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Free Webinar with Frances Frei

  • Apr 29, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

Halifax entrepreneur Ron Lovett is opening up free access to a webinar on relationships, trust, and team culture, featuring leadership guru and author Frances Frei. 

Frei is a Harvard professor, author, and former senior strategic adviser for Uber.

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Squiggle Park Teams Up With Wanderers

  • Apr 28, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

Halifax-area education technology company Squiggle Park has partnered with the Halifax Wanderers Football Club so content from the team’s players is now on the company’s Dreamscape platform.

The company and the Canadian Premier League soccer team

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Volta Cohort Names 16 Finalists

  • Apr 28, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

Sixteen Atlantic Canadian early-stage startups will vie for $125,000 in total investment at the Volta Cohort virtual pitching event on May 13.

Volta Cohort is a pitching competition held every six months for early-stage innovation companies in

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CVCA Data Shows Record Year in NL

  • Apr 27, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

Searching through our “Better Late Than Never” folder, we found the CVCA venture capital data for 2019, which shows a record year for Newfoundland and Labrador and an interesting development in Western Canada.

The Canadian Venture Capital & Private

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Managing Stress & Funding

  • Apr 27, 2020
  • Carol Moreira

A free webinar offering practical tips to manage remote working as well as advice on financial supports will take place on April 30 at 10 ADT. Participants will also be offered a free premium account to the Tranquility virtual mental health

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3D Virtual Tours Animating Landmarks

  • Apr 27, 2020
  • Carol Moreira

With Nova Scotia's landmark buildings empty of people, Halifax startup Smarter Spaces has begun scanning and creating 3D virtual tours of heritage buildings, cultural sites and educational facilities.

The company is working to animate sites for

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EChart, Former Staff Settle Lawsuit

  • Apr 26, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

Fredericton-based eChart Healthcare has settled a lawsuit filed last week by three former employees.

CEO Amanda Betts said in an email on Saturday night that the parties had reached an agreement on the matter, and expect to complete the paperwork

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Commercial Rent Assistance for Small Businesses

  • Apr 24, 2020
  • Carol Moreira

On Friday, Prime Minster Justin Trudeau announced details of the federal rent assistance program for small businesses that was first unveiled last week.

In a statement, the federal government said it has reached an agreement in principle with all

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Propel Unveils Continuous Intake

  • Apr 23, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

Propel, the Atlantic Canadian tech accelerator, is abandoning the traditional cohort model to offer continuous intake to the companies it supports.

The regional organization, which moved to a virtual model in 2018, issued a statement Thursday

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Swarmio Delays Listing, Taps Innovacorp

  • Apr 23, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

Swarmio, a decentralized eSports platform with an automated tournament management system, has put its plans to seek a stock market listing on hold due to the COVID-19 crisis but is finding the pandemic creating business opportunities in new and

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Toronto’s OneEleven Shuts Down

  • Apr 23, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

OneEleven, the startup incubator located in downtown Toronto, has closed permanently due to the COVID-19 lockdown impacting its client companies and its own business model.

The national startup publication Betakit reported Wednesday that the

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Energia Seeks Entrants for Cohort 3

  • Apr 23, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

Fredericton-based accelerator Energia Ventures is seeking applications for its third cohort from companies in the smart-grid, energy, cleantech, and cybersecurity sectors.

The program will run from Sept. 14 to Dec. 9, culminating in the demo day in

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