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Solid State Sees Growth Continuing

  • Dec 08, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

In a segment that is notoriously slow to get to market, Solid State Pharma Inc. is a two-year-old biotech company that is not only profitable but also is doubling revenue and staff annually.

Founded by CEO Mahmoud Mirmehrabi, the Halifax-based life

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Knowledgehook Lands $1.25M in Funding

  • Dec 08, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Knowledgehook, whose software helps teachers to tailor their support of individual students, has secured $1.25 million in financing to fund the platform’s expansion into global markets.

The Waterloo-based company has developed software that

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Blaze Studios Launches Zephyr

  • Dec 07, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Moncton-based Blaze Studios has launched a new digital administrative product for the advertising industry, and is gearing up to release more products in 2017.

Headed by Jason Lavigne, Blaze Studios is one of Canada’s largest open-source

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Briefs: Ghorbani, Propel, WoodsCamp

  • Dec 07, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Ghorbani Named Canada Research Chair

Ali Ghorbani, dean of computer science at the University of New Brunswick, has been named Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Cybersecurity. As well as his academic achievements, Ghorbani is a Co-Founder of the

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Electric Bike Suru Launched in NS

  • Dec 06, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Three years after his first attempt at a high-performance electric motorcycle faltered, Michael Uhlarik is back and has launched his latest bike, Suru.

Costing $3,499 , the Suru is priced for the urban consumer and is designed to be a

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Axem Wins $3,000 at Dal’s Collide

  • Dec 06, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Axem, a wearable technology that allows athletes to track their brain activity to enhance performance, has captured the $3,000 first prize at the latest Demo Day of the Collide Program at Dalhousie University.

Founded by Tony Ingram and Chris

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Technology Venture: Investing on the QT

  • Dec 05, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Susan Hicks and Jon Manship have to be considered the unsung heroes of the East Coast startup community, and unsung is the way they like it.

Manship and Hicks are the founders of Technology Venture Corp., a Moncton investment fund that over 11

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Fierce Founders Seek Applications

  • Dec 05, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Communitech, the Kitchener-Waterloo startup hub, is calling for applications for its Fierce Founder Bootcamp – a mentorship program for 25 companies led by female founders.

The organization has held the Fierce Founder program for several years, and

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Sayles Take Aim at Workplace Safety

  • Dec 02, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Having traveled the world in their respective professions, the Sayle brothers are back in Atlantic Canada developing a company they hope will revolutionize safety in the workplace.

Bryan and Stephen Sayle are natives of Prince Edward Island and

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Jones, Rydlund Join Propel Team

  • Dec 02, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Propel ICT, Atlantic Canada’s regional startup accelerator, has named veteran entrepreneurs Richard Jones and Charlotte Rydlund to its team as entrepreneurs-in-residence.

These entrepreneurs have experience in business-to-business enterprises and

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SomaDetect Plans 2017 Pilot Project

  • Dec 01, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

When David Alston was asked recently what startups in his native Fredericton had caught his attention, one of the first he mentioned was a young company called SomaDetect. The New Brunswick government’s chief entrepreneur-in-residence said he’d even

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NBIF Invested $3.8M in VC in 2015-16

  • Dec 01, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation said Wednesday it made equity investments totaling $3.8 million in 22 companies in the 12 months to March 31, 2016.

The province’s innovation agency released its annual report for last fiscal year, which

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