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Dickie, Gillis To Discuss Exits at AVF

  • Jun 16, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

The Atlantic Venture Forum this year will feature a panel discussion on the hard-won lessons from two of the most prominent exits of the last year – the sales of Halifax-based companies Goalline and STI Technologies Ltd.

The AVF is a two-day

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ADDtext Aims to Help Troubled Youth

  • Jun 15, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

When Chase Valiant graduated from Nova Scotia Community College on Tuesday, one of the people attending was Keith Gelhorn, who had been mentoring him for years.

Gelhorn is an entrepreneur and social worker whose company, ADDvocacy, helps young

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CDL-Atlantic Applications Now Open

  • Jun 15, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Applications are open for the Creative Destruction Lab’s 2017-18 cohort, including the new CDL-Atlantic node in Halifax.

The CDL, which was launched at the University of Toronto five years ago, recently announced that it was expanding across the

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1700 Ironflow Customers Get PurelyHR

  • Jun 14, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Ironflow Technologies Inc., a Dieppe, NB-based human resources software company, has launched its PurelyHR platform to expand the range of products it offers small and medium-sized businesses.

In 2010, Ironflow launched Time-Off Manager, a SaaS

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Over 50 Free Trips to Startupfest

  • Jun 14, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Anyone out there want to take in the Startup Festival in Montreal next month – FOR FREE?

If so, you should apply for one of the spots on the East Coast Caravan, a road trip to Startupfest organized by the Taskforce Fredericton Startup Network, the

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CogPro’s Aids for Dementia Sufferers

  • Jun 13, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

In a world awash with products to help the caregivers of people with dementia, Peter Zimmer set out to actually improve the quality of life for people with severe memory problems.

As a result, the serial entrepreneur has founded CogPro Cognitive

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Corruven Exports Sustainable Vision

  • Jun 13, 2017
  • Cherise Letson, Huddle

A company in Northern New Brunswick is making the world more sustainable through its value-added wood products it exports across the globe.

Edmundston-based Corruven manufactures high-performance composites, which includes its patented Corruven

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Startup Award Nominations Due Friday

  • Jun 13, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

There are just a few days left to nominate people for the Startup Canada Awards, which recognize founders and their support organizations in Atlantic Canada and across the country.

Startup Canada this year is awarding 17 awards in four categories,

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Resson Gearing Up for 2018 Launch

  • Jun 12, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

A year after closing one of the biggest venture capital rounds the region has ever seen, Fredericton-based Resson is gearing up for the full commercial launch of its agtech product in 2018.

In a phone interview from his Silicon Valley office,

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Spring Loaded Launches Levitation

  • Jun 12, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Spring Loaded Technology on Friday announced the launch of its Levitation knee brace for consumer sales across North America, and is welcoming commercial partnerships with clinics, distributors, and brace retailers across Canada.

The Dartmouth

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Jobs: iWave, Dash Hudson

  • Jun 12, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Dash Hudson and iWave Information Systems have openings for customer-facing positions, and they headline our Jobs of the Week column today.

Based in Charlottetown, iWave is looking for a Client Support Specialist. The company, which has been going

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Rodriguez Plots Growth at Energia

  • Jun 09, 2017
  • Carol Moreira

As the first cohort of Energia Ventures concludes, Managing Director Ed Rodriguez is seeking seed capital to help the program attract quality participants from around the world.

The accelerator for companies in the energy/smartgrid, cleantech and

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