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Congrats to Startup Canada Winners
Congrats to all the winners of the Startup Canada Atlantic Awards, which were presented last night at a reception at Dalhousie University.
It was a rousing affair, deftly hosted by Rivers Corbett, the Fredericton-based owner of the Relish
How Verafin Won $60M from Spectrum
When Spectrum Equity managing director Chris Mitchell flew into St. John’s to meet Verafin two-and-a-half years ago, both parties noticed something in the other that they liked.
Mitchell and his team from the Boston and Menlo Park, Calif.,
Profile: Championing PEI Biotech
Rory Francis’s voice crackled with enthusiasm as he spoke by phone from Charlottetown. “We’re defying gravity here,” said the executive director of the Prince Edward Island BioAlliance as he revealed that, after a decade of careful nurturing, the
Kira Awards Recognize LeBlanc
One of the true champions of the startup community was recognized in Fredericton last night when Nicole LeBlanc, CFO of the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation, received the Special Recognition award at the Knowledge Industry Recognition and
Press Release: UNB’s Big Data Chair
Cisco on Thursday unveiled the Cisco Chair in Big Data at the University of New Brunswick. The following is a blog from Mike Anstey, Vice President, Sales for Business Markets at Cisco Canada, announcing the new post:
A few years ago we
Spectrum Invests $60M in Verafin
Verafin, the St. John’s company that develops software for battling money laundering and fraud, has attracted a $60 million buy-in from American private equity firm Spectrum Equity, which will finance the company’s next phase of growth.
Spectrum
Foursum, Puma Launch Partnership
If you can drive a golf ball 10 miles by Canada Day, Foursum and Puma have a hat — and a mobile phone app — for you.
Foursum is a Moncton startup that has developed an app for golfers. On Tuesday, it launched its partnership with Puma, the
Industrial Internet Blooms in NB
When McRock Capital hosts its annual Industrial Internet of Things symposium in Montreal in June, three of the presenting startups will be from Atlantic Canada.
As of March, the Toronto-based venture capital group had selected 10 startups to
Entrevestor Dinner Marks a Beginning
Last night, we gathered in Fredericton with almost 50 members of the startup community for the first Entrevestor dinner – an event that marks a beginning on many levels.
Most important, it was the beginning of two discussions that Entrevestor
Bluedrop Eyes Benefits of Deals
Bluedrop Performance Learning, the St. John’s-based training software company, has been ramping up revenues at its new learning networks division, while reducing administrative costs following a major acquisition last year.
Now CEO Emad Rizkalla
Young Firms Dominate StartupEast
When former Olympian Julia Rivard, the CEO of Halifax web design company Norex, wanted to help elite athletes raise money, she and her business partner Leah Skerry developed and launched Pursu.it, a crowdfunding site for athletes.
That was the
Profile: Stirrett Links Grads, Startups
Scott Stirrett doesn’t think every bright new graduate should join the professions. He believes many people would better serve themselves and society by becoming entrepreneurs. And he’s acting on his beliefs. The 22-year-old Dartmouth native has
