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Welcoming The Era of eCommerce

  • Apr 15, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

When 98 percent of Queen of Cups Lingerie’s revenue vanished in the Covid-19 crisis, owner Abbey Pond knew she had to move to online sales.

For the past few years, Pond had grown business from her studio in St. Stephen, NB, where clients could

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Here’s Why You Should Fill In Our Anonymous Survey

  • Apr 14, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

We’ve been asked how our survey will help startups in Atlantic Canada. The answer is it will help policy-makers understand how the pandemic is impacting high-growth businesses in the region, which should result in better programs.

We launched our

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UNB Fund Invests in 3D Planeta

  • Apr 14, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

The University of New Brunswick’s student venture capital fund has made its first investment.

The Fraser Student Venture Fund is worth about $400,000, according to Faculty of Management Dean Devashis Mitra, with the money having been donated by

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Support Groups: Please Help with our Survey

  • Apr 13, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

Sponsored Content

We have a favour to ask of all startup support organizations in Atlantic Canada: Can you please ask companies that you work with to complete our survey.

Entrevestor and Pivotal Coaching are partnering to conduct the survey, which

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TotaliQ Allows Sharing of Health Info

  • Apr 13, 2020
  • Carol Moreira

TotaliQ, a St. John’s IT company that allows businesses to share the expertise of their workforces, has launched a knowledge-sharing product to help organizations keep their employees safe during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Named safetyiQ, the

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Innovacorp, NBIF Back 5 Propel Grads

  • Apr 13, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

Five graduates of the Propel Incite accelerator have received $50,000 each in pre-seed funding from Innovacorp and the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation.

The three organizations issued a statement last week saying Innovacorp and NBIF have sunk a

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Outcast Foods and Farms Lessen Waste

  • Apr 13, 2020
  • Carol Moreira

Dartmouth-based Outcast Foods is partnering with Nova Scotia farms to mitigate the massive food waste due to COVID-19’s decimation of the food service industry. Outcast will turn fresh produce into dried fruit and vegetables so it does not go to

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Please Fill In our Covid-19 Survey

  • Apr 12, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

Sponsored Content

We are launching a one-week survey to quickly gain an understanding of how the Covid-19 pandemic is impacting Atlantic Canadian startups and scaleups.

We're asking founders and CEOs to take two minutes to complete eight

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PM Amends Wage Subsidy Criteria

  • Apr 09, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

The federal government has relaxed the criteria for its Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy, or CEWS, but not enough to satisfy the organization representing Canadian innovators.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday said the government wants to

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Fundmetric Aiding Canadian Charities

  • Apr 08, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

Fundmetric, the Halifax software company that helps charities increase engagement with donors, is offering its “giving page” free to small charities across Canada to help them raise money during the pandemic.

The giving page is the online page that

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Drummond Webinar and MaRS Program

  • Apr 08, 2020
  • Carol Moreira

Forced to Focus, a webinar featuring brand and business strategist Peter Drummond, will take place Thursday, April 9th at 3:00 ADT.

Hosted by Natural Products Canada, the webinar will help entrepreneurs use this time to dig into their business and

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NL Tech Cos Donate to Closed Door, Open Heart

  • Apr 08, 2020
  • Carol Moreira

Responding to the pandemic, several tech companies in Newfoundland and Labrador have joined forces and raised more than $200,000 to launch the Closed Door, Open Heart initiative.

The campaign encourages companies and individuals who are in a

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