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Dal’s LaunchPad Showcases 10 Teams
LaunchDal held its annual summer pitch-fest Tuesday night, showcasing 10 teams that graduated from its LaunchPad program.
LaunchDal is the innovation and entrepreneurship hub at Dalhousie University, offering such programs as Starting Lean and
BDC Eyes Supercluster Program
The Business Development Bank of Canada is working on a new investment program that would support Canada’s five innovation superclusters, including the Ocean Supercluster on the East Coast.
In an interview with Entrevestor, CEO Michael Denham said
Mashup Lab expands to Cape Breton
Budding entrepreneurs in Cape Breton now have access to the free, online programming available at Mashup Lab after its recent expansion to the island.
Mashup Lab is a “for-more-than-profit” business development company for rural entrepreneurs. Its
We’re On Vacation Next Week
It’s August, and we’re taking our usual summer break next week.
We’re going to attend and report on the LaunchPad Demo Day at Dalhousie University on Tuesday night. But other than that, #startupeast will have to get by without Entrevestor until
With HBC Deal, MacNevin Shows Not All Suicide Attempts End in Tragedy
As Kyle MacNevin watched "Finding Hope” on CNN in June, he kept getting messages from friends all asking the same question: Are those people on TV wearing your T-shirts?
The shirts being worn by audience members at the CNN town hall production had
NB Adds $10M to Build Fund II
Build Ventures, the Atlantic Canadian venture capital fund, is receiving a $10 million contribution from the New Brunswick government for its second fund, bringing the total so far to $25 million.
Headed by Patrick Keefe and Rob Barbara, the
Venn CEO Chairs TECNA
Doug Robertson the CEO of Venn Innovation, a New Brunswick tech support organization, has been appointed Chair of the Technology Councils of North America.
TECNA represents nearly 50 IT and Technology trade organizations, which account for more
NB Supports Resson, SimpTek
Fredericton startups Resson and SimpTek Technologies are receiving funding from provincial agencies to increase their workforces and expand their businesses, the provincial government announced this week.
Resson, an agriculture technology company,
Inversa in US$2.5M Deal in Georgia
In a breakthrough to the U.S. market, Fredericton-based Inversa Systems, whose technology can help to assess the state of infrastructure, has signed a three-year, US$2.5 million (C$3.3 million) agreement with the State of Georgia.
The company last
Genesis Hosting MaRS Workshops
MaRS on the Rock in Newfoundland is hosting two workshops that will discuss the Business Model Canvas and Value Proposition/Customer Interviews. The workshops will be held in the Genesis Centre at Memorial University in Newfoundland in the coming
ABK Taps Michael Mangano as CEO
Halifax-based medical device maker ABK Biomedical has a new President and CEO.
He is Michael J. Mangano, who was already a director of ABK and was recently President and CEO of San Clemente, Calif.-based ReShape Medical. ABK’s previous CEO Bob
BlueLight Expands its Senior Team
BlueLight Analytics, a Halifax-based health tech company, has made three additions to its senior management team to include a new VP of Business Development, VP of Technology and a VP of Product and Marketing.
Theresa Lee, Derek LeBlanc, and Matt
