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2 Exits That Shaped NB’s Ecosystem

  • Feb 07, 2019
  • Alexandre Silberman, Huddle

The idea for one of Fredericton’s latest tech startups was dreamed up on a hike in Scotland.

As Duncan McSporran and Ryan Groom, the co-founders of Kognitiv Spark cleared their heads in the outdoors and talked about augmented-reality software

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NS Social Venture Fund Launched

  • Feb 06, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

The Social Enterprise Network of Nova Scotia and the national Social Enterprise Ecosystem Project have joined up to launch the province’s first impact investment fund, the Social Enterprise Impact Investment Pilot.

The two groups issued a press

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Genome Atlantic Fighting Superbugs

  • Feb 06, 2019
  • Carol Moreira

Halifax-based non-profit Genome Atlantic has announced the development of a $1.4 million research project to develop new surveillance tools to help identify and track genes involved in superbugs.

In a statement, Genome Atlantic said that bacteria

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Beyond Food Raises $1M Round

  • Feb 05, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Halifax-based Beyond Food Inc. has closed a $1 million funding round to help it launch its system that will convert aging supermarket produce into a powdered food supplement.

The company issued a press release this week saying it raised the money

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NB Funding Up 400%+ in 2018

  • Feb 04, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Any time an economic metric more than quadruples in one year, you have to figure it was a pretty good year. So, 2018 was definitely a good period for funding by New Brunswick startups.

Though all the funding from last year has yet to be announced,

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SMU Centre Targets Social Ventures

  • Feb 04, 2019
  • Lu Xu

As it extends its mandate beyond the university’s business school, the Saint Mary’s University Entrepreneurship Centre is focusing more heavily on helping students launch social enterprises.

Founded almost two decades ago as the Sobey School

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NBIF Names Breakthru Semi-Finalists

  • Feb 03, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation has announced the semi-finalists for its 2019 Breakthru Competition, which will award more than $500,000 in prize money next month.

The New Brunswick early-stage venture capital organization holds the

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Job of the Week: SDR at Harbr

  • Feb 03, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Our Job of the Week column today showcases a position as a Sales Development Representative at Halifax’s Harbr, which makes software for the construction industry.

Harbr, which has made a commitment to gender parity in its hiring, has developed a

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SolarAssist To Help NS Go Solar

  • Feb 03, 2019
  • Carol Moreira

Nova Scotians can now access a free, interactive online tool to help them assess their solar potential and calculate how much they’d save by installing solar panels.

SolarAssist is a new web platform that gives Nova Scotians the tools and

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Numus Backs Spain’s Nodalblock

  • Jan 31, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

When the Royal Spanish Football Federation announced this week that it was adopting a blockchain-based ticket distribution system, it brought in a tech company that is partly based in Halifax.

The federation – whose official name is the Real

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LeBlanc, Beaton Join Innovacorp Board

  • Jan 31, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Innovacorp has named Nicole LeBlanc, Director of Investments and Partnerships at Sidewalk Labs, and women's leadership advocate Eleanor Beaton to its board of directors.

The Nova Scotia early-stage venture capital group issued a statement Thursday

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The Seasoning of PEI’s Ecosystem

  • Jan 30, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

The pillars of a startup ecosystem – working spaces, university, funding agency, support organizations, network of mentors – have been in place for well over a year. A recent visit to the P.E.I. capital showed how these components are now maturing.

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