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NL Replaces RDC with InnovateNL
The government of Newfoundland and Labrador is replacing its Research & Development Corporation with a new body called InnovateNL, whose first chair is Killick Capital President Mark Dobbin.
In a statement last week, the government said the
Trip Ninja Eyes Big Deal in August
Last Friday, Halifax’s Trip Ninja integrated its travel-planning platform with Galileo, a computer reservations system owned by the international travel service company TravelPort.
It was one more step in a three-year process in an entrepreneurial
RtTech Receives Key Certification
Moncton-based RtTech Software announced last week that its Cipher platform has received a major certification for interoperability in the industrial automation space.
The Industrial Internet of Things company, whose products help industrial
Job of the Week: Dash Hudson SDR
Dash Hudson continues to grow its staff, and its opening for a Sales Development Representative in Halifax is the focus of this edition of Job of the Week.
Halifax-based Dash Hudson has created a “visual intelligence platform” that helps its
Views on Mental Health Must Change
Attitudes and expectations within Atlantic Canada’s innovation community need to change to improve entrepreneurs’ well-being, writes researcher Michael DeVenney in the sixth and final part of his report into entrepreneurship and mental health.
Dal LaunchPad Graduates 11 Teams
LaunchDal graduated its summer cohort of entrepreneurs on Wednesday night with pitches from 11 teams that were heavily weighted in hardware and oceans technology.
Almost all the teams Dalhousie University's LaunchPad program are working with or
MetricsFlow Eyes $10K MRR in 2017
With a couple of clients in the bag and some leads in the sales funnel, Isaac Adejuwon has a singular goal for his company Metricsflow to reach by year-end – $10,000 in monthly recurring revenue.
The company began last year and has made rapid
Volta To Triple Maritime Centre Space
In a deal that will triple its capacity, Volta Labs has signed a lease to take out 60,000 square feet of space in the Maritime Centre in Halifax.
The startup house this winter will take over the ground, mezzanine and second floors of the 19-storey
ViewPoint Adds Mortgage Brokerage
ViewPoint Realty Services, which produces the key website for real estate data in Nova Scotia, has announced that it will now offer a mortgage brokerage to complement its real estate services.
Founded seven years ago by tech veteran Bill McMullin,
Neck Tronics Plans Launch This Year
Bill Smith believes he’s developing the best product available for strengthening neck muscles, and that it will be even better thanks to a deal he just signed with SimWave Consulting of Kanata, Ont.
Smith is a Bridgewater chiropractor who has used
EhEye Wins StartupFest Award
EhEye, the Saint John company that enhances security video, left the Startup Festival in Montreal as the Atlantic Canadian company that seems to have captured the most buzz at the annual festival.
The company was the co-winner of the Grandmothers’
Shad Brings Out Best in Teens
You wouldn’t expect to see high school students hard at work in classes on a hot July day. But for this group of young SHAD program participants, the robotics lab on University of New Brunswick’s Fredericton campus is exactly where they want to