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Drive to Boost NB Exports

  • Mar 13, 2019
  • Carol Moreira

In what is described as a first for Canada, the Atlantic Canada Marketing and Export Centre, or AMEC, is opening a virtual centre that will support the marketing efforts of small and medium-sized enterprises in New Brunswick. 

The aim is to help

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Genesis Launches Micro Fund

  • Mar 13, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

St. John’s-based Genesis has initiated a $775,000 micro fund that will provide initial financing to about 38 companies over the next three years.

Genesis announced this week that the Genesis Micro Fund will provide grants of up to $20,000 to each

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Patchell Brook Eyes Growth in 2019

  • Mar 12, 2019
  • Avery Mullen

Having secured such enterprise clients as TD Ameritrade and the Globe and Mail, stock market analysis company Patchell Brook Equity Analytics is expecting dramatic growth in 2019.

The Miramichi company’s product is StockCalc—an automated service

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ACOA Backs Eigen with $800K+

  • Mar 12, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Fredericton-based Eigen Innovation has received financing of more than $800,000 from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, which will fund marketing programs.

ACOA issued a statement on Tuesday saying the company would receive a conditional

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Sapien Releases Lightdogs App

  • Mar 12, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Fredericton-based Sapien has launched its Lightdogs app on Apple’s App Store, and people in several countries have downloaded the app in the hope it will ease them off their cell phone addictions.

Sapien’s mission is to encourage people to spend

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Cribcut’s $1M+ Raise To Aid Growth

  • Mar 11, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Cribcut, whose online platform connects mobile hair stylists and clients, has raised $1.06 million in equity funding to help finance its expansion across Canada and the U.S.

The Halifax company issued a statement saying that it has closed a second

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Mara Lands $3M Loan from ACOA

  • Mar 11, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Mara Renewables Corp. has received a $3 million conditional loan from the federal government to research the best ways to produce commercial quantities of algae-based nutritional supplements.

The government announced last week that the Atlantic

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IMV Raises $29.5M in Offering

  • Mar 11, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Montreal-based Fonds de solidarité FTQ has invested $5 million in Dartmouth-based immunotherapy company IMV as part of the company’s recent public offering, which raised almost $30 million.

It is the second investment in IMV by the Fonds, which has

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Durland Named SMU’s Chancellor

  • Mar 10, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Michael Durland, who has invested in some of Halifax’s leading startups, has been named the new Chancellor of St. Mary’s University, succeeding Paul D. Sobey.

Durland is best known as the former Group Head and CEO of Global Banking and Markets for

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Jobs: Senior Developer at TotaliQ

  • Mar 10, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

TotaliQ of St. John’s is searching for a Senior Cloud Platform Developer – someone who is able to work remotely.

TotaliQ has produced a knowledge-sharing online platform that lets a company’s employees share their expertise with one another to

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SucSeed Eyes Further Growth in ‘19

  • Mar 07, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

As it sets out to raise $700,000 in debt capital, St. John’s-based SucSeed is looking to build on its proven strategy of selling its vegetable-growing kits to schools and school boards.

The company makes hydroponic grow kits that help people grow

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Lennox’s New Startup Canada Job

  • Mar 06, 2019
  • B. Jack Morse

Victoria Lennox, the head of Startup Canada since its inception, is taking on a new development role within the national entrepreneurship support group, meaning the group is now looking for a CEO.

Lennox was the driving force behind Startup Canada

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