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Reminder to Complete Our Survey

  • Feb 06, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

We’re into the final week of the Entrevestor Survey, and are thrilled with the response we’ve received from the startup community.

So far about 100 founders have taken the three minutes to complete the survey and help out both Entrevestor and

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Press Release: NBIF’s Rankings

  • Feb 06, 2015

The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation has issued the following press release:

NBIF'S TOP RANKING SHOWS NEW BRUNSWICK AS HOTBED FOR INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

FREDERICTON, NB, February 5, 2015 – After a record year of investing in

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Brightspark Targets Atlantic Canada

  • Feb 05, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

Brightspark Ventures, a Toronto-based organization that funds startups, is expanding its network into Atlantic Canada and will launch its collaboration in the region with an investment in Halifax-based social media martketing company InNetwork.

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Martell Sells Clarity in 3rd Exit

  • Feb 04, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

Dan Martell, one of the most accomplished tech entrepreneurs in Atlantic Canada, has sold his latest company Clarity to equity crowdfunding company Fundable to become one of the platforms in its new startup launch platform, startups.co.

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Dan Martell Sells Clarity to Fundable

  • Feb 03, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

Dan Martell has sold Moncton-based entrepreneurial advice platform Clarity to the business-funding site Fundable of Columbus, OH., for an undisclosed price.

Clarity, which connects entrepreneurs and others with a network of mentors around the

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Celtx Raises $3.3M from Build, Killick

  • Feb 03, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

Celtx Inc. of St. John’s, has raised $3.3 million in a funding round led by Build Ventures, and plans to use the capital to accelerate the already-stellar growth of its pre-production software for the film and video industries.

Led by CEO Mark

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How Important Is a $200K Prize?

  • Feb 02, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

Talking to a few of the teams entered in the Breakthru competition in New Brunswick, it was easy to understand the effect these contests have on the early development of companies.

There are now two big startup competitions in the region that

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Hamblin Leading Startup Halifax

  • Jan 30, 2015
  • Carol Moreira

It started with a brief email enquiry to Startup Canada in which John Hamblin asked about the process of creating a Startup Halifax.

Hamblin had been startled to learn that Halifax’s thriving startup community didn’t have its own chapter of the

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Venture for Canada Seeking Grads

  • Jan 30, 2015
  • Carol Moreira

Venture for Canada, the non-profit that connects top Canadian university grads with Canadian startups requiring talent, has announced that it has now forged partnerships with 70 startups.

The group also calls on grads to apply before its final

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Startup Capital Lunch Set for PEI

  • Jan 30, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

Members of the P.E.I. startup and business community will gather on Wednesday, Feb. 4, to discuss ways to encourage more investment in the province’s startups.

The Island Advance: Capital Formation Luncheon will take place at Dunes Room of the

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Killick Closes Aerospace Unit Sale

  • Jan 29, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

Killick Aerospace Group, a Texas company controlled by Killick Capital of St. John’s, closed the sale Wednesday of four aviation repair businesses that could gross the company about US$229 million (C$286 million).

Killick said on New Year’s Eve

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Daxonics Eyes Production in 2017

  • Jan 29, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

In about two years, a Halifax startup that grew out of Dalhousie University plans to open a production facility for cutting-edge ultrasound devices that allow sharper images of such organs as eyes and skin.

Daxsonics Ultrasound is designing and

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