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Jobs of the Week: MindSea, Kinduct

  • Jul 11, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

A couple of opportunities for specialized developers in Halifax are the focus of our Jobs of the Week column today.

MindSea Development, a Halifax company that develops apps for iOS and Android systems, is hiring an Android mobile software

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PhotoDynamic Lands Funding from FAN

  • Jul 08, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Halifax-based PhotoDynamic Inc. has raised funding from members of the First Angel Network, which will help bring its oral hygiene product to market.

Formerly called Fenol Farm, PhotoDynamic has developed a system that kills plaque buildup on teeth

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Shaw Extends CarbonCure’s Tech

  • Jul 08, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Shaw Brick, Atlantic Canada’s oldest concrete masonry producer, has implemented CarbonCure Technologies’ sustainable technology across its entire production line.

CarbonCure, a Halifax green building materials company, has been working with Shaw

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NB Biomatrix Aims for 2017 Production

  • Jul 07, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

In about a year, the co-founders of NB Biomatrix hope their company will have a plant in Saint John producing a solution that can help to clean heavy metals from the most contaminated water sites around the world.

CEO Jeff Jennings and chief

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SimplyCast Had 37% Growth in 2015

  • Jul 07, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

SimplyCast, the Dartmouth company dedicated to marketing automation, said Wednesday its revenue increased 37 percent in 2015.

With clients in 175 countries, SimplyCast is a leading provider of interactive and multi-channel communication software

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EY Nominates 26 in Atlantic Canada

  • Jul 07, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Several members of the Atlantic Canadian startup community are featured among the 26 finalists named Wednesday for the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Atlantic 2016 awards program.

The list of nominees includes entrepreneurs whose names appear

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EY Nominates Diva, Aeryon, Miovision

  • Jul 07, 2016

Three companies from Waterloo Region have been nominated for the 2016 EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Ontario awards.

The global accountancy consultancy announced the nominees for the competitions across the country on Wednesday, including 50 nominees

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Funding Ramps Up in Newfoundland

  • Jul 06, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

After the funding announcements emerged from St. John’s, the postings began to appear for job openings with the companies.

Clockwork Fox Studios, Sentinel Alert, HeyOrca!, and Sequence Bio had all just raised money from local institutions and were

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MappedIn Extends Round to $3.5M

  • Jul 06, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Kitchener-based Mappedin, whose software helps people find things in malls or stores, has raised an extension to its seed-stage financing, bringing its total funding to $3.5 million.

Green Century Investments led the round, with participation by

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Presenters Podium Aims to Boost Sales

  • Jul 05, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

With a new CEO in place and a base of Canadian customers, Presenters Podium has set an aggressive expansion plan to get their oral presentation tool into a range of schools across Canada and the U.S.

Presenters Podium was launched about three years

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Briefs: Umlah, Sentinel, Howe

  • Jul 05, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Umlah Joins Spring Loaded as COO

Spring Loaded Technology has hired Dawn Umlah, previously the Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Innovacorp, as its Chief Operating Officer.

Dartmouth-based Spring Loaded, which makes knee braces that add power to the

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Israeli Lessons in Building Ecosystem

  • Jul 04, 2016
  • Sabina Wex

Oded Hermoni has lived, created and invested in business in the top two regions for startups: Israel and Silicon Valley. Hermoni discussed valuation, acquisition strategy and profit and loss at his Wednesday night fireside chat at Startup Grind.

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