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Have a Great Holiday!

  • Dec 20, 2019
  • Peter and Carol Moreira

Our final post of 2019 is a simple wish: We hope all our readers have a fantastic holiday and prosperous New Year. 

We're taking the holidays off, and we've now posted for the last time until Jan. 2 (unless something epic happens next week and we

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Just One Story in 2019: Verafin

  • Dec 20, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

It seems obvious there is only one story for a 2019 year-end wrap-up for the Atlantic Canadian startup community.

It’s Verafin.

In September, the St. John’s company whose software helps financial institutions combat fraud and money laundering

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How PLATO Embraces Reconciliation

  • Dec 20, 2019
  • Inda Intiar

For Jenilee Paul of St. Mary’s First Nation, her role as a course instructor at PLATO can help other Indigenous people see a path for growth in the IT sector.

“It’s kind of like being a role model. You’re setting that path so the people in the

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Kinduct Signs Deal with NSHA

  • Dec 19, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Halifax-based Kinduct Technologies has signed a contract with the Nova Scotia Health Authority that will allow the roll-out of a new program to improve the treatment of orthopedic patients in the province.

The contract nails down the details of an

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NB’s Cirrus9 Acquired by Carbon60

  • Dec 19, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Cirrus9, a Saint John-based managed cloud and data center operator, has been acquired by Carbon60 for an undisclosed price, and will now grow as part of Carbon60’s coast-to-coast operation.

Founded nine years ago by CEO Fred Bullock, Cirrus9

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Our Data Shows How NL Is Advancing on Two Fronts.

  • Dec 18, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

There have been two main trends in the Newfoundland and Labrador startup community in recent years – the flood of new companies, and the accelerating advance of its most successful ventures.

This is rare. Some communities do a great job of

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CEED, BoomersPlus in Mentoring Programs

  • Dec 18, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

The Centre for Entrepreneurship Education and Development and BoomersPlus.com have teamed up to develop a network of mentors to support the startup ecosystem in Nova Scotia.

CEED and BoomersPlus issued a press release Tuesday saying they’re now

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My Cape Breton Wish List for 2020

  • Dec 16, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

My wish-list for the Cape Breton startup community in 2020 (or shortly thereafter) is short and sweet – 1. a university computer science program, and 2. an angel group.

These points came up in the discussion after I delivered Entrevestor’s startup

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Manifold’s New Sales Strategy

  • Dec 16, 2019
  • Avery Mullen

For cloud-computing startup Manifold, a new business model is offering a path to faster growth.

Manifold’s online platform gives tech companies the ability to purchase software for their computer programmers, track how much money is being spent on

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Job of the Week: Dash Hudson

  • Dec 16, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Our Job of the Week column today features an opening for a Performance Marketing Strategist at Dash Hudson in Halifax.

Halifax-based Dash Hudson is a visual marketing Software-as-a-Service company that helps its clients increase engagement on their

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Enginuity Targets Hardware Makers

  • Dec 12, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

It was bad luck for Enginuity that it scheduled its Robotics and Automation Day on Nov. 28, the day an early snowstorm made travel to its Spryfield headquarters a bit tricky.

But the Halifax-based engineering and design company had provoked enough

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Rally Closes $750K Funding Round

  • Dec 11, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

St. John’s-based legal-tech company Rally has raised $750,000 in equity funding, with which it plans to expand its development and sales teams.

The company on Wednesday held a press conference at the Emera Innovation Exchange in St. John’s to

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