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AioTV Closes its Doors
AioTV, an IT company with a significant development team in Halifax, has closed its doors.
The company was founded by Halifax native Michael Earle, a serial entrepreneur who is now based in Denver. The company had operations in both Halifax and
Halifax Partnership CEO Hanlon Dies
We at Entrevestor were deeply saddened Monday to learn of the passing of Ron Hanlon, the President and CEO of the Halifax Partnership. The city’s economic development body announced that Hanlon died Sunday after a brief illness.
Hanlon was a true
EVV Adds Stepscan to Portfolio
Prince Edward Island biometrics company Stepscan (formerly known as ViTRAK) has been quietly raising a round of funding with the end goal of $300,000.
The Charlottetown company makes pressure-sensitive floor tiles that help analyse people's gait to
Nexus wins $30,000 in Indiana
Nexus Robotics, the Halifax-based startup that is building a robot that can identify and remove weeds, has won $30,000 at an agriculture tech challenge in Rockville, Indiana.
The third annual agBOT challenge took place May 17 to 19. Nexus was a
Job of the Week: Harbr
A student co-op position at Harbr is the only post in our Jobs of the Week Column today.
Harbr is a Halifax company that developed a mobile app for big construction companies to track data and progress on large projects, improving efficiency over
AVF Names 12 Presenting Companies
The Atlantic Venture Forum has announced the dozen companies that will present at this year’s event in Halifax.
The sixth annual AVF, which will take place June 28 and 29 at the Halifax Marriott Harbourfront Hotel, is a meeting place for Atlantic
NACO To Host Summit May 28-29
The National Angel Capital Organization, which represents angel investors from across Canada, is on an offensive to increase investment in Atlantic Canadian startups, and is already working with a few.
NACO earlier this month completed the NACO
Rise is a winner at NB Power Awards
Fredericton-based company, Rise, was recognized at the Energy Efficiency Excellence Awards on Wednesday night for its web platform that helps people build energy efficient homes.
Rise received the Innovation Award at the dinner presented by New
ProcedureFlow On To Fundica Finals
Daniella Degrace is not resting on her laurels after capturing top prize at the Fundica Roadshow event in Montreal earlier this month.
The CEO of Saint John-based ProcedureFlow has been on the road, meeting with clients and potential investors.
Ropeless Traps Could Save Whales
One hallmark of Canada's East Coast is the bright, fluorescent buoys that fisherman release across our region’s oceans, freckling the Atlantic shorelines. But the ropes that link the buoys to the lobster and crab traps below are deadly hazards for
Manning Awards’ Short List Revealed
The Ernest C. Manning Awards Foundation has announced the three Atlantic Canadian companies whose founders are in the running for the $145,000 in cash prizes to be distributed later in the year.
The foundation said this week the Atlantic Canadian
Greenlaw Returns with Brunvalley
Having sold his last company Brovada for US$15.2 million in 2015, Karl Greenlaw is back in the startup game with a new fintech company called Brunvalley Cloud Solutions Inc.
The Quispamsis, NB-based company, which plans to use artificial