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Crowdfunding for University Tuitions
Trevor Hickey believes crowdfunding can solve what is becoming a huge problem for young adults -- student debt.
Hickey is on the verge of launching FundUni, a St. John's -based startup that aims to help students raise money online for their
ECSW: RTV Seeks $500,000 in Funding
RTV Group, the Saint John startup producing predictive analytics software to help fight drunk driving, is looking for about a half-million dollars in financing to get its initial product out the door.
It could take a big step in that direction
ECSW: TotalPave Fine Tunes Company
As they head toward the Breakthru finals on Wednesday, brothers Drew and Coady Cameron are working on the branding and algorithms for their nascent product, TotalPave.
TotalPave is a Fredericton startup that aims to revolutionize the way cities
ECSW: Store it Squirrel Trials in NB, GTA
Mikeal Abramoff believes he’s on the cutting edge of a big Internet story — community marketplaces for short-term accommodation.
Abramoff is the founder of Saint John-based Store It Squirrel, which links people needing storage with those who
SimplyCast Launches Teen Internship
SimplyCast, the Dartmouth-based multi-channel marketing company, has announced the launch of a paid internship program for high school students -- the only one of its kind in Canada.
The Next Star Employee champions the education and advancement
ECSW: 1st Breakthru Winner is UNB
When Nathan Armstrong talks about becoming one of the finalists for the Breakthru business plan competition, he’s quick to give a lot of the credit to entrepreneurial programs at University of New Brunswick.
Armstrong and his brother Gregory are
ECSW: Black Magic in Breakthru Finals
When the five finalists in New Brunswick’s Breakthru competition gather in their finest suits on Wednesday, you’ll know the Black Magic team by the cans of pink spray paint they’re carrying.
But there won’t be any paint smeared on their hands.
ECSW: CeteX Eyes Funds for Prototype
Nathan Armstrong recently quit his job to focus full time on CeteX, the cleantech startup he and his brother Gregory started to help industrial facilities clean up wastewater.
Cetex is one of five finalists in the New Brunswick Innovation
Our Coverage of Events Next Week
If you’re in Atlantic Canada and reading this, the odds are good you’re going to an event next week.
There are big events in three of the four provinces, and we’re going to do our best to cover all of them.
Today, we’re beginning our coverage
Jevon MacDonald: Data on Angel Fees
We have seen a pretty amazing wealth of information about financing models and structures come to light in the last 10 years. It wasn’t that long ago that VC and angel financing were dark arts that few entrepreneurs understood. We have always
Karma Signs 3 Big Deals in 3 Months
Karma Gaming, the Halifax startup that is developing video games for regulated lotteries, has signed three major customers this year.
So next year, its products will be available on three different continents.
Jay Aird, the company’s chief
Equals6, Mindful join CTA in Boston
There is probably no better place in the world for Halifax startups Equals6 and Mindful Scientific to go through a mentorship program than Boston. So they were both pumped when they were accepted to the new Canadian Technology Accelerator in the
