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Jobs: Harbr, Masitek, Pharm3r

  • Feb 20, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

We have three positions to highlight from Harbr, Masitek Instruments and Pharm3r in our Jobs of the Week column today.

Harbr, which is searching for a React Front End Developer, is a Halifax-based company that developed a mobile app for big

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Ocean Supercluster Named Winner

  • Feb 16, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Atlantic Canada’s Ocean Supercluster has been named one of five groups to share $950 million in federal funding to establish innovation hubs across Canada over the next five years.

Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic

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A Rental Service for New Parents

  • Feb 16, 2018
  • Carol Moreira

When Kiera Devine flew to New York with her baby girl, the new mom left her bulky stroller at home because she expected to be able to rent baby equipment in New York. When she couldn’t, her new business — Parental Marketplace — was born.

Parental

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Island Capital Invests in Garago

  • Feb 16, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Garago Software Inc., which makes software for local governments, has received a $205,000 investment from Island Capital Partners, with which it hopes to sell its product across North America this year.

Founded in Stratford, PEI, Garago has

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Island Capital Invests in Garago

  • Feb 16, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Garago Software Inc., which makes software for local governments, has received a $205,000 investment from Island Capital Partners, with which it hopes to sell its product across North America this year.

Founded in Moncton, Garago has developed a

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IWT Lands $500K, Joins Imagine H2O

  • Feb 15, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Charlottetown cleantech company Island Water Technologies has closed a $500,000 round of funding from Island Capital Partners and Natural Product Canada.

The company announced the financing, which will be used to commercialize its new bio-electrode

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B4checkin Unveils B4easypost Sales

  • Feb 15, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

B4checkin, a Halifax company that offers Software-as-a-Service solutions to the hospitality industry, is installing one of its main products in two prestigious Canadian hotels – One King West Hotel & Residences in Toronto and the Rimrock Resort

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Tieӧs Takes New Approach to Cancer

  • Feb 14, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Tieӧs Pharmaceuticals, a Moncton- and Toronto- based biotech company, is taking a whole new approach to finding a cure for cancer.

For generations, the scientific and medical communities have been attacking cancer with the understanding that the

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Applewhite To Deliver R3 Keynote

  • Feb 14, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

Ashton Applewhite, an ageism activist and author of This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism, will present the keynote address at the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation’s R3 awards gala on April 12.

“Ashton’s refreshing manifesto assures us

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Sona Nanotech To List on TSX Venture

  • Feb 13, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Sona Nanotech, a Halifax company that produces gold nanorods, has brought on board a new CEO from Great Britain and is preparing for a stock market listing within a few months.

In a statement in September that attracted little notice, the company

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Propel To Unveil New Program

  • Feb 13, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

The regional tech accelerator Propel ICT has decided not to hold its customary Launch and Build cohorts this spring as it prepares to launch a new program later in the year.

Propel issued a statement Monday announcing that a new program is on the

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Our Virtual Pints and Pitches

  • Feb 12, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

If you were as disappointed as we were that Pints and Pitches was scrapped due to weather, here’s your chance to make up for it: Entrevestor’s Virtual Pints and Pitches.

The regional IT accelerator Propel ICT had planned to combine a pub crawl into

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