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Jobs: SkySquirrel Seeks VP Sales
SkySquirrel Technologies’ opening for a Vice-President of Sales is the headline posting in our Job of the Week column today.
SkySquirrel uses drones to gather data from agricultural fields, focusing on the highest-margin segment of agriculture, the
Burke Aids Coffee Machine Deliveries
Andrew Burke describes Bean Counter Technology as a side hustle, but it’s a side hustle that has already grabbed clients across the country and was showcased at a recent national trade show.
Halifax-based Bean Counter has developed a mobile app
ICode+ To Help More Black Youths
Business is Jammin’, which aims to empower Black youth through entrepreneurship, is expanding its iCode+ program across Nova Scotia to expose more young African Nova Scotians to digital technologies.
The not-for-profit organization has teamed up
Zecken Targets Lyme Disease
For the past few years, Kami Harris has studied about 1,000 ticks annually that are sent to the biology department at Mount Allison University. She hopes it continues. Her business model depends on it.
Some come from scientists, some from New
MacDonald Adds Global View to Panel
One reason to attend our luncheon in Halifax on Nov. 8 is to get a chance to listen to Shaun MacDonald, one of the most experienced tech players in Atlantic Canada.
Though he makes his home in Halifax, MacDonald is a Managing Partner of
HBI Inks Deal with GE Healthcare
Halifax Biomedical Inc. has struck a partnership with GE Healthcare under which HBI can market its sophisticated imaging products to GE customers.
HBI, which is based in Mabou, Cape Breton, issued a statement this week saying that it had agreed to
Eyesover Enters L-Spark Accelerator
Eyesover Technologies, a provider of opinion tracking and targeting software, has been selected for L-Spark, a Canadian accelerator that nurtures Software as a Service companies.
The Fredericton startup issued a press release on Tuesday saying it
NS Funds Nine Oceans Projects
The Nova Scotia government has provided more than $6.5 million for nine oceans research projects from its $25 million Research Nova Scotia Trust.
Premier Stephen McNeil said that the nine projects are expected to support more than 170 jobs in the
UNB To Host Creative Connections
This year’s Creative Connections Conference will be hosted by the University of New Brunswick and the Atlantic Centre for Creativity in Fredericton Nov. 16 to 18.
The goal of the conference is to increase awareness and enhance creative practices
Appili Raises $3.1M Funding Round
Appili Therapeutics Inc., an anti-infective drug development company, has raised a $3.1 million round of equity financing, which will help pay for clinical trials due to start within 10 weeks.
The Halifax-based company said the money was raised
Ocean Executive Preps for Launch
Having already signed up 400 users from around the world, Halifax-based Ocean Executive is planning for the full launch of its online wholesale seafood marketplace in December.
Chief executive Mike Budreski, whose family is steeped in the East
Blue Spurs Hosts IoT Hackathon
Fredericton-based Blue Spurs is hosting a full-day Internet of Things hackathon today, which has drawn the participation of the biggest organizations in the province.
Blue Spurs, which has received international recognition for its Blue Kit