Data analytics company Search2Go of Saint John is opening a development office in northern New Brunswick, supported by an investment by former premier Frank McKenna’s Miramichi Technology Fund.

Capitalizing on the boom in big data, Search2Go is

IPSNP Computing, the Saint John company whose software conducts industrial-strength searches of vast numbers of data banks, is looking for a few end-users to beta test its HYDRA product early next year ahead of the full launch in the late summer

Daniel Silver held up a printout of about 15 possible names, bearing varying combinations that featured such words as “Acadia”, “Data”, “Analytics” and “Institute.”

Silver, the Director of the Jodrey School of Computer Science at Acadia

The reception wasn’t great on Atlee Clark’s call from San Francisco, but what came through loud and clear was that C100 is more than ever a vibrant part of the Canadian start-up ecosystem.

The executive director of C100 had no trouble getting

BDC Venture Capital said today it is investing $150,000 each in RUMAnalytics of New Brunswick and Analyze Re of Nova Scotia as part of an agreement with the Launch36 accelerator program.

The venture capital arm of Business Development Bank of

When about 50 East Coast founders, entrepreneurs and partners rolled en masse into the Montreal International Startup Festival’s opening night barbeque in matching “Startup East” blue t-shirts, it made a statement.

“It shows that we are

Dozens of East Coast startup attending the Montreal International Startup Festival are hustling hard to find partners, employees and, of course, investors.

Companies like TitanFile, Modest Tree Media, topLog, Interview Rocket and Wicked Ideas

ChemGreen Innovations Inc. reminds Nauman Farooqi of a line he once heard a comedian deliver: it faces more opportunities than a mosquito in a nudist colony.

In fact, the ChemGreen president and chief executive officer said one of the challenges

Praxes Medical Group, a Halifax company that provides medical advice to teams in remote locations, is marketing its software to clients across the country as part of its expansion program.

Siance 1997, Praxes has provided emergency medical

The Next 36, an academic/mentoring program for undergraduate entrepreneurs, is planning a conference and introductory event in Moncton in September as part of its effort to lure more Atlantic Canadians.

The Next 36 is an annual, three-month

[Editor’s Note: Allan Gates of Bonfire has kindly offered to cover the East Coast Startup Community’s pilgrimage to the Montreal International Startup Festival for us. Here is his first report.]

As dawn breaks over the University of New

Alastair Jarvis proudly says that he was tenant No. 1 at the Hub South Shore, the new co-working space in Mahone Bay.

In fact, he is so enthusiastic about the new facility that he doesn’t like the term “co-working space.” He feels it understates