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Nodalblock Lands GSK as Client

  • Apr 16, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Nodalblock, a blockchain company based in Spain and Halifax, has secured healthcare giant GlaxoSmithKline plc as a client.

Nodalblock released a statement last week saying it had been selected to develop a blockchain-based solution for quality

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EY Extends EOY Deadline to April 30

  • Apr 16, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

EY Canada, the global accounting and consulting group, has extended the deadline for its 2019 Entrepreneur of the Year competition until April 30.

EY each year holds regional competitions across the country, and the Atlantic region in any given

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Appili Gets $476,000 ACOA Loan

  • Apr 14, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Halifax pharmaceutical company Appili Therapeutics, which is working on a stock market listing, has received a $476,000 loan from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency’s Regional Economic Growth through Innovation program.

Appili is creating

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Jobs of the Week: 2 at Dash Hudson

  • Apr 14, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Our Jobs of the Week column today features a couple of openings at Halifax’s Dash Hudson, which is in the market for a Sales Development Representative and a Junior Customer Success Representative.

Dash Hudson is a visual marketing

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Innovation Week Slated for NL

  • Apr 12, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

The Newfoundland and Labrador tech community will hold its annual Innovation Week April 29 to May 4, with a range of programs slated for St. John’s and other locations.

For several years, the Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Technology

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Biotech Tops Recent Startup News

  • Apr 11, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Something is happening in life sciences in Atlantic Canada, which was far and away the most exciting segment of the innovation economy in the first quarter of 2019.

In the three months to March 31, biology-focused companies raised $74.3 million in

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Squiggle Park, Tapnbe at Collision

  • Apr 11, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Add two more to the list of Atlantic Canadian companies appearing at the Collision conference in Toronto next month.

Squiggle Park, the Halifax- and Toronto-based startup that helps to teach children to read, and Cape Breton app-maker Tapnbe will

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Three NS Startups Head to Collision

  • Apr 10, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Three Halifax startups have been selected to showcase their businesses at Collision, the Toronto conference that has been called the fastest-growing technology event in North America.

Hosted by the Ireland-based Web Summit group, Collision brings

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Deloitte Opens Fast 50 Applications

  • Apr 10, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Applications are now open for the Deloitte Technology Fast 50, which recognizes the scaling companies in Canada that are increasing their revenue the fastest over a four-year period.

Deloitte Canada this week opened the applications for the annual

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ABK Raises US$30M VC Round

  • Apr 08, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Halifax medical device maker ABK Biomedical Inc. has raised a record-setting US$30 million venture capital round, with which it hopes to bring two products to market.

The Series B round is equal to C$40 million, which is the largest venture capital

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Bulletproof’s Three-City Roadshow

  • Apr 08, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Fredericton-based tech services company Bulletproof Solutions will launch its 2019 Bulletproof Roadshow on Tuesday, a three-city tour focusing on identity and information protection in the cloud.

The company said in a statement the roadshow will

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Fundica Offers Prize of up to $800K

  • Apr 07, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

The Fundica Roadshow, one of the largest pitching events for Canadian startups, will hold two pitching sessions in the next six weeks that are open to Atlantic Canadian startups.

The overall winner of the Fundica competition could receive an

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