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Jobs of the Week: 3 New Postings
This week we are featuring three new postings on the Entrevestor Job Board – one each from Dash Hudson of Halifax, Remsoft Inc. of Fredericton and Clockwork Fox Studios of St. John’s.
Dash Hudson, a developer of Instagram retail solutions, is
Dal Team To Join Startup Bus in Tampa
Aspiring entrepreneurs often go to great lengths to boost their creativity and connections. Now, a trio of students hope to raise enough money to become the first Atlantic Canadians to travel on a Startup Bus.
Similar in concept to the Startup
Briefs: Propel, Startup Grind, IBMC
Propel Demo Day Set for June 21
Atlantic Canadian accelerator Propel ICT has announced that its next Demo Day will be held June 21 at Neptune Theatre in Halifax.
The event featuring company presentations will begin at 5:30 pm, and is being held on
Venor Buys Assets of Equals6
Executive search firm Venor has bought the assets of Equals6, a career-focused social network for students, for an undisclosed price.
Halifax-based Equals6 was designed to be a place where students could discuss career prospects, as opposed to
Innovation Week Starts in NB
Innovation Week is taking place in New Brunswick over the next week with a range of events across the province.
The annual celebration began last night with the Open Data Awards in Saint John, which leads into the Canadian Open Data Summit in the
InTheChat Partners with Facebook
InTheChat announced at Facebook’s recent F8 Conference that it can now offer Facebook Messenger as a platform for enterprises worldwide, allowing companies greater reach and flexibility when dealing with customers.
The Waterloo-based company offers
NPC: ‘Like Emergence on Steroids’
When the federal government announced funding in February for Charlottetown-based Natural Products Canada, it was the culmination of several years of effort by the PEI life sciences community.
The PEI BioAlliance first applied to create a natural
Repable Eyes Analytics for ESports
Heather Anne Carson fully understood she was on to something big with her new startup Repable when she attended the KeSPA eSport championship in South Korea last autumn.
Operating out of Moncton and Toronto, Repable collects and analyzes data
Eigen Raises $1.4M, Names CEO
Eigen Innovations Inc. has a new CEO and $1.4 million in fresh funds to help him grow the company.
The Fredericton-based Industrial Internet of Things company has been gaining international attention lately, and now it has named former CTO Scott
Developing a Healthier Fish Stock
Fish farming often gets a bad rap. New Brunswick scientist Dr. Amber Garber is working to make farmed salmon and farming processes healthier, more sustainable and more profitable.
She’s doing it by breeding for traits like fast growth rates and
Machine Learning for Chemists
Jason Pearson hopes that chemists around the world will soon be using a machine-learning system to accelerate the discovery and development of new compounds.
In fact, he’s preparing to release such a platform to a restricted group in July.
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HitchPlanet Buys Maritime Rideshare
Ridesharing platform HitchPlanet has bought Maritime Rideshare, adding 8,000 East Coast users to its base of more than 20,000 customers in the West.
Vancouver-based HitchPlanet and Maritime Rideshare are both ridesharing services – that is, they
