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Cirrus9-Cloud-A Merger to Aid Growth

  • Jun 05, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

Cirrus9, a Saint John-based managed cloud and data center operator, has acquired Cloud-A of Halifax, forming an nationally focused IT infrastructure and cloud services provider with operations in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Alberta.

The

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DC2GO’s Year 1 Sales Set to Top $1M

  • Jun 05, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

Last Friday was an important day for Andrew Coe and his company, DC2GO, which manufactures portable, customized data centres in Dartmouth. The company signed its first major sales contract.

But as he does every Friday, Coe drove out to the

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Press Release: NBIF Research Chairs

  • Jun 05, 2014

Three Researchers Receive $3.5 Million To Work With Industry

New Brunswick Innovation Research Chairs Announced

The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation (NBIF) today established three new applied research chairs valued at $3,525,000 over five

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NB Liberalizes SME Tax Credit

  • Jun 04, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

When Gerry Pond is asked how good New Brunswick’s new Small Business Investor Tax Credit is, he says it’s among the best provincial tax credit for startup investments in Canada.

The provincial government liberalized its tax credit this year to

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StartupNL-Corner Brook Meeting Set

  • Jun 04, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

StartupNL-Corner Brook, the latest pod for the Startup Newfoundland and Labrador group, will hold its inaugural meeting on Monday at 6 pm at the Navigate Entrepreneurship Centre in Corner Brook.

StartupNL  and the Newfoundland and Labrador

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Intelligence Report Highlights Funding

  • Jun 03, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

The most important trend in the Atlantic Canadian startup community last year was that provincial government agencies played a smaller role in financing startups than funds based outside the region and local private venture capital funds.

The

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Announcing the Startup Directory

  • Jun 03, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

We’re pleased today to unveil the first Atlantic Canada Startup Directory, sponsored by Launch36.

The directory is published today in the Spring 2014 Entrevestor Intelligence report, which is now on our site. Hard copies will be available next

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Strong Startup Voice in NS Panel

  • Jun 03, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil yesterday unveiled an economic planning panel that is rich with talent from the startup community.

The 17-member panel, to be chaired by the premier, will take a year and a half to devise a 10-year economic

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Press Release: SimplyCast And SMU

  • Jun 02, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

SimplyCast in Partnership with Saint Mary's University Executive and Professional Development to Launch Leadership Training Course

SimplyCast is looking to create leaders among its team by offering comprehensive communication and management

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EY to Buy Ambir Solutions

  • May 30, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

Ambir Solutions, one of Atlantic Canada’s leading technology consultancies, has agreed to join EY Canada (formerly Ernest & Young) as part of its business consultancy division.

The Saint John-based service company, which has offices in Halifax,

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Profile: The Hankinsons’ Golden Touch

  • May 30, 2014
  • Carol Moreira

They are stars in the regional startup community, enjoying a high degree of success at a young age.

When they are asked to explain their early achievements, brothers Stephen and Patrick Hankinson say that growing up in rural Nova Scotia they had

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Bringing Urgency to #StartupEast

  • May 29, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

Paul Singh has a message that Atlantic Canadian startups need to listen to.

Singh is the founder of Disruption Corp. in Arlington, Va., which recently announced a $50 million post-seed fund for startups.

Last year, when he was working for

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