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Blue Charm Closes $4M Seed Round

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Prooflo Enhances Creatives’ Workflow

  • Feb 07, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Though his main goal is to help web designers collaborate more efficiently with their clients, Shane Long could provide a few lessons for entrepreneurs on bootstrapping.

Long is the Founder and CEO of Fredericton-based Prooflo, which is developing

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Stuart To Give Starting Point Keynote

  • Feb 06, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

The Sobey School of Business at St. Mary's University this month will host the 2018 Starting Point Student Entrepreneurship Conference, a three-day event that brings together student entrepreneurs for a series of classes, seminars, and

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Four Join NS Cleantech Program

  • Feb 05, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

Four Halifax clean technology startups have been accepted into Innovacorp’s CleanTech Development Program.

The provincial venture capital and innovation agency established the program to help early-stage companies meet technical and business goals.

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SMU Places 2nd at VCIC in Boston

  • Feb 05, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

A team from the Sobey School of Business had an exciting weekend at the Venture Capital Investment Competition in Boston, taking home the silver medal and beating teams from prestigious schools like Yale, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and

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Ulnooweg Plots Tech-Ed for Natives

  • Feb 05, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

The Ulnooweg Development Group, a non-profit organization that encourages economic development among the Mi’kmaq people, will lead an initiative to teach digital skills to First Nations children in Atlantic Canada.

Chris Googoo, the chief operating

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Here’s Why our Survey Matters

  • Feb 05, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Last week, we were able to introduce facts into an emotional debate. We want to be able to do that again in the future, but we need your help.

When columnist Diane Francis wrote recently about governments wasting money on “fake startups”, her

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Jobs: 7 Openings at Brilliant Labs

  • Feb 04, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

Brilliant Labs, a New Brunswick-based non-profit organization that works with schools to teach students about robotics and coding, is looking to hire seven program specialists across the region.

The candidates will help facilitate Brilliant Lab’s

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Jobs: Dash Hudson Seeks a CSR

  • Feb 04, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

Dash Hudson, a Halifax Software-as-a-Service company that helps corporate clients optimize and manage visual marketing strategies, hopes to hire a Customer Success Representative.

The CSR will help train and engage potential customers during a

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We Hate To Nag, So Fill In Our Survey

  • Feb 04, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

We’re in the middle of our campaign to get Atlantic Canadian startup founders and CEOs to complete our survey. We’re thrilled by the response and want to remind all startups that haven’t completed the 18-question questionnaire to please do so.

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In Techstars, Securicy Unveils Product

  • Feb 02, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Securicy, the Cape Breton company that helps SMEs implement cybersecurity plans, has been accepted into TechStars Boston as it launches its first product, Policy Builder.

The Sydney company issued a statement Thursday with the announcements,

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Techstars Key to BlockCrushr Expansion

  • Feb 02, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

As it expands into the U.S. by opening a Wyoming subsidiary, BlockCrushr Labs and its TokenClub unit have been accepted into the prestigious Techstars accelerator.

Halifax-based BlockCrushr is a skunkworks for blockchain. Established two years ago,

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Island Capital Backs Onset with $230K

  • Feb 02, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Onset Communication Inc., a Charlottetown company that enhances communication within film crews, has raised $230,000 from Island Capital Partners.

The P.E.I. investment group, led by local tech and investment veterans, issued a statement this week

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