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Ubique Sets Up Halifax Office
Ubique Networks Inc., a growing tech startup that improves the efficiency of eSports, is opening an office at Volta Labs in Halifax, its third Canadian office.
The company announced this week that it plans to employ about a dozen IT professionals
Protocase Seeks Partner in Intersect
Having grown to a 200-person operation in 17 years, Sydney-based mass-customization manufacturer Protocase wants to expand into new product lines and is looking for a team of entrepreneurs to help.
The company, known for its customized electronics
Curwin Steps Down as TruLeaf CEO
Gregg Curwin has stepped down as CEO of AgTech company TruLeaf Sustainable Agriculture, paving the way for McCain Foods to steward the company through a phase of expected “exponential” growth.
In an interview last week, Curwin said it was his
SMU Alters MTEI Startups’ Funding
Ellen Farrell believes recent funding changes have improved the quality of startups in Saint Mary’s University’s MTEI program and a new relationship with Mitacs will improve them further.
Farrell, the Co-Director of SMU’s Master of Technology,
Bereda’s New Peer-to-Peer Product
Bereda Training, the Halifax company that helps endurance athletes, is launching a new product to blend its data and planning platform with a peer-to-peer support function.
The company recently announced its new business model on its website, with
Xocean Ponders Base in Halifax
Since touching down in Halifax earlier in the autumn, James Ives has been wondering if the East Coast city could make a suitable North American base for his company, which uses unmanned boats to gather ocean data.
Ives is the co-founder and CEO of
MicroWise Taps Halifax Expertise
The fact that Pia Haecky and Jone Jacobsen were sitting in a coffee shop in Halifax demonstrated the international appeal of their company, and how the oceantech cluster is progressing in Atlantic Canada.
Haeky and Jacobsen are senior partners in
NBIF Funding Rose 8.8% in 2017-18
The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation invested $6.2 million in 24 companies in the 12 months to March 31, 2018, with the value of deals increasing 8.8 percent over the previous fiscal year.
The non-profit that oversees early-stage venture capital
Milk Moovement Eyes Expansion
Robert Forsythe hopes his company Milk Moovement will have 10 clients within two years, which would mean having coverage right across Canada.
The St. John’s-based company has developed a cloud-based reporting system that helps dairy boards give
Dal Joins Women Founder Project
Dalhousie University has been selected as one of eight Canadian universities to join a research project into women’s entrepreneurship.
The university said its Norman Newman Centre for Entrepreneurship will join other institutions from across Canada
ILokol Lands 1500 Clients in 6 Months
There’s often a moment of stunned silence after the founders of iLokol pitch, as if judges and audience members are wondering if they understood the pitchers properly. No one is used to seeing the numbers that Halifax-based iLokol presents from a
Venture Grade Invests in Cribcut
Saint Mary’s University’s Venture Grade Fund – a VC fund managed by students – is investing $15,000 in Cribcut, an online marketplace for hair stylists willing to make house calls.
“Cribcut has a novel business model that we are proud to support,”