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Propel ICT Names Barry Bisson CEO

  • Oct 12, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Propel ICT, Atlantic Canada’s tech startup accelerator, has named Barry Bisson, former President of Shad Valley International, as its new Chief Executive Officer.

Propel released a statement on Thursday saying that Bisson, who previously headed the

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HeyOrca ARR hits US$1 Million

  • Oct 12, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

HeyOrca, the St. John’s company that helps marketing agencies collaborate with their clients, has reached an important milestone. It has now achieved US$1 million  in annual recurring revenue, or ARR.   

Co-founded by CEO Joseph Teo and CTO Sahand

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SDTC Backs MTI with $5.4M

  • Oct 12, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Metamaterial Technologies Inc. has received a $5.4 million grant from Sustainable Development Technology Canada, or SDTC, almost doubling the money going toward the Halifax company’s metaSOLAR division.

In June, MTI said it had signed a $5.6

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Bereda Eyes Elite Endurance Athletes

  • Oct 12, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

If the guys behind Bereda Training are as good at startups as they are at sports, the Halifax company will definitely be one to watch.

A recent addition to the hive of startups at Volta Labs, Bereda Training has developed an online training

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Region Has 17 Startup Award Finalists

  • Oct 12, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

The Province of New Brunswick, and the university that bears its name, will be well represented in the finals of the 2017 Startup Canada Awards next week.

Startup Canada, which promotes entrepreneurship across the country, will hand out its

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Volta Launches Early Stage Fund

  • Oct 11, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Volta Labs is launching a new funding program that will give as much as $250,000 a year to “very, very early-stage companies” across Atlantic Canada, CEO Jesse Rodgers announced Tuesday night.

Speaking at the conclusion of DemoCamp, Rodgers said

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Hachey Traded Wall Street for AgTech

  • Oct 11, 2017
  • Jennifer Lee

David Hachey’s entrepreneurial journey took him from Harvard University to Wall Street to a farm in rural Nova Scotia. The result of this unique career path is the recent launch of his startup BidSquid, an online marketplace for agricultural

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Oceans Supercluster Makes Shortlist

  • Oct 11, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

The proposed oceans supercluster in Atlantic Canada is one of nine proposals shortlisted for the federal government’s $950 million Supercluster Initiative.

Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, was in Halifax on

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Cohort 2 of Fredericton’s Export Igniter

  • Oct 10, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Ignite Fredericton, the community economic development agency, is inviting Fredericton-based companies aiming to enter new markets to apply to the Export Igniter acceleration program.

Since the successful pilot program concluded in March 2017,

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INovia, Afore in Swept’s US$2M Round

  • Oct 10, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Fresh from the 500 Startups accelerator in California’s Silicon Valley, janitorial software-maker Swept has closed a US$2-million funding round, led by venture capital firms iNovia and Afore Capital.

Halifax-based Swept (formerly called

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Jobs: Swept, HeyOrca, Remsoft

  • Oct 10, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

A pair of job postings from janitorial software producer Swept head up our Jobs of the Week column today.

Fresh with about C$2.5 million in new financing, Halifax-based Swept is growing and is looking for Directors of Customer Success and Project

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Deshpande To Open GCEC Event

  • Oct 09, 2017
  • Carol Moreira

Famed entrepreneur and philanthropist Desh Deshpande will officially open the 2017 Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centres Conference on Friday at Dalhousie University in Halifax.

The consortium is a meeting place for university

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