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Press Release: SimplyCast Co-op

  • Apr 03, 2014

SimplyCast, the Dartmouth maker of multichannel marketing platforms, issued the following press release:

Dalhousie Co-op Student Creates Bus Time Program Using SimplyCast 360 Customer Flow Communication Platform

The innovative Ride On program

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ClinicServer Closes Sale to Biosign

  • Apr 02, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

ClinicServer, a Saint John-based company that helps health clinics digitize their operations and records, has closed its deal to be taken over by Biosign Technologies Inc., a publicly traded Toronto company with complementary businesses.

The

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Modest Tree Lands Military Contract

  • Apr 01, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

Four arms of the Canadian military have licensed 3-D training software from a Halifax startup to help personnel learn how to work with machines and equipment.

Modest Tree Media Inc. announced this month that the Canadian military is the first

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Press Release: Hashpi.pe in Florida

  • Apr 01, 2014

Norex, a Halifax website producer that has incubated several new products, put out the following press release yesterday for its Hashpi.pe product: 

Hashpi.pe takes on the law

From April 1-4 Hashpi.pe will be helping connect lawyers and legal

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NBIF, East Valley Back Agora Mobile

  • Mar 31, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

Agora Mobile, a Moncton startup that is developing a social network for app development, has raised $1 million in equity funding from the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation, East Valley Ventures and several angel investors.

NBIF said in a

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Big Data Can Help Feed the World

  • Mar 31, 2014
  • Carol Moreira

With this cruel winter still making its presence felt, scientists and farmers met Saturday at Wolfville’s Acadia University to learn how big data can help the agricultural sector cope with extreme temperatures and other problems.

Although big

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Innovacorp, Angels Back Up My Game

  • Mar 31, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

Halifax-based Up My Game has landed funding from Innovacorp and a handful of angel investors, and has added a seasoned hand to its board of directors.

The company, which aims to develop the world’s best video tool for coaches, announced Friday

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NL Backs Build, Launches New Fund

  • Mar 28, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

The government of Newfoundland and Labrador on Thursday embraced the startup economy by announcing a $10 million investment in Build Ventures and the creation of a new VC operation, the Venture Newfoundland and Labrador Fund.

In delivering the

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Profile: Jeff White’s Teamwork

  • Mar 28, 2014
  • Carol Moreira

Whether he’s coaching young basketball players or mentoring fledgling entrepreneurs, Jeff White, co-founder and chief operating officer of New Brunswick’s East Valley Ventures, lives his belief that success depends on building strong teams.

 “A

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I-3 Winner Heimdall Targets Japan

  • Mar 27, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

After owning the podium at the Innovacorp entrepreneurship competitions this year, Jim DeLeskie is now turning his attention to business development of his cyber-security company, with a special focus on Japan.

DeLeskie is the CEO of Heimdall

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A Startup Baby Boom

  • Mar 26, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

If you believe in the law of averages, there is now a startup somewhere in Atlantic Canada that didn’t exist this time last week. And by next Wednesday, there will have been another launch.  Or maybe two.

One thing that has struck to me as I’ve

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SHIFT Energy Ending 2 Pilot Projects

  • Mar 25, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

Almost a year after altering its business model, SHIFT Energy of Saint John is on track to complete two pilot projects that should validate its automated energy optimization software, or EOS.

SHIFT Energy is one of several industrial Internet

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