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Timbre Cases Prepares to Launch

  • May 05, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

Timbre Cases, the Fredericton startup dedicated to making the best guitar cases available, announced funding Monday that will finance its final push to get a product into the market.

Founded by music aficionado Peter McMath, Timbre Cases will

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Press Release: Startup Hfx Bootcamp

  • May 05, 2015

Startup Canada Halifax, the Halifax chapter of the national organization Startup Canada, has issued the following press release:

Startup Canada Halifax engages local entrepreneurs in initiative to reduce startup failure through financial

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Eye on KW: Wagepoint Surges in US

  • May 04, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

Having settled into its new Waterloo office and expanded into the U.S., Wagepoint is on a roll with its base of paying clients soaring to 900 in the last year.

Founded originally in Nova Scotia, Wagepoint offers an affordable solution to help

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Erin Flood’s Promise to New Brunswick

  • May 04, 2015
  • Erin Flood

Erin Flood, the COO of Fredericton’s HotSpot Parking, was recently accepted into Tech Women Canada in San Francisco. Last week she posted this blog on her website:

My Promise to New Brunswick

The glass ceiling is still there, waiting for the

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Curwin Prepares to Begin Production

  • May 01, 2015
  • Carol Moreira

With California’s drought raising concerns about food supply, Gregg Curwin is well placed to begin producing leafy greens out of his indoor farm near Truro.

Many of Atlantic Canada’s vegetables are grown in California. Curwin, president and CEO

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Press Release: NBIF Funds Research

  • May 01, 2015

The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation, the agency responsible for developing innovation in the province, has issued the following press release:

NEW BRUNSWICK STUDENTS GET RECORD FUNDING TO WORK IN UNIVERSITY LABS

FREDERICTON, N.B.—The New

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Entrevestor Ends Sponsorship Era

  • May 01, 2015

As of today, Entrevestor has no sponsorship from government.

Since we began almost four years ago, this website and its quarterly Entevestor Intelligence reports have been dedicated to reporting on and promoting the Atlantic Canadian startup

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East Coast Startups Must Think IPO

  • Apr 30, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

There’s a new trend developing in Canadian technology, and it ain’t happening in Atlantic Canada.

This is the year of the tech initial public offering in Canada, with companies like Shopify, Hootsuite, Stingray and Vision Critical likely to list

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HotSpot Enters US with Passport

  • Apr 29, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

HotSpot Parking is moving into the U.S. in partnership with Charlotte, N.C.-based mobile payments specialist Passport – a move that will soon increase HotSpot’s accessible market by 100 times.

The Fredericton startup announced Tuesday that it

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Ooka Island Launches Web Product

  • Apr 29, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

Ooka Island, the P.E.I. software company dedicated to teaching children to read, has launched the web-based version of its program in time for Charlottetown’s Reading Town week starting on Saturday.

The company, which hired a new CEO and raised

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EoY, Propel, Metabridge Deadlines

  • Apr 29, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

The hours are ticking down to the deadlines to apply for a few of the country’s leading entrepreneurship or startup happenings  -- the EY Entrepreneurs of the Year competition, PropelICT's next cohort  and metabridge.

April 30 is the deadline to

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Fiddlehead Raises Funds, Begins Pilot

  • Apr 28, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

Two veterans of the New Brunswick startup scene are gaining traction with a new data-based product they hope one day will reduce global food waste.

David Baxter and Shawn Carver – both known for their work as mentors – have spent more than two

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