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Sequence Names Michael Phillips CSO

  • Jan 16, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

St. John’s-based Sequence Bio has named Michael S. Phillips as its new Chief Scientific Officer.

Phillips brings more than 25 years of experience in large-scale genomic projects, drug target discovery and leading research teams to the job.

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EhEye Raises $500K, Led by NBIF

  • Jan 15, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

EhEye, the Saint John company that uses artificial intelligence and data analytics in video surveillance, has raised $500,000 in funding after courting 250 potential investors.

CEO James Stewart said in an interview Tuesday that the round was led

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PEI-Based Nautilus Bought by Croda

  • Jan 15, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Charlottetown-based Nautilus Biosciences Canada Inc., a marine biotechnology company, said Monday it has been purchased by the British specialty chemical-maker Croda International Plc for an undisclosed price.

Founded in 2007 by University of

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Planting Seeds Win Was Aurea’s Start

  • Jan 15, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

Since winning the 100 Seeds Atlantic pitching competition last year, Cat Adalay, the founder and CEO of Aurea Technologies, has taken off with her company, which aims to outfit high-rise buildings with modular wind turbines.

In an interview Adalay

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An Immigrant Entrepreneur’s Lessons

  • Jan 15, 2018
  • Carol Moreira

The need to develop international sales is a hot topic in the region. Entrepreneurs often need to work hard to win introductions. When Danish-born Pernille Fischer Boulter arrived in Nova Scotia, she wrote letters introducing herself to 100 of the

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JEDI launches New Accelerator

  • Jan 14, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

The Joint Economic Development Initiative is starting the new cohort of its accelerator for indigenous entrepreneurs today, with a special focus on scaling and exporting.

JEDI, a non-profit that aims to foster Indigenous economic growth, said the

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We’re Ramping Up Survey Campaign

  • Jan 14, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

We’re about to ramp up our campaign to ask the founders and CEOs of Atlantic Canadian startups to take two minutes to complete our 2017 survey.

We’re working with partners across the region to enhance our annual analysis of the Atlantic Canadian

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Proposals for $15M Fund Sought

  • Jan 14, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Innovacorp is calling for proposals from private fund managers to oversee an early-stage venture capital fund – a fund whose value has been boosted by 50 percent.

The Nova Scotia government’s VC agency said last month it would invest $10 million in

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Jobs: Dash Hudson, Modest Tree

  • Jan 14, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

Dash Hudson has posted an opening for a Sales Development Representative while Modest Tree Media is looking for an Intermediate eLearning Software Developer in our Jobs of the Week column today.

Modest Tree is a Dartmouth-based

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Genesis Launches Diversity Program

  • Jan 12, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

The Genesis Centre, the venerable startup house in St. John’s, will launch a new diversity program on Monday to offer support to more startups founded by women and immigrants.

Dyanna McCarthy, who has worked for the past four-and-a-half years with

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SimplyCast Updates its 360 App

  • Jan 12, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

Clients of SimplyCast would have noticed a big change in their SimplyCast360 application yesterday.

The Dartmouth-based company, which aims to simplify and automate communication flows for businesses ranging from startups to enterprises, revealed

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SkySquirrel in $3M Raise and Merger

  • Jan 11, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

SkySquirrel Technologies, the Bedford, N.S. company that uses aerial imaging to improve vineyard productivity, has raised $3 million and merged with its Northern California research partner VineView Scientific Aerial Imaging.

The new company will

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