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SimplyCast’s $100K Fund for Youth

  • Sep 23, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

SimplyCast, the automated marketing company based in Dartmouth, has announced a $100,000 fund to benefit young people as the central part of its 10th anniversary celebration.

President and CEO Saeed El-Darahali said at an anniversary party

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Novalte Moves to N.S. to Grow

  • Sep 19, 2019
  • Carol Moreira

A project that allows disabled seniors to live more independently has resulted in the company behind the core technology – Novalte – moving from Ontario to Halifax to take advantage of the opportunities and older demographic the province offers.

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APEC Details IT Labour Crunch

  • Sep 19, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Atlantic Canada’s post-secondary institutions graduated only about two-thirds of the IT personnel required by industry, says a new report from the Atlantic Provinces Economic Council, highlighting the tight labour market in IT.

The report Digital

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Region’s IT Revenues Hit $6.1B

  • Sep 19, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Atlantic Canada’s digital technology industry accounted for $6.1 billion in revenue in 2017, up from $5.2 billion in 2014, says a new study of digital industries in the region by the Atlantic Provinces Economic Council.

The study titled Digital

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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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