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SimpTek, NB Power Launch Pilot
SimpTek Technologies, a Fredericton maker of energy monitoring software, announced Thursday that it will undergo a three-month pilot project with 150 NB Power customers with the aim of validating its product.
Founded by University of New
BioNova’s Moffitt Calls for Urgency
When Scott Moffitt returned to Atlantic Canada after 12 years away, the life sciences specialist wrote a note to himself that “Atlantic Canadians must do a better job of understanding the meaning of the word ‘urgency.’”
Moffitt, the managing
The Rounds’ New Site for Med Students
The Rounds, the social network for Canadian doctors, on Wednesday launched The Clerks, a parallel community for the country’s medical students.
With 13,000 active members, The Rounds has established itself in just four years as the main online
Propel Names 12 Demo Day Pitchers
Propel ICT, the regional tech accelerator, has named six companies from its Launch program to present alongside members of the more advanced Build cohort at its Demo Day on Sept. 22 in Moncton.
The current Propel cohort consists of 33 teams, and
Billion Dollar Lunch Set for Moncton
The Moncton area economic development agency 3+ Corporation is kicking off a day of startup festivities on Sept. 22 with a lunch featuring two renowned experts in startups.
The Billion Dollar Lunch will be highlighted by talks by American
NBIF, Innovatia, Put $1.5M into Gemba
Gemba Software Solutions, a Saint John IT startup that helps big business employees navigate their company’s operations, has received $1.5 million in funding to help it spin out from parent company Innovatia.
Change is Afoot at Genesis Centre
There is still more than a year left before the Genesis Centre staff pack up the boxes at their St. John’s Bruneau Centre office and move to new digs at the Battery. But that’s certainly not to say change is not afoot at the Memorial University of
Set Scouter’s Sales Soar
When he worked as a film producer, Alex Kolodkin realized that his peers could really use a product that simplified the process of finding filming locations. It led him to establish Set Scouter, one of the companies due to graduate from
I-3 Contest Offers $950K in Prizes
Innovacorp has launched its fifth I-3 Technology Startup Competition, in which startups from across Nova Scotia vie for as much as $950,000 in development funding.
The Nova Scotia innovation agency kicked off the competition last week with a
Bungalo Lured by Canada’s Expanse
The 2008 recession hit Iceland very hard. Entrepreneur Haukur Gudjonsson lost his business. But his loss led him to create Bungalo, a rental company that’s expanding into Canadian cottage country.
Gudjonsson established Bungalo in 2010 to link
Press Release: MedMira Raises $5M
MedMira, a publicly listed medical device maker, has issued the following press release:
MedMira Targets Technology Promotion with Latest Investment from OnSite Lab
Company Focuses on Business Development Activities to Capitalize on
Universities Boost Startup Sales
When Gordon McArthur presented Forerunner Research at the Atlantic Venture Forum in June, he revealed the tremendous sales growth of the company, whose technology detects gases in soils.
Revenue at Forerunner, which grew out of research
