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BlueLight To Attend Fundica Event

  • Apr 26, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

BlueLight Analytics, the Halifax company that helps dentists cure fillings properly, appears to be the lone Atlantic Canadian competitor in the Fundica Roadshow this year.

The organizers on Wednesday announced the 18 companies that will pitch at

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NouLAB Tackles Immigration Issue

  • Apr 25, 2018
  • Carol Moreira

With New Brunswick facing the double threat of an aging and shrinking population, the NouLAB project is working to devise new strategies to attract and retain immigrants.

NouLAB is a social lab overseen by the Pond-Deshpande Centre at the

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AVF Begins To Unveil Speakers

  • Apr 25, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

The Atlantic Venture Forum, which will be held in just over two months, is rolling out its list of speakers for the conference in Halifax.

The speakers include financing expert David Brennan, innovation leader Jim A. Gibson, SkipTheDishes

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Bay Area Talent Mulls Canada Move

  • Apr 24, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

A trip to San Francisco last week included a few meetings with startup entrepreneurs and the discussions inevitably turned to one topic — immigration.

This subject is never far from the minds of senior teams in growth-stage companies in Atlantic

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Digital NS To Host Creativity Seminar

  • Apr 24, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Facilitator and design expert Anne Stieger will conduct a two-session seminar on Fostering Creativity and Effective Ideation in Halifax starting May 16.

The seminar, hosted by Digital Nova Scotia, will show participants how to increase and harness

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A Peek Inside Volta’s New Digs

  • Apr 23, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

Last weekend, a team of movers descended upon Volta Labs in Halifax to start moving the tech hub into its new 60,000 square foot home in the Maritime Centre. Its resident companies are now settled into their new offices, while construction continues

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Jobs: Dash Hudson and Remsoft

  • Apr 22, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

There are three postings each from Dash Hudson in Halifax and Remsoft in Fredericton in our Jobs of the Week column today.

Dash Hudson is a visual marketing company for content creators. Its AI-powered software, Vision, helps its corporate clients

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Kognitiv Spark in Plug and Play

  • Apr 20, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Having booked sales of more than $1 million in less that a year, Fredericton-based virtual reality company Kognitiv Spark has now entered the Plug and Play accelerator in Silicon Valley.

Kognitiv Spark offers an augmented reality solution to help

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IP Workshop by Emergence, BioNova

  • Apr 20, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

Charlottetown's bioscience incubator Emergence and Halifax’s BioNova have partnered to host an intellectual property workshop in Halifax for bio-sector innovators and entrepreneurs.

The seminar, scheduled for May 8, is presented by Canadian IP law

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Adaptiiv, CIVCO Ink Distribution Deal

  • Apr 18, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

The executive team of Halifax-based Adaptiiv, fresh with a recent round of financing, is attending an international radiotherapy conference in Barcelona this week to announce a new distribution partnership.

Formerly known as 3DBolus, Adaptiiv is a

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GIT Mulls New Graphene Products

  • Apr 18, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

Graphite Innovation and Technologies has launched a pilot program to beta-test its innovative graphene coating with the aim of extending its reach into different marine-related products.

The Halifax company known as GIT has developed a marine

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Endiku: A SaaS Platform for Inclusion

  • Apr 17, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

In a time when all organizations face pressure to be more inclusive, Endiku has developed software that helps companies create a culture in which people of all backgrounds can thrive.

Based in Toronto and New Brunswick, the company has developed a

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