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Chalk to Attend Metabridge in June

  • May 09, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Chalk, the Kitchener startup that provides workflow management tools to teachers, has been named one of 15 companies to attend the Metabridge mentorship camp in Kelowna, B.C., next month.

Metabridge, to be held June 9-10, brings together 15 of the

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Innovation Week Set for Newfoundland

  • May 06, 2016
  • Carol Moreira

Newfoundland and Labrador’s third annual Innovation Week will take place in St. John’s starting on Monday. The 17 different events will focus on bringing innovative ideas to market and growing key sectors in the province. 

Throughout the week, 16

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Visiting Omaha to Witness the Oracle

  • May 06, 2016
  • Carol Moreira

After helping to lead an $8 million student investment fund at University of New Brunswick, Tuan Anh Bui relished the reward of hearing Warren Buffet speak on the subject of investing.

The soon-to-be graduate of UNB’s Business School recently won a

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Communitech Seeks Female Founders

  • May 06, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

For the next 10 days, female entrepreneurs from across Canada and beyond can apply to attend Fierce Founders, the bootcamp for women help at Communitech in Kitchener.

Previously called the Women Entrepreneur’s Bootcamp, Fierce Founders is a

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McIntosh Is Kira Industry Champion

  • May 06, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Keith McIntosh, the Co-CEO and President of Fredericton-based PQA Testing, was named Industry Champion and captured the People’s Choice Award at the annual Kira Awards banquet last night.

The Kiras – or Knowledge Industry Recognition Awards -- are

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QRA Launches QVScribe Beta-Test

  • May 05, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

QRA Corp., a Halifax startup that helps manufacturers detect design flaws in the development of complex machines, has launched a public beta-test for its latest product, QVScribe.

The product, which can be downloaded free during the beta-test,

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Knowledgehook Wins Google Award

  • May 05, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

For the second time in five months, a Waterloo Region company has won a major pitching event at the Google headquarters in Silicon Valley.

Edtech startup Knowledgehook on Wednesday received Google’s Game Changer Award at the tech giant’s annual

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Briefs: Lux, B4checkin, Awards

  • May 05, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Lux Wind Approved for Cedif

Lux Wind Turbines, the developer of a vertical wind turbine that won a NASA design award in 2013, has won approval to raise equity through Nova Scotia’s Community Economic Development Investment Fund, or Cedif, program.

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NBIF To Focus More on Scaling

  • May 04, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation is changing its investment philosophy to place a greater emphasis on growth-stage companies.

The province’s innovation agency hosted a seminar at the Venn Centre in Moncton on Tuesday at which it unveiled the

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15 Companies to Present at AVF

  • May 04, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

The Atlantic Venture Forum has unveiled the 15 companies that will present at the 2016 edition of the conference, which will be held in Halifax June 22 and 23.

The list features eight early-stage and seven growth-stage companies, including

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ImmediaC To Beta-Test Imagine That

  • May 03, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Half a decade after first conceiving of an online wardrobe management tool, Debbie Fraser and John Leahy are preparing to beta-test their mobile app that helps people choose clothes.

Leahy owns Bedford-based web development company ImmediaC and has

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NBIF Innovation Vouchers Hit $1.3M

  • May 03, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation said Monday it provided $1.3 million in funding for small and medium-sized enterprises, or SMEs, through its Innovation Voucher Fund in 2015-16.

Through the fund, NBIF provides as much as $80,000 to SMEs to

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