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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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Smart Cities Event Set for Sept. 6

  • Aug 21, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

An Engage Talk on smart cities will be held in Fredericton on the evening of Sept. 6 and will feature a keynote by Srini Srinivasan, President of the United Nations-affiliated World Design Organization.

Presented by Fredericton entrepreneur Mark

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LaunchDal seeks Applicants for Fall Collide Program

  • Aug 20, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

Launch Dal at Dalhousie University is seeking applicants for its revamped Collide program for the 2018-2019 school year. This will be the fifth cohort of the Halifax-based entrepreneurial workshops and programming that aims to grow early-stage,

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Cyber Park Slated for Fredericton

  • Aug 20, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

The New Brunswick government has announced a new 135,000-square-foot building in Fredericton’s Knowledge Park to house office space and labs for the province's growing cybersecurity industry.

The $37-million dollar project, called Cyber Park, is

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Jobs: Dash Hudson and Alongside

  • Aug 17, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

There are two postings in our Jobs of the Week Column today. One from Dash Hudson in Halifax and the other from Alongside in Moncton.

Alongside is an HR tech company that improves online job recruiting. It aims to help qualified candidates find the

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NSBI Plots Cohort 2 in Boston Project

  • Aug 17, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Three Nova Scotian companies have booked more than $1 million in new sales already this year through the Scale-up Hub: Cambridge – enough that its organizers are looking at repeating the program in 2019.

Launched and overseen by Nova Scotia

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Sequence Bio Unveils NB Pilot

  • Aug 17, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

St. John’s-based Sequence Bio, which uses genomic data to improve drug discovery, announced this week the approval of the NB Genome Project Pilot in partnership with three doctors in Moncton.

The main thrust of Sequence Bio’s mission so far has

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Join Volta’s Network

  • Aug 16, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

Applications to become a Network Member at Volta Labs are now open. This is an opportunity for budding entrepreneurs to access the events, working space and networking opportunities the incubator has to offer.

The Halifax startup hub is nearing the

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ICP Funds Potato Press Maker

  • Aug 16, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

Innovators and entrepreneurs often say, “Don’t try and reinvent the wheel,” but Craig McCloskey of Bluefield Seeding Solutions in Prince Edward Island did just that.

His invention, the press wheel, makes planting potatoes faster and more efficient.

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