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Lovett Launches EO Accelerator

  • Jan 26, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

A year after exiting his security company , Ron Lovett is giving back to the Atlantic Canadian entrepreneurial community.

Lovett, who sold Source Security and Investigations in late 2016, has founded an accelerator for entrepreneurs under the

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Six Win Halifax Business Awards

  • Jan 25, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

Six entrepreneurs captured first-place prizes at the 18th annual Halifax Business Awards at the newly opened Halifax Convention Centre on Thursday night.

The sold-out event, hosted by the Halifax Chamber of Commerce, featured 30 finalists, who were

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Battling Scalpers with Blockchain

  • Jan 25, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

A year after coming up with the idea of using blockchain to battle outrageous ticket prices, Conor Daly and Kyle Gardiner are well on their way to having a basic product to sell to ticketing agencies.

The two Halifax-based founders of UpFront

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MTI Forms Partnership with Artemis

  • Jan 25, 2018
  • Carol Moreira

Dartmouth-based Metamaterial Technologies Inc, a smart materials and photonics company, has signed a three-year business development and technology partnership with U.K.-based Artemis Optical to develop a hybrid coating for the defence industry.

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SimplyCast Launches Agent Program

  • Jan 24, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

Customers of SimplyCast can now promote and sell the company's many services to their clients with the help of the new SimplyCast Agent Program. 

Dartmouth-based SimplyCast, a communication automation company known for its customer-flow application

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A Digital Aid for Home-Care Providers

  • Jan 24, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Lisa Williams employs about 200 home-care specialists working with about 250 seniors in New Brunswick, and she needs a digital solution that will help her communicate with them. She expects to have one soon – one that her company Unicare Home Health

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Lunneys Become Founders at Jedi

  • Jan 24, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

One perk of the region’s startup community is its close-knit environment makes it feel like one big family. That’s especially the case for Melissa and Katie Lunney.

Melissa, 30, and Katie, 27, are sisters and members of the Elsipogtog First Nation,

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Venn, YEC Strike Partnership

  • Jan 24, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

Venn Innovation and the Youth Entrepreneurship Competition, or YEC, have announced a new multi-year partnership to create entrepreneurship opportunities for youth.

Under the agreement unveiled Tuesday, YEC will have a stronger presence in the Venn

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SafeAlert: Monitoring Remote Workers

  • Jan 23, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Kyle Goulding learned from his father the importance of monitoring remote workers – a lesson that has shaped his business, SafeAlert.

The St. John’s entrepreneur said in an interview his father was an air conditioning technician, whose eight to 10

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30 Vie for Halifax Business Awards

  • Jan 23, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

The Halifax Chamber of Commerce will host the 18th annual Halifax Business Awards at the new Halifax Convention Centre on Thursday.

The chamber said in a statement it expects hundreds of attendees for the event, in which 30 finalists are vying for

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Jaza Secures $750K in Equity Funds

  • Jan 21, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Jaza Energy, an Atlantic Canadian company that helps to bring sustainable electricity to African villages, has raised $750,000 in equity funding to help it increase installations.

The company said over the weekend it received $100,000 from the New

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Luna, Pelagis Win Blue Solutions

  • Jan 21, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

Innovacorp has awarded two Nova Scotia ocean-tech companies $50,000 each through its Blue Solutions Start-Up Challenge.

The Nova Scotia venture capital and innovation agency said in a statement Thursday that Luna Ocean Consulting and Pelagis Data

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