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SafeAlert: Monitoring Remote Workers

  • Jan 23, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Kyle Goulding learned from his father the importance of monitoring remote workers – a lesson that has shaped his business, SafeAlert.

The St. John’s entrepreneur said in an interview his father was an air conditioning technician, whose eight to 10

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30 Vie for Halifax Business Awards

  • Jan 23, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

The Halifax Chamber of Commerce will host the 18th annual Halifax Business Awards at the new Halifax Convention Centre on Thursday.

The chamber said in a statement it expects hundreds of attendees for the event, in which 30 finalists are vying for

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Jaza Secures $750K in Equity Funds

  • Jan 21, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Jaza Energy, an Atlantic Canadian company that helps to bring sustainable electricity to African villages, has raised $750,000 in equity funding to help it increase installations.

The company said over the weekend it received $100,000 from the New

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Luna, Pelagis Win Blue Solutions

  • Jan 21, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

Innovacorp has awarded two Nova Scotia ocean-tech companies $50,000 each through its Blue Solutions Start-Up Challenge.

The Nova Scotia venture capital and innovation agency said in a statement Thursday that Luna Ocean Consulting and Pelagis Data

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Jobs: Manifold, Springboard Atlantic

  • Jan 21, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

In this edition of Jobs of the Week, we’re highlighting openings for an office administrator at Springboard Atlantic and a lead front-end engineer at Manifold.

Springboard Atlantic works with 19 colleges and universities across Atlantic Canada to

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Global Mentoring in Social Ventures

  • Jan 19, 2018
  • Carol Moreira

Common Good Solutions has been helping the region’s social entrepreneurs since 2012. Now the Halifax-based mentoring and consulting company is pushing ahead with marketing its online training platform for social entrepreneurs, before others emulate

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Vesuvius’ Campaign Raises US$119K

  • Jan 19, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Halifax-based game maker Vesuvius Media’s crowdfunding campaign for its latest board game has drawn US$118,563 in commitments, making it the top-grossing tabletop game on Kickstarter over the holiday season.

Vesuvius said in a statement Thursday

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5 Takeways from SkySquirrel Deal

  • Jan 18, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

The significance of SkySquirrel Technologies’ transformative deal announced last week far outweighs the number attached to it. The transaction will send ripples through the AgTech sector in the region and points to a few important trends in the

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Startup Moncton Launches

  • Jan 18, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

Startup Moncton is the latest addition to the Startup Canada Community, a grassroots, non-profit that aims to provide infrastructure and connect startup communities across the country.

Said Debbie Collins, the founding entrepreneur of Startup

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Eggcitables Wins 100 Seed$ Event

  • Jan 18, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

Eggcitables, a company that makes a vegan egg substitute from chickpeas, won the $10,000 cash prize at the third annual 100 Entrepreneurs Planting Seed$ pitching competition, an initiative put on by the Halifax non-profit, 100 Seed$ Atlantic.

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Yanky: Wiping Runners’ Runny Noses

  • Jan 16, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

It’s an unflattering problem for runners everywhere. You work up a sweat, your face is dripping and your nose starts leaking like a faucet. With no tissues or towels, you turn to the next best thing; the sleeve of your shirt or a good ol’ fashioned

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Student VC Event Needs Startups

  • Jan 16, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Ellen Farrell is looking for a few startup founders or CEOs to help with an international venture capital event for students this spring.  

The entrepreneurship prof at St. Mary’s University’s Sobey School of Business is hoping to find two or three

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