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Sayles Take Aim at Workplace Safety

  • Dec 02, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Having traveled the world in their respective professions, the Sayle brothers are back in Atlantic Canada developing a company they hope will revolutionize safety in the workplace.

Bryan and Stephen Sayle are natives of Prince Edward Island and

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Jones, Rydlund Join Propel Team

  • Dec 02, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Propel ICT, Atlantic Canada’s regional startup accelerator, has named veteran entrepreneurs Richard Jones and Charlotte Rydlund to its team as entrepreneurs-in-residence.

These entrepreneurs have experience in business-to-business enterprises and

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SomaDetect Plans 2017 Pilot Project

  • Dec 01, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

When David Alston was asked recently what startups in his native Fredericton had caught his attention, one of the first he mentioned was a young company called SomaDetect. The New Brunswick government’s chief entrepreneur-in-residence said he’d even

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NBIF Invested $3.8M in VC in 2015-16

  • Dec 01, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation said Wednesday it made equity investments totaling $3.8 million in 22 companies in the 12 months to March 31, 2016.

The province’s innovation agency released its annual report for last fiscal year, which

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Early Companies Shine at Demo Day

  • Nov 30, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Propel ICT held its second Demo Day of 2016 in Halifax last night, in a show that featured strong performances from the early stage presenters.

Seven of the 11 presenting companies at the packed event were from the Launch Program, which guides new

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Briefs: Launch Dal, Volta, Fredericton

  • Nov 30, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Launch Dal Pitching Event on Thursday

Launch Dal will hold the final pitch competition for the 12 teams in its Starting Lean program Thursday starting at 4:30 pm.

After more than two months of workshops, coaching and networking events, the

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Aurea Wins Planting Seed$ Competition

  • Nov 29, 2016
  • Peter and Carol Moreira

Aurea, a new cleantech company founded by Cat Adalay, won the second annual 100 Entrepreneurs: Planting Seed$ competition in Halifax on Monday, capturing the first prize of $10,000.

The company is dedicated to producing modular, low-maintenance

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GoBumpFree Takes Flight

  • Nov 29, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

An ambitious Halifax startup that aims to make it easier for the world’s 1.7 million airline employees to take vacations, will be one of the pitchers at the Propel ICT Demo Day on tonight.

Danna Lavallee, an airline industry veteran, will present

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Briefs: Propel, Ulrike, Island Advance

  • Nov 28, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Startup Kitchen to Livestream Propel Demo Day

Anyone who can’t attend the Propel ICT Demo Day in Halifax on Tuesday will be able to see it live online.

Our friends at Startup Kitchen will be livestreaming the event here.

Propel last week named

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Jobs: Adams Green, Sentinel Alert

  • Nov 28, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Openings for sales people and customer engagement reps across the region highlight our Jobs of the Week column today.

Dash Hudson of Halifax is looking for a sales development representative and a customer success representative. Dash Hudson helps

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CarbonCure Aims To Triple Clients

  • Nov 25, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

So much is happening at CarbonCure Technologies these days that the best way to illustrate the Dartmouth cleantech company’s progress is to zero in on its customer and revenue growth.

We could highlight that CEO Robert Niven was one of four winners

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Celebrating Digital Life Sciences

  • Nov 24, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

There’s an industrial segment in which Atlantic Canada excels. The companies in this space have raised more than $30 million in 2016 alone. They are establishing offices in Silicon Valley. They’re gaining worldwide clientele.

The segment is the

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