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Venn Offers Pan-Regional Workshops

  • Sep 12, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Venn Innovation, the Moncton-based tech support organization, has announced a series of workshops to be held across the region to help startups learn more about competitive intelligence.

The organization said last week the workshops this fall will

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Innovacorp Unveils $1.7M in Funding

  • Sep 10, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Nova Scotian startups will soon have the opportunity to access about $1.7 million in non-dilutive financing through new programs unveiled by Innovacorp in the last few weeks.

The Nova Scotia innovation agency and early stage venture capital fund

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Job of the Week: Dash Hudson’s SDR

  • Sep 10, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Dash Hudson’s 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 corporate clients to create and

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Whelan, UNB Shine at Startup Awards

  • Sep 08, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Anne​ ​Whelan of St. John’s and the University of New Brunswick walked away as the big winners at the regional Startup Canada Awards celebration in Fredericton on Thursday night.

Whelan,​ ​President​ ​and​ ​CEO of ​Seafair​ ​Capital​ ​Inc., was

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Jaza, SomaDetect Join CIX Top 20

  • Sep 07, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Two Atlantic Canadian companies – Fredericton-based SomaDetect and Jaza Energy, which based in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick – have been named to the prestigious CIX Top 20 by the Canadian Innovation Exchange.

Jaza is a solar energy startup that

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Somru Plans Aggressive Expansion

  • Sep 07, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

As Somru BioScience puts the finishing touches on its new 5,000-square-foot headquarters in Charlottetown, its leaders are already talking about doubling its size next year and eventually building a 20,000-square foot facility.

The reason for the

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Invest Atlantic To Feature Alistair Croll

  • Sep 07, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Celebrated author and tech guru Alistair Croll will be the keynote speaker at Invest Atlantic, which for the first time is being held in St. John’s.

For the past eight years, Invest Atlantic has aimed to be a meeting place of founders, funders and

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UNB Unveils Innovation Fellowships

  • Sep 06, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

The University of New Brunswick has announced the creation of a post-doctoral fellowship program focused on innovation, the latest in a string of initiatives at UNB to enhance the development of new technologies.

The Fredericton university said in

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Showcasing High-Growth Companies

  • Sep 05, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

A startup event is taking place in Halifax next Monday that isn’t really about startups. It’s a showcase for high-growth innovation companies, most with international customers. With luck, the attendees will include the broader business community,

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Fraser to Succeed Duff at Innovacorp

  • Sep 05, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Innovacorp last week named its new boss and unveiled the makeup of its new-and-improved Spark competition. And the Nova Scotia innovation agency is expected to have a third announcement later this month – the winner of the competition to set up a

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Jobs: Dash Hudson, DGI Clinical

  • Sep 05, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Today, our Jobs of the Week column is featuring two openings at dynamic startups in Halifax – Dash Hudson is looking for a Customer Success Representative and DGI Clinical needs an office manager and bookkeeper.

Dash Hudson has created a “visual

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If You Need Us, We’ll Be at the Beach

  • Aug 25, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

As we have done every year, we're taking a brief holiday from Entrevestor in the last week of August. 

So unless there's big, big news new week, you won't be hearing from us until the Tuesday after Labour Day. Then we'll dive into a busy, busy

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