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Hatch, UNB Offer Accelerator

  • Aug 27, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

Fredericton entrepreneurship hub Planet Hatch has announced a partnership with the University of New Brunswick’s Faculty of Management to increase the resources available to participants in its Startup Accelerator.

First launched in 2019, the

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Region’s VC Down in 1H20, Says CVCA

  • Aug 26, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

The main monitor of venture capital investment in Canada is showing a decline in VC deals in Atlantic Canada in the first half of 2020, though there are signs the news on funding is not all bad.

The Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity

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CyberNB in Youth Job Program

  • Aug 26, 2020
  • Carol Moreira

New Brunswick’s cybersecurity hub, CyberNB, has been named the Digital Skills for Youth (DS4Y) Delivery Organization for the province in a program that connects eligible youth with industry partners to provide 50 internships.

The federal program

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Avalon Releases Holographic Prototype

  • Aug 26, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

St. John’s-based Avalon Holographics has released its first-generation prototype display – a 29-inch development system that represents a significant milestone for the five-year-old company.

Avalon’s long-term goal is to use hologaphics –

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MICC’s Rotational Saving App

  • Aug 25, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

When Jonah Chininga moved to Canada in 2014, he was surprised by how difficult it was to find his financial footing. But this challenge would eventually lead to the creation of a new fintech company MICC Financial.

Arriving from Zimbabwe to study

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Milk Moovement Opens US Office

  • Aug 24, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

St. John’s supply chain management startup Milk Moovement is opening an office in Minneapolis to capitalize on the lucrative Midwestern dairy industry.

CEO Robert Forsythe said in an interview that Milk Moovement signed its first American client in

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Curv, Eyeread Make Google for Startups

  • Aug 23, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

Two Atlantic Canadian companies have been accepted into the inaugural Canadian cohort of Google for Startups Canada -- a three-month virtual accelerator targeting businesses in the seed and series A funding stages.

Halifax-based Eyeread and Curv

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ProcedureFlow Named Pandemic Tech Winner

  • Aug 23, 2020
  • Carol Moreira

Saint John-based ProcedureFlow, a knowledge management product, has been named a 2020 Pandemic Tech Innovation Award winner by U.S.-based Technology Marketing Corporation, or TMC, a business-to-business and integrated marketing media company.

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Black Innovation Fellowship Assists Founders

  • Aug 20, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

As entrepreneurs from minority groups continue to be under-represented in the Atlantic Canadian startup community, Ryerson University’s DMZ accelerator is ramping up a new program aimed at supporting Black founders in Ontario.

The Black Innovation

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Alston Launches CMO Accelerator

  • Aug 20, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

David Alston, one of the leading lights at Radian6 a decade ago, is launching a new accelerator for chief marketing officers at Atlantic Canadian startups, hoping to improve the marketing leadership in the region.

Marketswell Solutions will launch

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Planet Hatch Opens The Nest

  • Aug 19, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

Fredericton entrepreneurship hub Planet Hatch is opening a new co-working and resource-sharing facility in downtown Fredericton -- the result of a deal with concert and event venue The Cap.

Based out of The Cap’s 362 Queen Street location, The

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Indiegogo Boosts HomeEXCEPT’s Presence

  • Aug 18, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

Halifax’s HomeEXCEPT has launched an Indiegogo campaign that CEO John Robertson said in an interview is meant to serve not just as a funding source, but as an international marketing vehicle.

HomeEXCEPT was first launched in September and completed

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