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Wagepoint Launches in the U.S.

  • Aug 06, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

Having attracted its 500th client by focusing on Canada, Wagepoint last month launched in the U.S. and is now offering its online payroll service in all 50 states.

Wagepoint offers an affordable solution to help businesses perform all the tasks

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Press Release: Propel, Volta & Hatch

  • Aug 06, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

PropelICT, the regional accelerator program, released the following press release yesterday, announcing its partnership with Planet Hatch and Volta Labs:

Launch36 Announces Launch of "Start", "Build" Tracks

For immediate release

Moncton, NB

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Press Release: Startup Calendar

  • Aug 06, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

The Atlantic Media Group issued the following press release last week:

Atlantic Mentor Group Launches Startup Calendar in Halifax

July 31, 2014 – Halifax, NS

Today marks the official launch of Startup Calendar, an online tool to enable

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VidSnippets Eyes Autumn Launch

  • Aug 05, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

To enter the pitching competition at Invest Atlantic this year, entrepreneurs must submit a one-minute video introducing their business, and they can highlight the most enticing 10 seconds using an exciting piece of technology being developed in

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Profile: Building a Metamaterials Hub

  • Aug 01, 2014
  • Carol Moreira

Now that Dartmouth-based Metamaterials Technology has signed a partnership agreement with Airbus, founder and CEO George Palikaras aims to turn Atlantic Canada into a centre for producing optical metamaterials.

Palikaras has developed

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Persistence Pays Off for eOLIO

  • Jul 31, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

Traci Johnstone’s story is a study of tenacity and style, and she has poured those two facets into the startup she’s launching this year, eOLIO.

The startup — the name is a shortening of e-portfolio — is an online tool that helps people present

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FounderFuel Accepts Brownie Points

  • Jul 30, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

Brownie Points, the St. John’s startup that has developed a customer loyalty tool for small retailers, has been accepted into the Montreal accelerator FounderFuel, offering it a chance to grow in a major Canadian city.

The company now has its

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EnginuityMED: Idea to Sales in 1 Year

  • Jul 29, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

Taking a new product from concept to customers in a year is difficult, and in medical devices, it’s unheard of.

But EnginuityMED of Halifax is now selling the FIVA product it dreamed up in June 2013.

FIVA is designed to solve a very simple —

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Press Release: LED Promotes Lavoie

  • Jul 29, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

LED Roadway Lighting, the Halifax-based manufacturer of LED-based street lighting and wireless controls, released the following press release Monday:

Denis Lavoie Appointed President of LED Roadway Lighting Ltd.

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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CyberPsyc Moving Ahead After Pivot

  • Jul 28, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

Having pivoted earlier this year, Fredericton startup CyberPsyc Software Solutions is gaining traction with new products that help employees treat mental conditions. Thousands of people have used its online products this year, and the number looks

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Profile: Karina LeBlanc’s Social Mission

  • Jul 25, 2014
  • Carol Moreira

Having graduated a successful first cohort of social entrepreneurs from the B4 Change accelerator, the Pond-Deshpande Centre’s executive director Karina LeBlanc is redesigning the program to better assist entrepreneurs in this emerging sector.

A

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NB Council Backs Regional Tax Credit

  • Jul 24, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

A New Brunswick committee that includes both candidates for premier in the coming provincial election is calling for a regional equity tax credit to help fund startups and improve innovation in the region.

The New Brunswick Research and

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