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New Community Startup Group in NL

  • Sep 18, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

There’s a new, community-based startup group in St. John’s that aims to tackle some of the gaps in the local ecosystem and support young companies.

ConnectioNL (pronounced “Connectional”) is a volunteer group that now totals about 200 members, and

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ReelData Enters Techstars AI

  • Sep 18, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Halifax-based ReelData, whose software uses artificial intelligence to analyze video for the aquaculture industry, has entered the Techstars Montreal AI Accelerator.

Founders Matt Zimola and Hossein Salimian joined the latest cohort of the

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Women’s Fund Eyes Spring Launch

  • Sep 17, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

The Atlantic Women’s Venture Fund is now working on closing its fund with a target of $20 million, and hopes to be funding female-led ventures in the second or third quarter of 2020.

Two representatives of the nine-member council overseeing the

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Patchell Brook Raises $360K Round

  • Sep 17, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Miramichi-based fintech company Patchell Brook Equity Analytics has raised $360,000 in equity funding, including a $150,000 contribution from the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation.

NBIF announced the funding Tuesday that said the other investors

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Is Debt Financing Right for You?

  • Sep 17, 2019
  • Michael Oldfield, Senior Account Manager, BDC Technology Group

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The time has come to take a big step forward in the growth of your technology company. Whether you are looking to launch a product, or perhaps expand into new markets, you will need additional capital.

The two most common

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Is Debt Financing Right for You?

  • Sep 17, 2019
  • Michael Oldfield, Senior Account Manager, BDC Technology Group

The time has come to take a big step forward in the growth of your technology company. Whether you are looking to launch a product, or perhaps expand into new markets, you will need additional capital.

The two most common funding options for tech

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ClearRisk Adds Product, Eyes Raise

  • Sep 16, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

St. John’s-based ClearRisk, which makes software for insurers, has launched its next generation data solution ClearRisk Insights to help risk managers use their data more efficiently.

The company issued a statement Monday saying it had launched the

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BlueLight Names Brad Rodgers CEO

  • Sep 16, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Halifax dental technology company BlueLight Analytics on Monday named local tech executive Brad Rodgers as its new CEO, replacing J.P. Furey.

Rodgers, who will begin his new role Sept. 26, was most recently the Vice-President of Product

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Volta Cohort Seeks Applicants

  • Sep 15, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Volta is looking for early-stage startups to pitch at the next Volta Cohort event, which will give as many as five teams pre-seed funding of up to $25,000.

The Halifax-based statrup hub began the Volta Cohort two years ago to provide an initial

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Job of the Week: Dash Hudson

  • Sep 15, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Our Job of the Week column today showcases an opening at Dash Hudson in Halifax for a Product Marketing Manager.

Dash Hudson is a visual marketing Software-as-a-Service company that helps its clients increase engagement on their social media. Its

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IMV Phase 2 Trial Results Coming

  • Sep 12, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

IMV Inc., the Dartmouth company developing a delivery platform for immunotherapy drugs, is entering a critical phase of its 16-year history as it will soon learn the results of key Phase 2 clinical trials.

The company is conducting a range of Phase

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Hanatech Aims for $50M in Sales

  • Sep 11, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Aiming to bring advanced data analytics to farmers, Hanatech IoT has publicly stated the ambitious goal of producing annual revenues of $50 million within five years.

The Bedford-based company says it has developed an Internet of Things, or IoT,

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