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Blue Charm Closes $4M Seed Round

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CoLab launches Beta

  • Aug 30, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

St John’s-based CoLab Software released the beta version of its collaboration platform this week.

CoLab helps engineering teams better communicate and manage feedback when designing 3D models with its integrated platform, called Gradient.

The

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The BIC Semi-Finalists

  • Aug 29, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

Eight companies have been chosen to compete in this year’s BioInnovation Challenge, a regional health and life sciences business competition hosted by BioNova.

The competition will go down on Nov. 7 at BioPort 2018, BioNova’s annual conference for

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Eyesover Lands $200K from NBIF

  • Aug 29, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Eyesover Technologies, a provider of opinion tracking and targeting software, has received a $200,000 equity investment from the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation, as part of a $450,000 funding round.

In addition to the NBIF investment, the

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Social Media Event Set for Sydney

  • Aug 29, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Cape Breton’s burgeoning startup community will host a one-day seminar next month in which experts from Canada, the U.K. and the U.S. will provide instruction in online marketing.

The event, to be held Sept. 14, is called Social Media Sydney: A

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Could Funding Hit $200M This Year?

  • Aug 28, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Here’s something to watch in the startup community as we move toward the autumn season: it’s conceivable Atlantic Canadian startups will record $200 million in equity investment this year.

I wouldn’t put money on it, but after the Canadian Venture

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Jobs of the Week: SomaDetect

  • Aug 24, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

SomaDetect, a Fredericton-based company that produces an in-line sensor that measures and collects data on critical indicators of milk quality, has various job postings in our Jobs of the Week column today.

The company helps dairy farmers collect

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Intersect Seeks IT Problem-Solvers

  • Aug 24, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

Innovacorp on Wednesday in Sydney will unveil its first-ever Intersect Challenge, which aims to introduce potential startup entrepreneurs to a bona fide business that is looking for a solution to a problem.

The Intersect Challenge allows owners of

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Startup Community Keeps Growing

  • Aug 23, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Since April, there’s been a post-it on the window frame beside my desk that has only a number and a word written on it. It reads: “486 companies”.

Actually, when I first stuck it up, it read “485 companies”, but I had to add one so I took a black

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CarbonCure Grows in San Francisco

  • Aug 23, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Dartmouth-based CarbonCure Technologies is expanding in the San Francisco area as Central Concrete Supply Co. of San Jose has agreed to adopt the company’s technology.

A finalist in the NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE, CarbonCure has developed technology

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Volta’s New Corporate Membership Program

  • Aug 22, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

Volta Labs in Halifax has announced its plan to increase corporate innovation in Atlantic Canada with its new Corporate Membership Program.

The program is designed to connect corporations and large organizations with the talent and the culture of

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Invest Atlantic Seeks PitchCamp Entries

  • Aug 22, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Invest Atlantic, the regional startup conference, is looking for applicants for its PitchCamp workshop and competition next month, as well as entrepreneurs and students to attend the event.

Now in its ninth year, Invest Atlantic is a conference

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Our Debt Article Sparked Discussion

  • Aug 21, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Entrevestor’s column on startup founders’ debt last week sparked an interesting discussion on social media, especially in New Brunswick. And today, we’d like to share some of the insights brought out in the online exchange.

The participants dove

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