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TablePlus Sets Up in Halifax

  • Aug 22, 2019
  • Avery Mullen

Having caught the attention of some of the world’s largest corporations, two Vietnamese entrepreneurs have now chosen Nova Scotia as their company’s new home.

Henry Pham and Joe Nguyen are the creators of TablePlus, a computer program that helps

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PurelyHR Launches Performance

  • Aug 22, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Dieppe, NB-based PurelyHR has launched an employee-evaluation product called Performance, the latest module within its human resources management platform used by small and medium-sized businesses all over the world.

PurelyHR, the public brand for

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ACOA Backs Springboard with $9.6M

  • Aug 22, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Springboard Atlantic will receive $9.6 million in funding from the federal government to continue providing a bridge between industry and Atlantic Canadian academia for the next three years.

The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency announced the

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B4C Start Registration Open

  • Aug 21, 2019
  • Carol Moreira

Registration is open for the autumn cohort of the B4C Start program at the B4Change Social Enterprise Accelerator in Fredericton.

A social enterprise is a business that does good in addition to making money. The Start program is for people with

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Thwarting Jet-Lag with LED Acupuncture

  • Aug 21, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

A retired physiotherapist from New Waterford, Cape Breton, is the driving force behind a project to create a device that can prevent such conditions as jet-anxiety, motion sickness, and even hangovers.

Joan Chiasson-MacDonald operates Yin and Yang

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Feds Support Women-led Ventures

  • Aug 20, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

The federal government has announced almost $10 million for Atlantic Canadian companies led by women, or organizations in the region advancing women’s entrepreneurship.

On Monday, Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business and Export Promotion, was in

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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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