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ICrowdx Preps Crowdfunding Portals
At some point this summer, Sean Sears hopes Canadian startups will be raising capital on his new crowdfunding platform, ICrowdx.
Sears and his colleagues at the Halifax investment-firm-cum-startup-lab Ogden Pond have been working on developing
A Call for Permissionless Innovation
Last fall the C.D. Howe Institute published a report titled, "Measuring Innovation in Canada: The Tale Told by Patent Applications". Innovation is a fickle concept, and patents only tell part of the story. Yet when one sees that Atlantic Canada
Press Release: VetHealth Set for PEI
The P.E.I. BioAlliance, the organization that promotes the life sciences industry in the province, has issued the following press release:
Animal Health and Nutrition Businesses Converge on PEI
Charlottetown, PEI (May 25, 2015) – North
22 Startups to Present at AVF
Critical Path Group has named the 22 companies that will present at the Atlantic Venture Forum and tell their stories to investors assembled from across the U.S. and Canada.
The third annual AVF, organized by Critical Path Group, will take place
Eye on KW: Plum Reprioritizes Hiring
Caitlin MacGregor is convinced the recruiting profession has its priorities backward, and she and her colleagues at Plum Inc. are determined to put them right.
Plum is a Waterloo-based startup that helps companies or other employers find the
Woodland: Lawyer Turned Entrepreneur
As a lawyer, Mandy Woodland specializes in offering entrepreneurs affordable legal advice. Now, she’s also CEO of Caetum, a tech startup that aims to make clinical research easier and more successful.
Woodland said Caetum will create a
PropelICT Names 33 Cohort Members
Six diverse startups from around the region have been accepted into the PropelICT Build program this summer, headlining a record intake of 33 companies in the accelerator’s sixth cohort.
The PropelICT accelerator has grown into a two-tier system
Nature’s Way Buys Ascenta
Ascenta Health Ltd., the Dartmouth maker of natural beauty products, has exited.
The company said Tuesday it was bought by Nature’s Way, an affiliate of Dr. Willmar Schwabe Pharmaceuticals of Germany for an undisclosed amount. The company in
Press Release: Biorefinery Event Set
Le Collège communautaire du Nouveau‐Brunswick, Springboard Atlantic and BioNB have issued the following press release:
Changing the World One Technology at a Time: The Atlantic Biorefinery Conference to Kick Off in Edmundston
May 21, 2015
Press Release: RtTech Wins Award
BDC and the Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association has issued the following press release:
BDC and CVCA award RtTech Software BDC Innovation Award for industrial app development
RtTech’s software deployed across 14 countries, 24
StockCalc Modernizes Stock Analytics
An intriguing company in Miramichi, N.B., will soon let people not only analyze publicly listed stocks by themselves but help more qualified users sell their analysis reports to others.
Patchell Brook Equity Analytics Inc. has developed a tool
CarbonCure Closes $3M Round
Green building materials maker CarbonCure Technologies has closed a $3 million round of funding, which it will use to launch its new ready-mix product. The Halifax company expects the funding will last until it reaches profitability, likely next
