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Shaw Broadens the Startup Mandate
Fredericton is developing a system for streamlining the provision of entrepreneurial services that will also lead to the collection of valuable data, says Larry Shaw, leader of the Fredericton Startup Network Taskforce.
The task force, composed of
RBC Donates $1M to UNB Program
The University of New Brunswick’s ambitious entrepreneurial program got a boost Thursday when the Royal Bank of Canada announced a $1 million donation.
Canada’s largest bank said in a statement it is making a leadership gift of $1 million to
Docmaster Launches Flagship Product
After a long journey for its husband-and-wife team of founders, Docmaster has launched a product that helps small and medium-sized businesses store, sort and retrieve digital files.
Docmaster is a Sydney-based company founded by Mark and Danielle
Big Data Congress Opens Monday
The fourth annual Big Data Congress opens in Saint John on Monday, once again bringing some of the world’s leading thinkers on technology to the region.
The tech consultancy T4G began the conference in Saint John in the winter of 2013, and last
5 Startups in Cleantech Accelerator
Five Nova Scotia clean technology companies have been selected to participate in the inaugural cohort of Innovacorp’s CleanTech Accelerate Program, the Nova Scotia innovation agency has announced
Innovacorp exeucutives, including CEO Stephen Duff,
Lockheed Martin Supports Jedi
Lockheed Martin Canada said today it will expand its partnership with the Joint Economic Development Initiative, or Jedi, a not-for-profit organization that fosters economic development for First Nations in New Brunswick.
JEDI launched a targeted
ProductCamp To Be Held Oct. 22
The third annual ProductCamp Atlantic, a gathering for product managers, marketing professionals, agile technology innovators, and thought leaders from across the region, will be held at the Innovacorp Enterprise Centre on Saturday, Oct. 22.
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What’s Next for Karma Gaming?
Karma Gaming has sold its portfolio of lottery and instant games to Scientific Games Corp. of Las Vegas for an undisclosed price.
Scientific Games, which is listed on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, announced the deal last week, saying it had taken on
Innovacorp’s Oceans Adopter Program
Six Nova Scotia ocean technology companies have been selected to participate in Innovacorp’s Early Adopter Program, the provincial innovation agency said.
Each of the companies in the program will receive as much as $20,000 to help finance the
Athletigen Releases Flagship Product
Athletigen Technologies, a Halifax company dedicated to genetics for athletes, on Monday released its flagship product Iris.
Iris produces human performance insights developed from partnerships with world-class athletes and performance experts. The
Wise: Best Time Ever for Startups
A familiar face on the East Coast startup circuit, Sean Wise had a limited time to answer a range of questions at Invest Atlantic and summed them up in a simple sentence: it’s a great time to be an entrepreneur.
Wise is a professor of
Job of the Week: Resson Growing
Our Jobs of the Week column this week features an opportunity for a developer interested in working for one of the hottest tech companies in the region.
The Fredericton agriculture technology company Resson, which this year announced it had raised