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CDL-Atlantic Names 24 Mentors

  • Sep 19, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Creative Destruction Lab-Atlantic, the East Coast component of the new countrywide innovation accelerator, has named its roster of mentors, which includes such national business leaders as John Risley and Ken Rowe.

Offered in conjunction with

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CloudKettle Names 1st Senior Partner

  • Sep 19, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

CloudKettle, the Halifax SaaS tech consultancy that advises major international customers, is hitting a milestone this week.

Founder Greg Poirier announced Monday that CloudKettle is bringing on the firm’s first senior partner in Jon McGinley, the

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Four Vie for NB Bioscience Award

  • Sep 19, 2017
  • Carol Moreira

With Global Biotechnology Week beginning Wednesday, New Brunswick biotech organization BioNB and the law firm McInnes Cooper will present the province’s Bioscience Achievement Award  this week.

The award recognizes the contributions made by one

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SomaDetect Making Waves in the US

  • Sep 18, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

SomaDetect, the Fredericton company that helps dairy farmers detect early signs of disease in their cattle, is becoming the most precocious of startups.

The company, which began only last year, is stringing together a list of accolades that is rare

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Jobs: CloudKettle, NBIF, Springboard

  • Sep 18, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

We have a range of posting in our Jobs of the Week column today, from the CEO of the organization that coordinates university commercialization to a tech consultant to a marketing manager.

The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation is looking for a

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Spring Loaded in Lazaridis Program

  • Sep 15, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Months after launching its revolutionary knee brace, Spring Loaded Technology is entering the Lazaridis Scale-Up Program, one of the country’s leading accelerators for growth-stage companies.

The Dartmouth-based company on Thursday was named to the

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10 Join Lazaridis Scale-Up Program

  • Sep 15, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

The Lazaridis Institute this week named 10 growth-stage companies from across the country to the second cohort of its Lazaridis Scale-Up Program.

The Institute, which operates out of Wilfrid Laurier University, aims to help Canada’s leading

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Springboard’s Mathis Steps Down

  • Sep 15, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Chris Mathis, the President and CEO of Springboard Atlantic, is stepping down from the organization that promotes and coordinates the commercialization of technology at Atlantic Canadian post-secondary institutions.

Mathis told the group’s annual

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NB’s New $7M-a-Year Sidecar Funds

  • Sep 14, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Opportunities NB has established two sidecar funds that could add $7 million in equity financing each year to the funding totals for New Brunswick startups.

The Crown corporation, which attracts and supports business in the province, said Thursday

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Sydney Hosts #PitchTweet Next Week

  • Sep 14, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

A series of events next week in Sydney will teach participants how to use Twitter to promote their business.

Momentum and Twitter Canada will host Twitter 101, the #PitchTweet symposium, and the #PitchTweet competition on Monday and Tuesday. It is

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Bird Takes SM-Heart to MassChallenge

  • Sep 14, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Thomas Bird used a trip to Israel to make sure his Fredericton-based company SM-Heart was accepted into the MassChallenge Accelerator in Geneva, Switzerland.

This globe-trotting startup is developing an ankle bracelet that monitors swelling in the

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SimplyCast Launches Version 9.0

  • Sep 14, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

SimplyCast, a Dartmouth-based leader in communication automation, is launching the ninth iteration of its multi-channel platform.

The company said in a statement this iteration, dubbed 9.0, will update the existing new user interface on the

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