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CVCA: Deal Values Triple in 2 Years
Recently published data from the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association shows just how far Atlantic Canada’s startup community has come in just two years.
And how far it has to go.
The annual statistics published by the
Bourgoin Shuts Down Squads
Katelyn Bourgoin has announced that Squads is closing its door.
Previously called Vendeve and Swapskis, Squads was a three-year-old company that evolved into a community of female entrepreneurs, offering peer-to-peer mentoring. Originally, Bourgoin
Calling All Second-Career Entrepreneurs
We need to ask a favour.
We’re researching “second-career entrepreneurship”, and are asking for feedback from mature people who are considering launching a business for the first time. We’ve prepared this survey and are asking people who are
Setting Up a Silicon Valley Outpost
Travis McDonough loves being able to leave his office, jump on his bike and pedal five minutes to Stanford University.
The founder and CEO of Halifax-based Kinduct Technologies moved to the San Francisco area last summer and is now staffing the
Jobs: HeyOrca, NOCland, CarbonCure
Our Jobs of the Week column today features a few recent postings in St. John’s and one in Halifax.
NOCLand and HeyOrca are both looking for technical staff for their growing businesses. And CarbonCure Technologies is looking for a Director of
Planet Hatch Partners with DMZ
Planet Hatch, Fredericton’s flagship business accelerator, has formed a partnership with the DMZ at Ryerson University in Toronto.
The partnership with the DMZ -- formerly known as the Digital Media Zone – allows members from both organizations
SkySquirrel Enters Dublin Accelerator
SkySquirrel, the Halifax-area company dedicated to producing agricultural data for the wine industry, has been accepted into the Alltech accelerator for agricultural technology companies in Dublin.
The 15-week program includes a bit of funding plus
West Newfoundland Community Grows
The entrepreneurship community in Western Newfoundland is taking on a more cohesive structure, with more than 100 members in its Facebook community and a recent pitching competition.
Humber Valley Entrepreneurs is a group of entrepreneurs and
CarbonCure in $10M Contest in Alberta
CarbonCure Technologies has announced that it will receive as much as $3 million from Emissions Reduction Alberta, or ERA, to accelerate the adoption of its CO2-utilization technology in Alberta.
The Halifax company also said it will be competing
NBIF Names 7 Breakthru Finalists
The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation has announced the seven finalists in the 2017 Breakthru competition – seven from New Brunswick and two in the national category.
NBIF holds its Breakthru competition every second year to find the hottest new
Simptek Adding More Customers
Fredericton’s SimpTek, a startup that aims to help utilities and customers understand energy usage through data collection, has been boosting sales in recent months.
The company produces software that acts as a bridge between utilities and
EhEye Transforming Surveillance Video
James Stewart is a former cop, a specialist in data analytics and one damned persistent entrepreneur.
Having worked on two previous tech startups, he is now back with EhEye, a company that improves the performance and efficiency of surveillance