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A Need for More High-Calibre CFOs
It’s accepted that there’s a shortage of capital in the Atlantic Canadian startup community. But here’s another problem that’s less well-known but no less relevant – there is also a shortage of people to manage that capital properly.
The Chief
Press Release: Risley Joins Kinduct
Kinduct Technologies, the Halifax medical-technologies company, has issued the following press release:
Kinduct adds fire power to leadership team
Leading sports and health technology firm welcomes elite-level business leaders to their
Rylunds Are Ramping Up PACTA
Entrepreneurs Charlotte and Isak Rydlund came up with a unique solution when they couldn’t find a skilled computer programmer in Halifax: they taught themselves to write code.
Now, the contract management system they created has been named a
Sydney: Our Fastest-Growing Startup Hub
Before Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil unveiled his state of the province address in February, the stage was occupied by a few startups, one of which represented the fastest-growing startup hub in the region.
Colin MacInnis and Brian Best,
Vizwik Offered Free to 4000 Teachers
Agora Mobile, a New Brunswick software company, is offering all New Brunswick teachers a free premium lifetime membership to its platform Vizwik.
Vizwik is an online platform that allows anyone to create an app and sell it to others on the
Marcato Enterprise Sparks Sales Gain
For some of us, summer music festivals bring to mind relaxation and enjoyment. For Darren Gallop, they mean a heavy workload and more revenue for his company, Marcato Digital Solutions.
Based in Sydney, Marcato provides organizational software
Press Releases: Two from SageCrowd
SageCrowd, the Halifax-based learning science software company, has issued the following two press releases:
SageCrowd Launches Learning sciences white paper
The brain's natural learning cycle
Boston, June 3, 2015 – Learning science software
Curley, Cowper-Smith in BDC Finals
Phillip Curley of Fredericton-based HotSpot Parking and Christopher Cowper-Smith of Halifax’s Spring Loaded Technology have made the shortlist for the 2015 BDC Young Entrepreneur Award, joining two other Atlantic Canadians as finalists in the
Spring Loaded Prepares for Liftoff
After settling on its 15th design iteration, Spring Loaded Technology is finally ready to unleash its “bionic” knee brace on the world.
As it opens its new headquarters and manufacturing facility in Dartmouth this month, the company that grew
A Banner Year in Financing in 2014
In many ways, The Rounds exemplified what happened in fundraising by Atlantic Canadian startups last year. It was a record year largely because companies like The Rounds tapped angels and government-owned agencies.
The Rounds, a Halifax startup
Entrevestor’s Financing Infographic
If you want a quick visual presentation of startup financing in 2014, check out our infographic here.
Our artist Roxanna Boers has done a great job capturing in a single image the various nuances of how Atlantic Canadian high-growth companies
St-Onge Focuses on Ascenta Skin
The least-noticed part of the Ascenta Health Ltd. exit may be the most interesting: it is the development of a new company around the Ascenta Skin product.
Ascenta Health, whose NutraSea brand of nutritional products are made naturally from
