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Ron Keefe’s 2 Waves of Investment

  • Apr 06, 2015
  • Carol Moreira

Ron Keefe is proud that the sale of BioVectra, the Charlottetown drug manufacturer he has led for 11 years, is generating two waves of investment into Atlantic Canada.

Tens of millions of dollars will be invested in capital improvements at

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Origin BioMed in Receivership

  • Apr 06, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

Origin BioMed has been placed in receivership.

The Chronicle-Herald reported Friday that the Halifax company was placed in receivership on March 16, with Grant Thornton Ltd. being appointed trustee.

Origin Biomed, which had received venture

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No Distrapptions Wins CS Square

  • Apr 06, 2015
  • Carol Moreira

The CS Square pitch competition at the University of New Brunswick took place last week with first place going to No Distrapptions, an app that allows users to eliminate the distraction of message notifications.

By turning on the app,

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Vendeve Wins Funding Roadshow

  • Apr 02, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

Vendeve, the Halifax startup that helps women find a market for their skills, has won six months in Silicon Valley to help develop its business.

The company was the winner Wednesday in the Funding Roadshow pitching competition hosted by Fundica

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Forerunner Growing in Surge Accelerator

  • Apr 02, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

Having already secured funding from the world’s leading seed-stage venture fund for energy technology, Gordon McArthur is now focused on impressing more investors in energy-related tech next month.

McArthur is the CEO of Forerunner Research, a

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Focusing on Memogain, Neurodyn Raises $1M

  • Apr 01, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

Hoping its leading Alzheimer’s drug candidate will soon be fast-tracked in Europe, Charlottetown drug discovery company Neurodyn Life Sciences Inc. has completed a $1 million funding round.

The company said in a statement Tuesday it will use the

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Solace, Boeing Move to 2nd Phase

  • Mar 31, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

After successfully proving its wireless power technology can recharge drones, Solace Power is embarking on the second phase of a development project with aircraft manufacturer Boeing.

But Kris McNeil, CEO of the Mount Pearl, NL, company, was

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Build Ventures: A Strong 18 Months

  • Mar 31, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

The mood was joyous and full of humour among the two Build Ventures partners the day after the New England Patriots won the Superbowl.

Patrick Keefe, a Patriots fan, was delighted his team had prevailed the night before. And his partner Rob

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Ecosystem Gains from New Programs

  • Mar 30, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

There’s a theme of community running through the story of Ongozah.

The Moncton startup founded by Topher Kingsley-Williams, Denis Daigle and Dan Gillis is developing a platform that will help community groups crowdsource the various things they

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Entrevestor Luncheon Canceled

  • Mar 30, 2015

We’re afraid we have had to cancel the Entrevestor Luncheon, which had been scheduled for Moncton on April 15.

We’d like to thank the people who helped us with the event – especially Sally Ng of Planet Hatch and Doug Robertson of Venn

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Eyeread Unveiled to Public Tomorrow

  • Mar 27, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

Eyeread, an online product that helps to teach children to read, will make its first public appearance Saturday at the new Halifax Central Library.

Leah Skerry and Julia Rivard Dexter, the principals the Halifax web-design consultancy Norex, and

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Yves Boudreau Is Back In the Sun

  • Mar 27, 2015
  • Carol Moreira

Yves Boudreau is so thrilled to be participating in prestigious San Francisco-based accelerator 500 Startups that his voice seems to glow with Californian sunshine. 

Being one of just two Canadian companies to get into the internationally

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