF

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Nextleaf Raises $4M in Share Sale

  • May 06, 2019
  • B. Jack Morse

Nextleaf Solutions, co-founded by Saint Mary’s University alum Paul Pedersen in 2015, will raise $4 million through the sale of new shares on the Canadian Securities Exchange this week. This brings the total funds raised by the Vancouver-based

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Apply Now for Next CDL Cohort

  • May 06, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

The Creative Destruction Lab has opened applications for its 2019-20 cohort, at its Atlantic Canadian pod and other locations across Canada and in New York and Oxford, England.

The applications can be found here and are open until Aug. 12.

Started

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LeeWay Lands $291K ACOA Loan

  • May 05, 2019
  • B. Jack Morse

Dartmouth-based LeeWay Marine has borrowed $290,600 from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency to speed up the refit of its newest research ship, the LeeWay Striker.

ACOA issued a statement Friday saying the company, which specializes in

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Latham and McArthur Join Propel

  • May 05, 2019
  • B. Jack Morse

Propel, the Atlantic Canadian ITC accelerator, has named veteran entrepreneurs Derek Latham and Gordon McArthur to its stable of entrepreneurs-in-residence.

The company released a press release last week saying Latham and McArthur have joined

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Seven Join UNB Summer Institute

  • May 05, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

The University of New Brunswick’s TME group has revealed the seven companies in its Summer Institute, an accelerator that emphasizes the human aspects of entrepreneurship, such as marketing and design.

Officially called the J. Herbert Smith Centre

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How Will the Recession Impact You?

  • May 02, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

One constant factor in the Atlantic Canadian startup story in the past decade has been a strong underlying economy in key export markets – but that could change soon.

Robust economic growth, especially in the U.S., has provided primed markets for

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Applications Open for Sprint Contest

  • May 02, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Applications for Innovacorp’s Sprint competition for Nova Scotia technology startups opened Wednesday and will remain open until May 15.

Winners will receive up to $25,000 each in non-dilutive, non-repayable funding and business guidance from

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