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Scale-Up Tour Hits NB, NL, and NS
The Lazaridis Institute Scale-Up Tour is coming to several Atlantic Canadian cities, bringing with it webinars on “blitzscaling” with Chris Yeh.
On Friday, we mentioned that the Kitchener, Ont.-based Lazaridis Institute will have a session in
Jobs: Dash Hudson and Atlantic Lottery
There are four positions in our Jobs of the Week column today. Dash Hudson in Halifax seeks an Account Executive and a Product Designer. And in Moncton the Atlantic Lottery Corporation is looking for a Manager of eCommerce and a New Proposition
Heart Rate in a Horror Video Game
BOO! A sudden scare gets your heart pounding against your chest. Jump scares are the backbone of horror video games and Red Meat Games wants to up the scare factor by monitoring players' heartbeats and incorporating the sound in the game.
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Lazaridis Institute in Halifax Tuesday
The Lazaridis Institute Scale-Up Tour will make a stop in Halifax on Tuesday, featuring a webinar on “blitzscaling” with Chris Yeh.
The Kitchener, Ont.-based Lazaridis Institute offers programs that help Canadian companies scale more quickly
Ex-CEO Milbury Proud of NBIF Tenure
Days after his departure as CEO of the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation, Calvin Milbury said he was taking time to review his options and looking forward to the next phase of his career.
The non-profit innovation agency based in Fredericton
Nominations for 2018 Discovery Awards
You can still make last minute nominations for the 2018 Discovery Awards. The nominations, which close today, are looking for the best and the brightest in Nova Scotia's science and technology fields.
The awards will take place on November 22, 2018
Stirrett Wins LGBTQ Innovator Award
Scott Stirrett, the Halifax-born Founder and CEO of Venture for Canada, has been named the Telus LGBTQ Innovator of the Year. Stirrett won the national honour for his work at the non-profit that recruits and trains youth to work for Canadian
Planet Hatch Announces Five-Year Plan
With its fifth anniversary looming, Planet Hatch, Fredericton's startup acceleration centre, has outlined its plan for the next five years and the team that will lead the way.
The team includes new Director Adam Peabody, formerly Investment
AioTV Closes its Doors
AioTV, an IT company with a significant development team in Halifax, has closed its doors.
The company was founded by Halifax native Michael Earle, a serial entrepreneur who is now based in Denver. The company had operations in both Halifax and
Halifax Partnership CEO Hanlon Dies
We at Entrevestor were deeply saddened Monday to learn of the passing of Ron Hanlon, the President and CEO of the Halifax Partnership. The city’s economic development body announced that Hanlon died Sunday after a brief illness.
Hanlon was a true
EVV Adds Stepscan to Portfolio
Prince Edward Island biometrics company Stepscan (formerly known as ViTRAK) has been quietly raising a round of funding with the end goal of $300,000.
The Charlottetown company makes pressure-sensitive floor tiles that help analyse people's gait to
Nexus wins $30,000 in Indiana
Nexus Robotics, the Halifax-based startup that is building a robot that can identify and remove weeds, has won $30,000 at an agriculture tech challenge in Rockville, Indiana.
The third annual agBOT challenge took place May 17 to 19. Nexus was a
