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Leahy Revives 2 Zombie Startups

  • Nov 15, 2019
  • Avery Mullen

A Halifax entrepreneur is relaunching two “zombie startups” in a bid to revitalize the stalled businesses.

John Leahy is the co-founder of Imagine That and Patient Intelligence. Both were created several years ago, but failed to gain traction.

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Biotech Segment Continues To Grow

  • Nov 14, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

One of the strongest developments in the Atlantic Canadian startup community in recent years is the development of the life sciences segment – both the biotech companies and the ecosystem that supports them.

Five years ago, these companies made up

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BioNova Calls for Tax Credit Reforms

  • Nov 13, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

While applauding recent investment tax credit reforms in Nova Scotia, the province’s life sciences association wants further improvements, including offering the credits to investors outside the region.

BioNova, the group that supports the

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Safa in Plug and Play with 1st Client

  • Nov 11, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

St. John’s-based Safa, which uses an artificial intelligence solution to help companies retain employees, has launched its product Safa Insight and is already working with its first enterprise client in the U.S.

The company issued a press release

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Halifax Opens Innovation Outpost

  • Nov 11, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

The startup ecosystem in the region’s largest city got a boost Thursday with the launch of two initiatives overseen by the Halifax Partnership – the Halifax Innovation Outpost and the Halifax Innovation District.

Located at Volta, the Halifax

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Jobs of the Week: Dal, Dash Hudson

  • Nov 11, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

A pair of openings at Halifax-based Dash Hudson and an opportunity at Dalhousie University’s Norman Newman Centre for Entrepreneurship headline our Jobs of the Week column today.

The Newman Centre is Dalhousie’s hub for entrepreneurship, assisting

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Remembering a Soldier through his Letters

  • Nov 11, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

One of the highlights of 2019 for me was transcribing a bunch of old family papers, including correspondence from the First World War when my grandfather and his brother were artillery officers.

Each Remembrance Day, I always think of my

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Introhive Hits No. 10 in Tech Fast50

  • Nov 07, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Relationship intelligence company Introhive has placed No. 10 in the 2019 Deloitte Technology Fast50, the first Atlantic Canadian company to break the top 10 in the prestigious pan-Canadian competition.

The global consultancy Deloitte on Thursday

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15 To Pitch at Volta Cohort Nov. 20

  • Nov 07, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Fifteen Atlantic Canadian tech startups have been selected to pitch at the fall 2019 Volta Cohort Pitch Event on Wednesday, Nov. 20 in Halifax.

As many as five companies will receive $25,000 in investment as well as mentorship, office space and

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Kognitiv Spark Makes Companies-To-Watch List

  • Nov 07, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Fredericton-based augmented reality company Kognitiv Spark has been named to the Companies-to-Watch list as a part of Deloitte’s 2019 Technology Fast50 Awards.

The Companies-to-Watch award highlights emerging Canadian tech companies that exhibit

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Motryx Wins $55K BIC Competition

  • Nov 06, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Motryx, the Halifax company whose technology improves the transportation of blood samples, has won the $55,000 BioInnovation Challenge, Atlantic Canada’s top pitching competition for life sciences companies.

Co-Founder and CEO Franziska Broell

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Startup Metrics Talk in Fredericton

  • Nov 06, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Please join us Nov. 13 for Entrevestor's State of the Startup Community presentation at the Wu Centre at University of New Brunswick in Fredericton.

Each year, Entrevestor charts the growth of the startup community, collecting data on such metrics

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