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Itavio Gains Funds, Joins HearstLabs

  • Mar 22, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Itavio, a startup that helps gaming companies increase revenues and retain customers, has received several hundred thousand dollars in funding, and is expanding its marketing efforts as it joins a New York accelerator.

The company – which has

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UNB Displays Electric Car Conversion

  • Mar 21, 2018
  • Carol Moreira

A team of New Brunswick students on April 5 will showcase a simple process to convert gas-guzzling vehicles to electric power -- a process that is the basis for their new startup. 

The engineering students at University of New Brunswick will park a

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LifeRaft partners with PlanetRisk

  • Mar 21, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

LifeRaft, a Halifax Software-as-a-Service company that detects safety threats through social media, said Tuesday its technology will be integrated into the leading security product at PlanetRisk, a security and risk analytics firm in Virginia.

The

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Mariners Are Kinduct’s 9th MLB Client

  • Mar 21, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Halifax health-technology company Kinduct Technologies said Tuesday the Seattle Mariners have become the ninth Major League Baseball team to subscribe to the company’s athlete management system, or AMS.

With this new partnership, the Mariners will

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India’s Space O Sets Up in PEI

  • Mar 20, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

When Space O Technologies moved into Launchpad PEI in Charlottetown last fall, it became one of the biggest startups in the region in terms of total headcount.

There’s some irony, then, that the greatest challenge founder and CEO Rakesh Patel faces

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NS Contributes $11M to SMU Facility

  • Mar 20, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

The Province of Nova Scotia will contribute about $11 million to a new facility for entrepreneurship and innovation at St. Mary’s University.

On Thursday, the provincial government made the announcement as part of a $244 million wave of funding

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NBIF Names Five Finalists for R3

  • Mar 19, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation on Monday announced five Research Innovation Awards finalists for this year’s R3 Innovations in Aging Gala, which is set for April 12 in Fredericton.

The awards will be presented to three of the finalists for

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Picomole Is Back, Conducting Tests

  • Mar 19, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

After a few years of dormancy, Moncton-based medical technology company Picomole is once again in operation and developing its breathalyzer device that detects early signs of cancer.

In partnering with the New Brunswick health authority Horizon

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Jobs of the Week: HeyOrca,Envenio

  • Mar 18, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

In our Jobs of the Week column today, we’re highlighting openings with HeyOrca in St. John’s and Envenio in Fredericton.

HeyOrca is a Newfoundland Software-as-a-Service startup that built a social media planner specifically for marketing agencies.

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Innovacorp’s $2M LightSail Bet Fails

  • Mar 16, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

LightSail Energy, the Silicon Valley cleantech company co-founded by Dartmouth-born Danielle Fong, has shut down, meaning Innovacorp will write off its $2-million investment in the company.

Based in Berkeley, Calif., LightSail was working on an

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Millennial Business Pitch Competition

  • Mar 16, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

The second annual Millennial Business Pitch Competition is scheduled for June 1, at Planet Hatch. This competition is designed for Fredericton-area high school students to connect with the business community and show industry sponsors their ideas.

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Drawing Youth to Farms With Robots

  • Mar 15, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

To reverse the declining numbers of young Canadian farmers, Halifax-based Nexus Robotics is developing a weed-picking robot that makes the physical farm labour less grueling.

“Picking weeds sucks,” said Teric Greenan, the founder of Nexus.  “It

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