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Accreon, ABM, iTacit Win Contract

  • Oct 17, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

A consortium of three Atlantic Canadian tech companies has won a $10.1 million contract to build a new apprenticeship-management system for five provinces.

Accreon of Fredericton, ABM Integrated Solutions of Dartmouth, and iTacit of Fredericton

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Jobs: Dash Hudson, Swept, MCE

  • Oct 15, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Dash Hudson, the fast-growing Halifax company that provides analytics for such social media tools as Instagram, is looking for a Director of Marketing.

The Dash Hudson position is featured in our Jobs of the Week column today, which also showcases

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ACOA Funds FAN, Venn, Afred

  • Oct 15, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency has announced funding of $1.4 million to three organizations to improve the ecosystem for startups in Atlantic Canada.

ACOA is providing a grant of $948,000 over three years to the First Angel Network to

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Shad Program Coming to UPEI

  • Oct 15, 2017
  • Carol Moreira

The University of Prince Edward Island is joining Shad, an award-winning national enrichment program which brings top high school students to 16 university campuses across the country every July.

Founded in 1980, Shad has become known as a leading

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Dal Seeks More Female CS Students

  • Oct 12, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

As part of Dalhousie University’s bicentennial celebration in 2018, the Faculty of Computer Science is launching a campaign to double the percentage of female students enrolling in the next academic year.

Like universities around the world, Dal’s

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Propel ICT Names Barry Bisson CEO

  • Oct 12, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Propel ICT, Atlantic Canada’s tech startup accelerator, has named Barry Bisson, former President of Shad Valley International, as its new Chief Executive Officer.

Propel released a statement on Thursday saying that Bisson, who previously headed the

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HeyOrca ARR hits US$1 Million

  • Oct 12, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

HeyOrca, the St. John’s company that helps marketing agencies collaborate with their clients, has reached an important milestone. It has now achieved US$1 million  in annual recurring revenue, or ARR.   

Co-founded by CEO Joseph Teo and CTO Sahand

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SDTC Backs MTI with $5.4M

  • Oct 12, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Metamaterial Technologies Inc. has received a $5.4 million grant from Sustainable Development Technology Canada, or SDTC, almost doubling the money going toward the Halifax company’s metaSOLAR division.

In June, MTI said it had signed a $5.6

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Bereda Eyes Elite Endurance Athletes

  • Oct 12, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

If the guys behind Bereda Training are as good at startups as they are at sports, the Halifax company will definitely be one to watch.

A recent addition to the hive of startups at Volta Labs, Bereda Training has developed an online training

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Region Has 17 Startup Award Finalists

  • Oct 12, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

The Province of New Brunswick, and the university that bears its name, will be well represented in the finals of the 2017 Startup Canada Awards next week.

Startup Canada, which promotes entrepreneurship across the country, will hand out its

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Volta Launches Early Stage Fund

  • Oct 11, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Volta Labs is launching a new funding program that will give as much as $250,000 a year to “very, very early-stage companies” across Atlantic Canada, CEO Jesse Rodgers announced Tuesday night.

Speaking at the conclusion of DemoCamp, Rodgers said

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Hachey Traded Wall Street for AgTech

  • Oct 11, 2017
  • Jennifer Lee

David Hachey’s entrepreneurial journey took him from Harvard University to Wall Street to a farm in rural Nova Scotia. The result of this unique career path is the recent launch of his startup BidSquid, an online marketplace for agricultural

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