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Invest Atlantic’s PitchCamp Entrants
Invest Atlantic, the conference for the Atlantic Canadian startup community, has named the companies that will appear at its PitchCamp on Sept. 24 in Halifax.
Invest Atlantic will host PitchCamp the night before the main conference as a showcase
NBIF Preserves Core While Expanding
Almost three years ago, New Brunswick Premier David Alward sat down with Robert Hatheway to offer the Fredericton orthodontist and businessman the chair of the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation.
From that discussion, Hatheway understood that
Planet Hatch Opens in Fredericton
The latest incubation centre and program for Atlantic Canadian entrepreneurs were launched in Fredericton on Thursday with the aspirations of being a national or international enterprise by the spring.
Knowledge Park, a development for knowledge
Compilr in Talks on Key Assets
Compilr, the Halifax company whose online development environment allows users to learn, write and test code in the cloud, has received interest from a number of potential suitors that may be interested in buying its assets.
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Karma Secures $1M from Vanedge
Halifax-based Karma Gaming, which develops video games for regulated lotteries, has added to its Series A round of venture capital with a $1 million funding from Vanedge Capital in Vancouver.
The funding, Vanedge’s first in Atlantic Canada, is
Miramichi Fund Backs Eggroll Digital
Eggroll Digital Studios Inc., a new mobile and software development company, is launching in the Miramichi region with an investment from the Miramichi Technology Fund, which was established by former New Brunswick Premier Frank McKenna.
The
Ladies Learning Code Comes to NB
Ladies Learning Code, the national group that introduces people of all ages and genders to programing, is coming to New Brunswick.
The group began in Toronto a few years ago and came to Atlantic Canada earlier this year with a few sessions in
Mindful Reaches North America Finals
Mindful Scientific, the Halifax company whose portable device can detect head trauma instantly, has been selected as one of six North American finalists in the IBM Global Entrepreneur Competition.
CEO Ying Tam said Monday the company will
PGI Lands $250,000 VC Investment
Performance Genomics Inc., a Truro-based biotech company that aims to improve the fertility of livestock, has received a $250,000 equity investment from Innovacorp, capping off a year in which it has raised more than $500,000 from a variety of
Innovacorp Launches I-3 Competition
Robert Niven looked around the packed room at the Innovacorp Enterprise Centre on Friday and said it once again: “I love this event.”
The CEO of Halifax-based CarbonCure Technologies has good reason to love Innovacorp’s I-3 competition, whose
Timbre Cases Joins NB Music Sector
Peter McMath is carrying on a proud New Brunswick musical tradition, though it’s only indirectly related to playing an instrument or singing a song.
McMath is president of Timbre Cases, a Fredericton startup that is dedicated to making the best
Neurodyn Buys Alzheimer’s Drug
Charlottetown-based drug discovery company Neurodyn Inc. said Wednesday it has bought an Alzheimer’s prescription drug candidate from a German company, hoping to fast-track the product to market.
The company said in a press release it bought all
