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Squiggle Park Joins Rev Accelerator

  • Sep 07, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Squiggle Park, the Halifax- and Toronto-based startup that helps teach children to read, has been accepted into the Rev accelerator, the sales-focused mentoring program offered at Kitchener, Ont.-based Communitech.

The company, which received

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How the Ocean Supercluster Will Spark New Companies.

  • Sep 06, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

During the Ocean Supercluster roadshow this summer, Matt Hebb made a throw-away statement that lingered with me, because it so elegantly described the role of startups in the Supercluster.

Hebb is CEO of the Supercluster, the four-province

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Six Teams Join Energia’s Cohort 2

  • Sep 04, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Energia Ventures, the University of New Brunswick’s cleantech accelerator, launched its second cohort on Tuesday, welcoming six teams from across Canada and the U.S.

The UNB Technology Management and Entrepreneurship program launched Energia about

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UNB’s TME 30th Anniversary Conference

  • Sep 04, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

The folks at the University of New Brunswick’s J. Herbert Smith Centre for Technology Management and Entrepreneurship are gearing up to celebrate the centre’s 30th anniversary at its annual RBC leadership conference. 

The two-day conference, called

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Peer Ledger in Alliance with PAMP

  • Sep 04, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Peer Ledger, a Halifax blockchain company, has struck a strategic partnership with the Swiss precious metals company known as PAMP to work together to remove conflict minerals from the global supply chain.

PAMP, whose full name is Produits

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Eyeing a Platform for Social Games

  • Sep 04, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

A young New Brunswick company is on the cusp of getting the data it needs to assess whether its new video game is effective in helping children cope with anxiety issues.

The company is Fredericton-based Reframe Games, and its video game is called

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Agyle inks BCIP Contract with AAFC

  • Aug 30, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

Real-time data collection is quickly becoming the gold standard for record keeping across all industries. And Agyle Intelligence, a provider of a real-time operational intelligence platform, is helping set this new standard in Agricultural and

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CoLab launches Beta

  • Aug 30, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

St John’s-based CoLab Software released the beta version of its collaboration platform this week.

CoLab helps engineering teams better communicate and manage feedback when designing 3D models with its integrated platform, called Gradient.

The

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The BIC Semi-Finalists

  • Aug 29, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

Eight companies have been chosen to compete in this year’s BioInnovation Challenge, a regional health and life sciences business competition hosted by BioNova.

The competition will go down on Nov. 7 at BioPort 2018, BioNova’s annual conference for

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Eyesover Lands $200K from NBIF

  • Aug 29, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Eyesover Technologies, a provider of opinion tracking and targeting software, has received a $200,000 equity investment from the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation, as part of a $450,000 funding round.

In addition to the NBIF investment, the

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Social Media Event Set for Sydney

  • Aug 29, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Cape Breton’s burgeoning startup community will host a one-day seminar next month in which experts from Canada, the U.K. and the U.S. will provide instruction in online marketing.

The event, to be held Sept. 14, is called Social Media Sydney: A

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Could Funding Hit $200M This Year?

  • Aug 28, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Here’s something to watch in the startup community as we move toward the autumn season: it’s conceivable Atlantic Canadian startups will record $200 million in equity investment this year.

I wouldn’t put money on it, but after the Canadian Venture

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