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Adaptiiv Receives 510(k) Clearance

  • Jul 19, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Adaptiiv, a Halifax-based medical technology company, has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to sell its 3D Bolus Software in the United States.

Formerly known as 3DBolus, Adaptiiv has developed software that works

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Supercluster Eyes Projects This Year

  • Jul 18, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

The Ocean Supercluster this week is undertaking a road-show throughout Atlantic Canada, outlining how companies can participate in research and development spending expected to be worth as much as $360 million over the next five years.

The group,

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Farrar named CEO of Startup Zone

  • Jul 17, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

Startup Zone, Prince Edward Island's startup incubator, has named Patrick Farrar, the Co-Founder and former COO of Venture for Canada, as its new CEO.

Startup Zone provides resident companies with a workspace, advice in professional services like

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PEI Game Studios Sign Deals

  • Jul 17, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee and Peter Moreira

Two indie video game development companies based in Prince Edward Island have signed exclusive publishing deals with Toronto-based game publisher, Throwback Entertainment.

Throwback announced last month that it had signed the deals to publish

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Microsoft Recognizes Kognitiv, T4G

  • Jul 17, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Kognitiv Spark and T4G were big winners Monday at Microsoft Canada’s 2018 Impact Awards in Las Vegas.

Fredericton-based Kognitive Spark, which uses augmented reality to help workers in remote locations, won the Innovation with Hardware category.

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How Bonavista, NL, Attracts Young Entrepreneurs

  • Jul 16, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

Budding entrepreneurs in Bonavista, a town of fewer than 4,000 people on the eastern coast of Newfoundland, now have a place to grow and incubate their ventures with the opening of a business development centre, called The Commons.

The

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UNB TME To Host 2 Events Thursday

  • Jul 16, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

UNB TME – the six letters that spell student entrepreneurship in New Brunswick – will hold a mid-summer extravaganza this week to celebrate two of its programs.

The Technology, Management and Entrepreneurship program at University of New Brunswick

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Job of the Week: NBIF Finance Head

  • Jul 14, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation is looking for a new Director of Finance, which is the lone entry in our Jobs of the Week column today.

NBIF, which is also conducting a search for a new CEO, is a non-profit organization that leads

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3 Trends To Watch in the 2nd Half

  • Jul 12, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

We’ve just passed the halfway point of 2018, so this is a good time to check the pulse of the Atlantic Canadian innovation community. Note I wrote “innovation community” rather than “startup community.”

The key to understanding how this community

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Ocean Supercluster’s Info Sessions

  • Jul 12, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

The Ocean Supercluster leadership team will be touring Atlantic Canada next week to host information sessions as it continues to build its operational framework.

The sessions will be an opportunity for stakeholders to hear updates from the

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ROV3D Explores Oil Rigs

  • Jul 12, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

The offshore oil fields around Newfoundland and Labrador have birthed a city of underwater drills and pipelines that are hard to monitor. New software from WhiteCap Scientific allows oil companies to see and interact with these underwater structures

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Feds, PEI Provide $4.4M+ to Somru

  • Jul 11, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Charlottetown-based Somru BioScience on Wednesday announced it is receiving loans and grants totaling more than $4.4 million from the federal and P.E.I. governments.

The company, which is developing a range of products centred around antibody

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