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Thoughts on Invest Atlantic

  • Sep 27, 2011
  • Peter Moreira

In just two years, Invest Atlantic has established itself as a leading forum for an outward-looking and cooperative business policy in Atlantic Canada.

Though conference attendance is down across the country, Invest Atlantic in its sophomore

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Email: Changing Resource Sector

  • Sep 25, 2011
  • Peter Moreira

Editor’s note: We’ve received a lot of emails in the week since we launched, but we wanted to post this one from Orville B. Pulsiver of Grapell Bioenergy. This note spoke to us because it highlights the importance of marrying innovation with

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DemoCamp: Intriguing Debuts

  • Sep 25, 2011
  • Peter Moreira

On Friday night, I found myself wishing I’d attended the Moncton CyberSocial’s Angel Den in July. 

I was sitting in the packed auditorium at the Dalhousie University Computer Sciences Building enjoying the ten pitches at DemoCamp Halifax,

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Radian6: A Deal for the Ages

  • Sep 23, 2011
  • Peter Moreira

We’ve known for months that Radian6 Technologies Inc. was a great deal, but we’re only now understanding just how great a deal it was.

Canada’s Venture Capital and Private Equity Association on Wednesday awarded its Deal of the Year to the

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Autumn Harvest of Pitching Startups

  • Sep 22, 2011
  • Peter Moreira

Sailing into the busiest week of the autumn, there might be a few innovators feeling a bit of stage fright today. At least 10 startups and researchers are pitching in public in the next five days in Halifax.

There will be five researchers

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First Angel Network’s Evolution

  • Sep 20, 2011
  • Peter Moreira

After six years spent building a network of investors, the First Angel Network is undergoing changes that will enhance the benefits it brings to Atlantic Canadian businesses.

The changes range from a cosmetic shift like opening a new office to

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Green Imaging Launches New Cell

  • Sep 19, 2011
  • Peter Moreira

Green Imaging Technologies of Fredericton is beginning to reap the rewards of its partnership with Oxford Instruments of Britain, as the two companies on Monday released their fully integrated Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) cell for performing

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New Landscape in Atlantic Canada

  • Sep 18, 2011
  • Peter Moreira

The venture capital investor didn’t bother trying to hide his contempt for my theory. ``It’s just because of one deal,’’ he shot back as we chatted last week.

I’d just said that the investment, entrepreneurship and innovation community in

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Startups Earning Kudos Elsewhere

  • Sep 17, 2011
  • Peter Moreira

Kudos to Atlantic Canadian startups that have recently received recognition beyond our borders.

TitanFile, the Dartmouth digital file-sharing company, received glowing coverage Friday from the Financial Post, in its special reporting on the 50

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Adfinitum Grows as It Seeks Funds

  • Sep 15, 2011
  • Peter Moreira

As it works on raising as much as $1 million in new capital, Adfinitum has just increased its revenue by signing up a huge new client.

On Wednesday, St. John’s-based Adfinitum signed up the third largest advertising holding company in the world

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Tier 1 VCs Hand GoInstant $1.7M

  • Sep 14, 2011
  • Peter Moreira

The tech media in San Francisco was abuzz last night with the launch of GoInstant, the latest venture of Jevon MacDonald, until recently the entrepreneur-in-residence at Innovacorp in Halifax.

Forbes, PC Magazine, TechCrunch, ZDnet and CNet all

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Endless Applications of Smart Skin

  • Sep 13, 2011
  • Peter Moreira

Smart Skin is the gift that keeps on giving to Kumaran Thillainadarajah.

A few years ago, the Fredericton resident developed a thin pressure-sensitive material that could relay information when someone pressed any specific place on the surface.

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