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Job of the Week: WoodsCamp

  • Jan 06, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

We have one posting from December in our Job of the Week column today: Lunenburg, NS-based WoodsCamp is looking for a technical director.

WoodsCamp has developed an online platform that can be used by the 4 million woodlot owners in the U.S. to

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Our Top News Stories of 2018

  • Jan 03, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

As we look back on 2018, there were a few news stories that really shaped the regional innovation group for the year.

I’ve written about accelerators outside the region and the role of McCain Foods already this week. But let’s close out the holiday

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One To Watch in ‘19: McCain Foods

  • Jan 02, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

If I were to choose one player in the Atlantic Canadian startup community to watch this year, it would be McCain Foods.

That’s right: a 62-year-old company known for its French fries will be the big news story in a business group known for its

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Tapping Overseas Accelerators

  • Jan 01, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

One trend that quietly emerged in the Atlantic Canadian innovation space in 2018 was the participation of our companies in accelerators outside the region.

It may be the story of the year in the startup community – certainly the most over-looked

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Happy Holidays to All our Readers

  • Dec 20, 2018
  • Peter and Carol Moreira

We'd like to wish our readers a truly happy holiday and prosperous New Year.

This has been a great year for Entrevestor. The Atlantic Canadian startup community has never had a better year than 2018, and we've had a lot of fun covering the mounting

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Newpy Aims To Change Online Gifting

  • Dec 20, 2018
  • Carol Moreira

Whenever Erin O'Halloran bought someone a gift online, she couldn't wait to see their reaction. She’d get so excited, she would send recipients a photo of the gift in advance. Her joy in gift-giving led her to create Newpy, a social network app for

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Ubique Sets Up Halifax Office

  • Dec 20, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

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

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Protocase Seeks Partner in Intersect

  • Dec 19, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

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

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Curwin Steps Down as TruLeaf CEO

  • Dec 17, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

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

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SMU Alters MTEI Startups’ Funding

  • Dec 16, 2018
  • Avery Mullen

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,

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Bereda’s New Peer-to-Peer Product

  • Dec 13, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

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

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Xocean Ponders Base in Halifax

  • Dec 13, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

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

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