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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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Early Companies Shine at Demo Day

  • Nov 30, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Propel ICT held its second Demo Day of 2016 in Halifax last night, in a show that featured strong performances from the early stage presenters.

Seven of the 11 presenting companies at the packed event were from the Launch Program, which guides new

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Briefs: Launch Dal, Volta, Fredericton

  • Nov 30, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Launch Dal Pitching Event on Thursday

Launch Dal will hold the final pitch competition for the 12 teams in its Starting Lean program Thursday starting at 4:30 pm.

After more than two months of workshops, coaching and networking events, the

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Aurea Wins Planting Seed$ Competition

  • Nov 29, 2016
  • Peter and Carol Moreira

Aurea, a new cleantech company founded by Cat Adalay, won the second annual 100 Entrepreneurs: Planting Seed$ competition in Halifax on Monday, capturing the first prize of $10,000.

The company is dedicated to producing modular, low-maintenance

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GoBumpFree Takes Flight

  • Nov 29, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

An ambitious Halifax startup that aims to make it easier for the world’s 1.7 million airline employees to take vacations, will be one of the pitchers at the Propel ICT Demo Day on tonight.

Danna Lavallee, an airline industry veteran, will present

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Briefs: Propel, Ulrike, Island Advance

  • Nov 28, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Startup Kitchen to Livestream Propel Demo Day

Anyone who can’t attend the Propel ICT Demo Day in Halifax on Tuesday will be able to see it live online.

Our friends at Startup Kitchen will be livestreaming the event here.

Propel last week named

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