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UNB TME Unveils Scale Up Program

  • Oct 17, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

As it prepares to celebrate its 30th anniversary, the TME program at University of New Brunswick is launching a new accelerator to help high-growth companies in Atlantic Canada to scale.

The Fredericton university has teamed up with Boston-based

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Talem Health Eyes Paid Pilots in 2019

  • Oct 17, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

After two years of bootstrapping, Talem Health Analytics of Sydney is eyeing a paid pilot project early in the new year that would bring in revenue and hopefully pave the way to investment.

Founded two years ago by physiotherapists Paul Travis and

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Atlantic Canada SMEs poor adopters of digital technologies

  • Oct 16, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Small business in Canada has a problem with adopting digital technologies, and one of the worst offenders is Atlantic Canada.

That is the finding of a new report by the Business Development Bank of Canada that assesses the digital maturity of small

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Patron Plans Marcato Expansion After Buying Sydney Company

  • Oct 15, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Marcato Digital Solutions, the Sydney company that provides administrative software for music festivals, has been acquired by Pittsburgh-based Patron Technology for an undisclosed sum.

Patron, which announced the acquisition in a press release

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Blank, Gresta Among Speakers at TME Event

  • Oct 15, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

A range of international speakers will converge on Fredericton this weekend for the Future of Innovation Conference, hosted by the University of New Brunswick’s TME program.

The conference at the Delta Fredericton Hotel on Friday and Saturday will

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Eigen Raises $3.5M Led by Globalive

  • Oct 14, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Fredericton-based Internet of Things company Eigen Innovations has closed a $3.5 million round of funding, led by Toronto-based tech specialist Globalive Technology.

The New Brunswick company uses artificial intelligence to help machines manage

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Job of the Week: R&D at Protocase

  • Oct 14, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Our Job of the Week today is an opening for Research Funding Program Manager at Sydney-based Protocase.

Established in 2001, Protocase makes custom electronic enclosures. It focuses on combining advances in software with advanced manufacturing

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The Future of Blockchain

  • Oct 14, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

Blockchain technology has a reputation for being difficult to understand. It’s a relatively new technology that takes on different meanings depending on who you ask. Recently, the folks at the David Aplin Group in Halifax, organized a panel

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Ocean Startups Beginning To Surface

  • Oct 12, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

A key development in the Atlantic Canadian startup community in the past year is that we’re finally noticing ocean-related startups cropping up in a meaningful way.

Not long ago, much of the ocean innovation came from large Atlantic Canadian

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Data Presentation at Hatch on Oct 18

  • Oct 12, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

I will deliver a presentation on Thursday in Fredericton on Entrevestor’s most recent Atlantic Canadian startup data, with a special focus on New Brunswick.  

The free session, which begins at 10:30 a.m., will be hosted by Opportunities New

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Applications for Breakthru 2019

  • Oct 11, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation is seeking proposals for its biannual business development competition, Breakthru 2018/2019.

The competition is a chance for New Brunswickers with a growing business idea to win access to startup capital,

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A Plan To Double NS Biotech by 2030

  • Oct 11, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

BioNova, the association for Nova Scotia’s life sciences industry, has released its plan to at least double the biotech sector in the next 12 years, creating 2,700 jobs with average salaries of more than $100,000.

Titled BioFuture 2030, the report

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