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Innovacorp to Add Bootcamp to I3

  • May 19, 2015
  • Sabina Wex

Innovacorp will be adding a boot-camp component to its I3 Technology Startup Competition when the event launches the autumn to help the contestants build their businesses.

I3 is a biennial startup competition that picks the best business ideas

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Eye on KW: 3D Printing With Paste

  • May 18, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

Having established itself as the leader in hardware for 3D printing soft materials, Structur3d Printing of Kitchener is now raising capital to help it expand into commercializing the materials themselves.

Structur3d was started by materials

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Trevor MacAusland to Join 3Plus

  • May 18, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

Trevor MacAusland will bring fresh perspectives largely gained from the startup world to his new role as Director of Business Development for 3Plus Corp., the economic development agency for Moncton, Dieppe and Riverview.

PropelICT announced

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Munro Envisions Medtech Hub

  • May 15, 2015
  • Carol Moreira

Chad Munro sees a lot of potential in Atlantic Canada’s medical technology sector, but it needs more players and more of an ecosystem for the benefits to be realized.

The financial rewards can be great, but there are many challenges in building

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NS, NB Approve Equity Crowdfunding

  • May 15, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

Nova Scotia and New Brunswick are two of six provinces that announced Thursday they will allow entrepreneurs to raise equity capital through crowdfunding.

Equity crowdfunding – soliciting equity investments from a range of individuals through an

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Eigen Lands $250,000 from NBIF

  • May 14, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

Aiming to improve its industrial Internet of things technology, Eigen Innovations in Fredericton has landed a $250,000 investment as part of a funding round it hopes will amount to $750,000.

The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation said Tuesday

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Coaching Summit Set for Shediac

  • May 14, 2015

The Atlantic Branch of the International Coaching Federation, or ICF, will hold its annual conference in Shediac, N.B., next week.

The 3nd annual ICF Atlantic Summit at the Shediac Multi-Purpose Centre on May 20-21 will feature the theme of Ride

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NL Innovation Week Starts Tuesday

  • May 14, 2015
  • Sabina Wex

Newfoundland and Labrador’s Innovation Week will take place May 19 to 22 in St. John’s, featuring 15 events through four days. Each event will incorporate this year’s theme – Propelling Innovation.

This is only the second annual Innovation Week,

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Press Release: Kinduct & Stats.com

  • May 14, 2015

Kinduct Technologies, the Halifax medical-technologies company, has issued the following press release:

Kinduct partners with STATS.com

Leader in athlete management solutions extends it service offerings by integrating with STATS.com  

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Lesbirel, Binkley Expanding FastRack

  • May 13, 2015
  • Sabina Wex

A few years after graduating from the Dalhousie University business management program, Mitchell Lesbirel and Casey Binkley are entrepreneurs with a product selling on the Canadian Costco website.

Lesbirel and Binkley are the co-founders of Axle

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Press Release: SimplyCast Q1 Growth

  • May 13, 2015

SimplyCast, the Dartmouth multi-channel marketing company, has issued the following press release:

SimplyCast Achieves Impressive Q1 Growth

Marketing automation users have grown by over 650% from Q1 of last year.

The Partnership Program has

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TownSquare Targets Democracy Gap

  • May 12, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

When Taylor Quinn chatted with Premier Stephen McNeil last November, he didn’t know the discussion would soon lead to the launch of a startup in Toronto to encourage greater participation in democracy.

Quinn is a Dalhousie University student and

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