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QUBER’s $450K Raise Led by NBIF

  • Aug 19, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

QUBER, the Moncton company whose smartphone app helps people save money, has raised $450,000, in equity funding led by a $200,000 contribution from the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation.

NBIF issued a statement on Monday announcing the round,

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Jobs: 2 Openings at Dash Hudson

  • Aug 17, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Our Job of the Week column today showcases a couple of openings at Dash Hudson in Halifax – for a Sales Development Representative and an Account Executive.

Dash Hudson is a visual marketing Software-as-a-Service company that helps its clients

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German Firm Invests in Focus FS

  • Aug 15, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

St. John’s-based Focus Field Solutions Inc. has sold a stake to Germany’s Dräger Safety AG, which will help to sell the company’s digital industrial safety solutions in global markets.

Focus FS issued a statement this week saying Lübeck,

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Innovacorp Invested $6.3M in FY19

  • Aug 15, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Innovacorp, the Nova Scotia government’s early-stage venture capital agency, invested a total of $6.3 million in 17 companies in its 2019 fiscal year, marking a decline in investment totals from the previous year.

The agency each summer releases

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NPC Launches 3 New Programs

  • Aug 14, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Natural Products Canada is launching three new programs to help companies in its space grow to  become companies bringing in eight figures in revenue each year. 

Based in Charlottetown, NPC is an association that helps grow Canadian ventures that

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Curv Health Raises $1.5M

  • Aug 13, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Curv Health has closed a $1.5 million round of equity financing, which will help the company sell its digital healthcare product directly to health and educational institutions.

With offices in Halifax and Toronto, Curv uses machine-learning tools

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Introhive Lands $1M ACOA Funding

  • Aug 13, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Relationship intelligence company Introhive, which is one of the larger tech employers in Fredericton, has received almost $1 million in funding from the federal government to increase its foreign sales.

The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency

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SomaDetect Closes $2.6M Round

  • Aug 12, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

SomaDetect, which tests the quality of milk and collects data for the dairy industry, has closed a US$2 million (C$2.6 million) round of funding to help it build out its databank and technology.

The Fredericton-based company issued a statement

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Sustane Plant To Open Next Month

  • Aug 12, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Sustane Technologies has received a $358,750 loan from the federal government to help build its capacity to convert garbage into synthetic fuels.

The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency issued a statement last week saying it would lend the

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Smarter Spaces Lands ACOA Loan

  • Aug 11, 2019
  • Avery Mullen

A Halifax startup that specializes in large-scale, 3D scanning projects has received a $321,000 loan from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency.

Smarter Spaces CEO Colin Gillis said the funding will allow him and his co-owner, COO Dan MacIntosh,

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NACO Calls Halifax Summit ‘Critical’

  • Aug 08, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

The National Angel Capital Organization is focusing its effort to develop angel networks in certain areas like Atlantic Canada and believes its Angel Summit in Halifax next month will be a “critical” step in achieving the goal.

The mission of NACO,

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New Innovation Awards for UPEI

  • Aug 08, 2019
  • Carol Moreira

Charlottetown-based commercialization group Synapse is playing a role in the 50th anniversary celebrations of the University of Prince Edward island by launching two annual awards that recognize innovators with a connection to the university.

"As

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