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Vesuvius’ Campaign Raises US$119K

  • Jan 19, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Halifax-based game maker Vesuvius Media’s crowdfunding campaign for its latest board game has drawn US$118,563 in commitments, making it the top-grossing tabletop game on Kickstarter over the holiday season.

Vesuvius said in a statement Thursday

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5 Takeways from SkySquirrel Deal

  • Jan 18, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

The significance of SkySquirrel Technologies’ transformative deal announced last week far outweighs the number attached to it. The transaction will send ripples through the AgTech sector in the region and points to a few important trends in the

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Startup Moncton Launches

  • Jan 18, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

Startup Moncton is the latest addition to the Startup Canada Community, a grassroots, non-profit that aims to provide infrastructure and connect startup communities across the country.

Said Debbie Collins, the founding entrepreneur of Startup

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Eggcitables Wins 100 Seed$ Event

  • Jan 18, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

Eggcitables, a company that makes a vegan egg substitute from chickpeas, won the $10,000 cash prize at the third annual 100 Entrepreneurs Planting Seed$ pitching competition, an initiative put on by the Halifax non-profit, 100 Seed$ Atlantic.

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Yanky: Wiping Runners’ Runny Noses

  • Jan 16, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

It’s an unflattering problem for runners everywhere. You work up a sweat, your face is dripping and your nose starts leaking like a faucet. With no tissues or towels, you turn to the next best thing; the sleeve of your shirt or a good ol’ fashioned

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Student VC Event Needs Startups

  • Jan 16, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Ellen Farrell is looking for a few startup founders or CEOs to help with an international venture capital event for students this spring.  

The entrepreneurship prof at St. Mary’s University’s Sobey School of Business is hoping to find two or three

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Sequence Names Michael Phillips CSO

  • Jan 16, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

St. John’s-based Sequence Bio has named Michael S. Phillips as its new Chief Scientific Officer.

Phillips brings more than 25 years of experience in large-scale genomic projects, drug target discovery and leading research teams to the job.

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EhEye Raises $500K, Led by NBIF

  • Jan 15, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

EhEye, the Saint John company that uses artificial intelligence and data analytics in video surveillance, has raised $500,000 in funding after courting 250 potential investors.

CEO James Stewart said in an interview Tuesday that the round was led

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PEI-Based Nautilus Bought by Croda

  • Jan 15, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Charlottetown-based Nautilus Biosciences Canada Inc., a marine biotechnology company, said Monday it has been purchased by the British specialty chemical-maker Croda International Plc for an undisclosed price.

Founded in 2007 by University of

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Planting Seeds Win Was Aurea’s Start

  • Jan 15, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

Since winning the 100 Seeds Atlantic pitching competition last year, Cat Adalay, the founder and CEO of Aurea Technologies, has taken off with her company, which aims to outfit high-rise buildings with modular wind turbines.

In an interview Adalay

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An Immigrant Entrepreneur’s Lessons

  • Jan 15, 2018
  • Carol Moreira

The need to develop international sales is a hot topic in the region. Entrepreneurs often need to work hard to win introductions. When Danish-born Pernille Fischer Boulter arrived in Nova Scotia, she wrote letters introducing herself to 100 of the

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JEDI launches New Accelerator

  • Jan 14, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

The Joint Economic Development Initiative is starting the new cohort of its accelerator for indigenous entrepreneurs today, with a special focus on scaling and exporting.

JEDI, a non-profit that aims to foster Indigenous economic growth, said the

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