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Huskilson Lauds Ecosystem Growth

  • Jun 17, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Chris Huskilson on Thursday evening showcased the recent improvements in the innovation ecosystem supported by Emera, the company he ran for 14 years.

Huskilson, who retired as the CEO of the Halifax-based energy company in March, was the keynote

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Job of the Week: Innovacorp

  • Jun 15, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

Innovacorp’s posting for a Vice President of Investment is our one job in our Jobs of the Week column today.

The Nova Scotian venture capital and innovation agency aims to help startups commercialize technologies for the global market. Current

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Kognitiv Spark Vies for Microsoft Prize

  • Jun 14, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Kognitiv Spark, one of the hottest new tech startups in Atlantic Canada, has been named a finalist by Microsoft Canada for the tech giant’s 2018 Impact Awards.

Fredericton-based Kognitive Spark, which uses augmented reality to help workers in

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Startups Join Dal’s LaunchPad

  • Jun 14, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

LaunchDal  has accepted  a diverse range of early-stage companies into this summer's LaunchPad Accelerator. The 10-week program provides each team with $10,000 and the resources to launch and grow their ventures.

Offered by the Norman Newman Centre

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Region on Pace for Funding Record

  • Jun 13, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

As we approach the halfway point of 2018, it may be time to take a look on how fundraising by Atlantic Canadian startups has gone in the first half of the year.

Quick answer: Really good.

I posted on the Entrevestor Facebook page a few weeks ago

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Hydrotroniks seeks investments

  • Jun 13, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

Hydrotroniks is a clean-tech company nestled along the Cabot Trail in Cheticamp, Cape Breton. This company, which is made up of engineers, designers and environmental engineers, aims to create solutions for a more efficient and eco-friendly fishing

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Stash Energy Closes $500K Round

  • Jun 12, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Fredericton-based CleanTech company Stash Energy has raised about $500,000 in equity investment from the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation and Island Capital Partners.

The funding will help the company prepare for a full launch of its Stash M1

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Global Vision’s Youngest Junior Ambassador

  • Jun 12, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

For its annual trip to China, Global Vision Junior Team Canada selected 35 student ambassadors to represent businesses from their regions of the country. This year, JTC recruited its youngest ever ambassador, 15-year-old Connor Kirby from the St.

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Goldcorp Bets US$1M on Acoustic Zoom

  • Jun 11, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Acoustic Zoom, a Newfoundland company that provides seismic solutions for miners, has closed a US$1 million investment from Goldcorp Inc. and will now undertake a US$150,000 pilot program at a Goldcorp mine.

In the past year, the company has twice

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My First Novel is Out Next Month

  • Jun 11, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

I am delighted to announce that my first novel The Haight will be published next month and is now available for pre-order.

Those of you who have got to know us over the past few years know that Carol and I suffer from a rather dismal addiction –

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AVSS in National Drone Research

  • Jun 09, 2018
  • Carol Moreira

New Brunswick and Ottawa-based AVSS (Aerial Vehicle Safety Solutions) has announced it is supplying key innovations for Canada Post’s Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) Proof of Concept Trials.

AVSS is collaborating with Canada Post to demonstrate

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Job of the Week: NBIF

  • Jun 08, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation is our lone Job of the Week today.

The non-profit seeks a new Director of Research to help manage its growing portfolio of investments. The candidate must have a graduate degree from a recognized university

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