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NB Supports Resson, SimpTek

  • Aug 01, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Fredericton startups Resson and SimpTek Technologies are receiving funding from provincial agencies to increase their workforces and expand their businesses, the provincial government announced this week.

Resson, an agriculture technology company,

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Inversa in US$2.5M Deal in Georgia

  • Jul 31, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

In a breakthrough to the U.S. market, Fredericton-based Inversa Systems, whose technology can help to assess the state of infrastructure, has signed a three-year, US$2.5 million (C$3.3 million) agreement with the State of Georgia.

The company last

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Genesis Hosting MaRS Workshops

  • Jul 31, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

MaRS on the Rock in Newfoundland is hosting two workshops that will discuss the Business Model Canvas and Value Proposition/Customer Interviews. The workshops will be held in the Genesis Centre at Memorial University in Newfoundland in the coming

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ABK Taps Michael Mangano as CEO

  • Jul 31, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Halifax-based medical device maker ABK Biomedical has a new President and CEO.

He is Michael J. Mangano, who was already a director of ABK and was recently President and CEO of San Clemente, Calif.-based ReShape Medical. ABK’s previous CEO Bob

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BlueLight Expands its Senior Team

  • Jul 30, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

BlueLight Analytics, a Halifax-based health tech company, has made three additions to its senior management team to include a new VP of Business Development, VP of Technology and a VP of Product and Marketing.

Theresa Lee, Derek LeBlanc, and Matt

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New App Aids Carers of People with Dementia

  • Jul 30, 2018
  • Carol Moreira

Halifax-based DGI Clinical has launched a new app, SymptomGuide Dementia, that allows caregivers to track and manage symptoms of Alzheimer's disease.

The app allows caregivers to learn about dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease, and provides

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Appili Considers Stock Market Listing

  • Jul 30, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Buoyed by positive results in recent clinical trials, Appili Therapeutics is considering a listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

The Halifax-based drug discovery company has been conducting clinical trials on its first drug candidate, ATI-1501,

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Jobs: WoodsCamp Shows Exit’s Upside

  • Jul 29, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

We've written often of the economic gains that take place when companies exit, and Lunenburg-based WoodsCamp Technologies is making the case for us with its job postings. 

We had no new job postings on the Entrevestor Job Board in the past week, so

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Simpson New CEO of TechImpact

  • Jul 29, 2018
  • Mark Leger, Huddle

Cathy Simpson, T4G’s current vice-president of people and culture, has been reading Hit Refresh, a new book by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.

The book is about transformation – both Nadella’s own personal transformation and transformation inside

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NeoThermal wins Volta WTWT Pitch

  • Jul 26, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

NeoThermal Energy from Halifax won a $500 Visa gift card at Volta Labs’ Women Taking Over the World with Tech pitching competition on Tuesday. The event saw five early-stage female-led tech companies present at the Volta offices on Barrington

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Networking is Vital to Female Professionals

  • Jul 26, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

Female-focused competitions, programs and funding opportunities are fantastic and necessary ways to encourage women to join tech and business fields. But sometimes all it takes is a quick email blast and a few bottles of wine to get the ball

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UNB Student Aids African Farmers

  • Jul 26, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa commonly lose 60 per cent of their crop before it gets to market, and that number is way too high for Damilare Odumosu.

The Nigeria native has been a student for the past year in the Masters of Technology, Management

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