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Press Release: Startup Canada Awards

  • Jul 20, 2015

Startup Canada has issued the following press release:

NOMINATIONS NOW OPEN FOR THE 2015 STARTUP CANADA AWARDS

Celebrating the best in Canadian entrepreneurship

OTTAWA – July 13, 2015 – Startup Canada opened nominations today for the second

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Eye on KW: Magnet’s 4Cast Awards

  • Jul 20, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

There was no surprise this year when Magnet Forensics captured the Computer Forensic Software of the Year this month at the 2015 Forensic 4cast Awards in Austin, Texas. It had after all won the award the two previous years.

What was special this

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Bringing Sales Expertise to Mentorship

  • Jul 17, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

Al Sturgeon, an entrepreneur-in-residence at Propel ICT, wants all Atlantic Canadians to know that if they have an idea for a business, Propel and its partners can help them explore and possibly develop it.

Propel ICT is an Atlantic Canadian

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Next Up: Sales School, VC Fund

  • Jul 16, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

Now that Volta has found a temporary headquarters, there are two more important questions to be resolved for the Atlantic Canadian startup community in the second half of 2015.

First, there will likely be an announcement on a university program

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PowerWHYS Targets Renovation Jobs

  • Jul 15, 2015
  • Sabina Wex

While many cleantech companies encourage environmentally friendly practices in new construction, Halifax-based PowerWHYS is in the early stages of creating a system that recommends energy-efficient products for renovations.

The PowerWHYS system

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Volta To Double Capacity With Move

  • Jul 14, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

Volta, the startup house in central Halifax, is moving to a temporary new location and doubling its size and capacity in the process.

The group’s administrators and tenants later this month will move to 20,000 square feet of space on the sixth

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Conceptualiz’s 3D Printed Implants

  • Jul 14, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

Richard Hurley can envision a day when orthopedic surgeons design and 3D print implants right in their office. In fact, his startup, Conceptualiz, has already prototyped a product that enables the design work.

An orthopedic surgeon himself, the

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Eye on KW: P&P Undeterred by Mishap

  • Jul 13, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

P&P Optica of Waterloo is pressing forward with its business plan even though its members last month literally witnessed two years of work go up in smoke.

P&P Optica is a 20-year-old venture dedicated to making cutting-edge spectrometers, which

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EY Names Atlantic Contest Finalists

  • Jul 13, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

Several members of the Atlantic Canadian startup community have been named as finalists at this year’s EY Entrepreneur Of The Year awards for the Atlantic Region.

EY, the global accountancy and consultancy firm, has selected 28 finalists in

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Introhive Announces Funding Round

  • Jul 10, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

Introhive has announced a multi-million-dollar round of funding that has come about as a result of a strong performance in revenue growth.

The Fredericton- and Washington-based company issued a press release on Thursday saying it had closed a

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Kolybaba Bids a Candid Goodbye

  • Jul 10, 2015
  • Carol Moreira

Some of Atlantic Canada’s startup community are wondering why Brandon Kolybaba, a hard-working and talented tech entrepreneur, is packing up and leaving.

According to Kolybaba, he is heading to British Columbia because the high cost of living

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Press Release: Swell Launches App

  • Jul 10, 2015

Swell Advantage, the Halifax startup whose app aids boaters, has released the following press release:

Swell Advantage Launches First Social Network for Boaters

Swell Advantage launches the first location based social network for boaters

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