Innovacorp and GrowthWorks Atlantic are leading a $1.1 million first round of funding of 2nd Act Innovations, which will help the Halifax company develop a product for midsized customers.

The company, which has developed an advanced

Our Guest Columnist today is Jeff Thompson, (@thomjeff) of Fredericton, who exited his tech company Conseros when it was bought by Genesys in 2009. Jeff recently announced his departure from Genesys and is now a tireless and sage mentor (according

An entrepreneur I know recently lamented that most entrepreneurship events in Atlantic Canada are attended mainly by support organizations rather than by businesspeople. What he would love to see is an event that attracts the rookie

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We may have told some of you we were planning to move to Calgary, where Peter had accepted a job with a financial company. Well, as so often happens, those plans have changed and we’re delighted to say we’re remaining in Atlantic

Any year that features a 2,800% gain on an exit would be a pretty good year for a fund manager, but Calvin Milbury believes the Radian6 exit was only one facet of a successful year for the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation.

During an hour-long

Ad-Dispatch, the Dartmouth-based augmented reality company, will announce today that it is spinning off its audio and video production division into a separate company called Current Studios to ensure better use of its talent and resources.

Since moving to the cloud a month ago, Celtx has released 14 new products and now the company is gearing up for a couple of more launches – big launches.

St. John's-based Celtx is one of the world’s leading makers of pre-production software for

 Even though he co-founded Startup Kitchen to discuss technology, Suhaim Abdussamad’s favourite podcast is the interview with the operator of a gourmet food truck.

On New Year’s Day, the Fredericton-based video-blogging site broadcast an

 We in the media missed a little item this week, but it merits a bit, maybe quite a bit, of attention: SimplyCast has launched a Chinese version.

The Dartmouth-based company is already a global leader in multi-channel marketing and CEO Saeed

Karma Gaming, the Halifax startup out to marry regulated lotteries with video games, is on the verge of closing a $750,000 second round of funding and hopes to bring in a third round by September.

Chief Executive Paul Leblanc and Chief

The results of one of New Brunswick’s ambitious accelerator programs will be on display next Wednesday in Moncton as five companies from the McKenzie Accelerator pitch at an Angels’ Den.

Last autumn, two new accelerator programs began in New

Victoria Lennox’s voice was muffled as she spoke into her cellphone, but the message she was delivering came through loud and clear. After holding a week of town hall meetings with entrepreneurs across Nova Scotia, entrepreneurs and small-business