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Briefs: Propel, Startup Weekend

  • Nov 04, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Propel To Host DemoDay Nov. 29 in Halifax

Propel ICT, the regional tech accelerator for the Atlantic Provinces, will host the Demo Day for its fall cohort Nov. 29 at 5 p.m. at Pier 21 in Halifax.

The organization said 10 companies will present

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Hamblin Targets Senior Entrepreneurs

  • Nov 03, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

John Hamblin is on a mission to develop entrepreneurship among Atlantic Canadians who don’t quite fit the typical profile of the young, tech-savvy startup types.

The founder of Startup Halifax is spending his time promoting entrepreneurship among

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ViTRAK Develops Pipeline; Eyes US

  • Nov 01, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Now that ViTRAK Systems has a growing list of paying customers, Crystal Trevors has her eyes set on expanding into the rehabilitation market, especially in the U.S., and a new round of funding.

Trevors is the CEO of ViTRAK, a Charlottetown startup

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Intellijoint Surgery Raises $11M Round

  • Nov 01, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Intellijoint Surgical Inc., a Waterloo-based medical technology company, said Tuesday it has landed an $11 million Series A financing round, which will help it to expand in the U.S.

The company said in a statement the round was led by unnamed

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OurCrowd’s Medved Eyes NS Startups

  • Nov 01, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Jonathan Medved flew into Halifax on Sunday afternoon, and by Sunday night he was talking about the Nova Scotian companies he’d like to invest in.

Medved, the founder of the Israeli-based equity crowdfunding platform OurCrowd, was in Halifax to

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QRA Named to Lazaridis Program

  • Oct 30, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Halifax-based QRA Corp. has been named to the first cohort of the Lazaridis Institute Canadian Scale-Up Program, which will help promising Canadian startups to go through their growth stage.

Named for BlackBerry Co-Founder Mike Lazaridis, the

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NS Injects $40M into Innovacorp Fund

  • Oct 28, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

The Nova Scotia First Fund, Innovacorp’s fund for early stage investments in Nova Scotia, is receiving $40 million in capital to ensure it can continue funding companies for the next few years.

The Nova Scotia government announced Thursday it would

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Planting Seed$ for Young Founders

  • Oct 28, 2016
  • Carol Moreira

A group of 100 businesspeople and entrepreneurs will soon come together in the 100 Entrepreneurs: Planting Seed$ event that aims to nurture Nova Scotia’s youth and provide one lucky young entrepreneur with $10,000 in investment.

It’s the second

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MacKenzie Wins BioInnovation Event

  • Oct 27, 2016
  • Sabina Wex

MacKenzie Healthcare Technologies of Musquodoboit Harbour, N.S., won the BioInnovation Challenge on Wednesday for ParaGlide, a device that can help wheelchair users reposition themselves.

In winning the region’s main life sciences pitching

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Dadavan Beta-Tests Cultural Codex

  • Oct 27, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Dadavan Systems, the Nova Scotian company that has developed educational software for First Nations schools, is now beta-testing its latest product, which helps communities share and preserve their heritage.

Waverley-based Davavan works with First

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A Digital Society Starts with Mindset

  • Oct 26, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Taavi Kotka can describe a digital society in which 98 percent of government business is paperless, everyone is identified and connected on line, and people can contribute to the country even if they don’t live in it.

He can describe it because he

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Kinduct’s US$9M Round Led By Intel

  • Oct 24, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Halifax health-technology company Kinduct Technologies has announced a US$9 million ($12 million) round of funding led by Intel Capital, the venture capital arm of the world’s leading semiconductor chip maker.

Intel was to announce the funding

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