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Lux Tests New Crowdfunding Rules
Halifax-based Lux Wind Turbines wants to revolutionize the wind energy industry. But its first big impact may be in the way equity crowdfunding is carried out in Canada.
The company has launched a campaign to raise between $500,000 and $800,000,
Jobs of the Week: Startup Zone, HealthQR
This week in Jobs of the Week, we are featuring three positions in the marketing, managerial, and software categories.
Startup Zone out of Charlottetown, is looking for an Executive Director, while Halifax-based HealthQR is seeking a Marketing
Sustane Aims to Open Facility in 2017
A disruptive technology that eliminates the need for landfills will soon be operational on Nova Scotia’s South Shore, according to Peter Vinall, CEO of Chester-based Sustane Technologies Inc.
Sustane has developed technology that allows solid waste
Ubique Lands $2M, Preps for Series A
Serial entrepreneur Vijai Karthigesu considers himself a citizen of the world, and the latest location he’s developing a business in is Sydney.
The native of Sri Lanka last year founded his fourth business, Ubique Networks Inc., based it in the
Mike Kirkup to Leave Velocity
Mike Kirkup is moving on.
The director of Velocity, the University of Waterloo’s technology incubator, said in an open letter on Tuesday that he is leaving to become the CTO at Kitchener-based Encircle.
“After four years of working to make it the
Remembering the Radian6 Exit
For Marcel LeBrun, it was like winning the Stanley Cup.
“Just like hockey players who work all their lives toward that goal of winning the Stanley Cup, entrepreneurs work very hard to build a startup into a successful business,” said LeBrun,
Wave of New Startups in 2015
Tanya Collier MacDonald in many ways exemplifies what was happening in the Atlantic Canadian startup community in 2015.
She entered (and did well in) a competition. She worked with an accelerator outside the region. And she gained traction with her
Our Latest Intelligence Report Is Out
We’re delighted today to launch our spring Entrevestor Intelligence report on Atlantic Canada, which focuses the growth of new startups, and the deal that sparked the startup craze in the region.
As we’re reporting today, this supplement shows that
Huddle: Aho Calls for Tech Advances
Former Finnish Prime Minister Esko Aho called on New Brunswick companies last week to capitalize on the second industrial revolution to prosper in the digital age.
Huddle reported on Esko Aho’s speech in Moncton, and you can read the full report
Velocity Fund Rewards 7 Startups
The Velocity Fund on Thursday presented a total of $125,000 in seed funding to seven companies whose products range from hardware that can diffuse landmines to an app that eradicates the need for passwords.
Held at the Student Life Centre at the
Job of the Week: Fiddlehead Technology
This week in Job of the Week, we are featuring a position with Fiddlehead Technology, which is seeking a principal software engineer on the Entrevestor Job Board.
Fiddlehead Technology is based in Moncton and focuses on using Big Data to better
Briefs: Kinduct, SimplyCast, V4C
ACOA Funds Venture for Canada Program
Top university graduates from across Nova Scotia in June will begin two-year paid fellowships at some of the province’s most promising emerging and early-stage startups. The Government of Canada on Friday
