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PEI Eyes BioCommons Expansion
With its life sciences segment pretty well doubling in size every four years, Prince Edward Island is on a mission to develop new infrastructure that can sustain that growth.
The PEI BioAlliance, a partnership between the various players in the
Genesis Centre Marks 20 Years
The Genesis Centre in Newfoundland and Labrador turns 20 this year, a milestone that’s being celebrated with events that include MaRS on the Rock, a new partnership between the Genesis Centre and Toronto’s MaRS Discovery District.
MOTR, which
Build, Innovacorp Back Dash Hudson
Bolstered by signing major new clients, Halifax-based Dash Hudson has quietly closed a new funding round of more than $2 million to further accelerate its growth.
Dash Hudson, which provides data analytics for corporate clients using Instagram,
Please Help Us with our Annual Survey
Once again, we are launching our annual survey of Atlantic Canadian startups.
We can’t overstate the importance of this survey to our business. This survey helps to demonstrate to decision-makers the importance of the startup community in the
Dal, UNB Seek Program Participants
Two of the leading university entrepreneurship programs in the region – the Summer Institute at University of New Brunswick and Dalhousie University’s Collide program – are looking for participants.
Dalhousie’s Collide Winter 2017 program is a
Build Ventures Preps for Fund II
Build Ventures, the regional venture capital fund, is beginning to prepare for its second fund now that it has just over a year to complete the portfolio of its first fund.
The Halifax-based firm launched in 2013 with a $65-million fund, raised
Goggin Talks at Moncton Cybersocial
Peter Goggin, the Co-Founder and Vice-President of Operations at Resson, will speak Wednesday at the Cybersocial in Moncton.
The free event will take place at the Venn Centre on Main Street, starting at 5 pm.
Goggin and his co-founder Rishin
Bootstrapping Talk at Startup Grind
Startup Grind Halifax has announced that its next event will focus on bootstrapping and will feature Eric Bahn, who spent just $32,000 on a site that he sold for millions.
Led by entrepreneur Oleg Yefymov, Startup Grind brings in speakers for the
Fitzgerald Replaces Garrish as CTO
Spring Loaded Technology has named Stephen Fitzgerald as its new Chief Technology Officer, replacing co-founder Bob Garrish, who has stepped down for health reasons.
Armed with more than 25 years of experience in turning technology into products,
Jobs: Startup Zone, Dash Hudson
Our first jobs of the week column this year features an interim position leading Charlottetown’s newest incubator, and two openings at IT companies that have been on a hiring binge lately.
The Startup Zone in Charlottetown is looking for an interim
3 Reasons Scaling Beats Launching
Lately I’ve been writing more and more about the larger startups in the region because they have the biggest impact in terms of job creation, revenue growth and attracting capital.
I’ve never summed up in a single column why I believe the focus on
Jan. 10 Deadline for Breakthru Filing
The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation is reminding participants in its Breakthru competition to get their full business plans in to organizers by Jan. 10.
The innovation agency holds the Breakthru competition every other year with the goal of