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Ubique Partners with Caribou Contests

  • Feb 21, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Ubique Networks Inc., a Sydney- and Toronto-based startup that reduces lag time in online gaming, has partnered with Thorold, Ont.-based Caribou Contests Inc. to promote problem-solving skills among students through global Minecraft and math

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Appili Lands $2.8M in AIF Funding

  • Feb 21, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Halifax-based Appili Therapeutics Inc., which is developing anti-infective drugs, said last week it will receive a $2.8 million loan from the Atlantic Innovation Fund, a research fund operated by the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency.

The

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STI Reportedly Near $200M Exit

  • Feb 20, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

STI Technologies, the Halifax company that helps drug companies distribute samples, is reportedly close to announcing a $200 million exit.

Citing a report in Allnovascotia.com, the Chronicle-Herald said late Friday that the company has reached a

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Mariner XVu Sales Growth Tops 30%

  • Feb 20, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Saint John tech companyMariner has reported strong revenue growth at its flagship xVu division, whose video-system-monitoring software is now assessing 3 billion events a week.

Mariner xVu (pronounced “X-View”) is the main product division of the

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Job of the Week: Repable

  • Feb 20, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Our Job of the Week column today features an opening for a full-stack developer with a fast-growing company providing eSports analytics -- Repable.

Repable, which is based in Moncton and Toronto, collects and analyzes data on eSports, or

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The Gender Divide and Mental Health

  • Feb 17, 2017
  • Carol Moreira

A Canadian study on how entrepreneurship affects mental health has revealed that women entrepeneurs do not grow their companies or export at the same rate as their male counterparts, despite starting as many businesses.

Halifax-based Michael

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Bulletproof Opens Cybersecurity Centre

  • Feb 17, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Bulletproof, an IT services company based in Fredericton, has opened a Security Operation Center, or SOC, which has already resulted in the creation of 15 new jobs.

An SOC is a facility in which enterprise information systems like web sites,

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Hypergive Recognized at Dubai Summit

  • Feb 16, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Hypergive, a Halifax startup that uses blockchain to help the homeless, has been presented a special Year of Giving Award at the World Government Summit in Dubai.

The Halifax group were flown to Dubai last week as one of the finalists in the

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Helping the Aged with Home Sensors

  • Feb 16, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

John Robertson is one of the people to see an opportunity in the fact that the population of the western world — and Nova Scotia in particular — is aging.

Robertson is a Halifax-based business consultant whose company, inspiredEggs, helps firms

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Athletigen Added to Kinduct Platform

  • Feb 14, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Two Halifax startups – both of which work in the intersection of IT and life sciences – have announced a collaboration to help athletes and coaches make better decisions.

Kinduct Technologies, a data and analytics software provider, and Athletigen

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SImplyCast Plans Recruitment Fair

  • Feb 14, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

SimplyCast, the Dartmouth-based startup specializing in marketing automation, is planning to hold a recruitment fair at the Halifax Marriott Harbourfront Hotel from 11 am to 1 pm on Feb. 23.

The event will take place just before the company’s

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Love, Marriage and a FinTech App

  • Feb 14, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

In honour of Valentine’s Day, we have a story today of love, marriage, an accelerator in Cairo and an intriguing FinTech app.

This is the story of Syrian-born Amira AlKasem and Mohamad Tawakol, originally from Egypt, two young people who met at

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