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3 Startup Weekends Set for Nov 18-20

  • Nov 08, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Startup Weekends will be held in each of the Maritime Provinces on Nov. 18 to 20, coinciding with the Global Startup Weekend.

More than 200 of these events are taking place around the world in the next two weeks, bringing together a total of 15,000

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Jobs of the Week: Spring Loaded Tech

  • Nov 06, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Spring Loaded Technology, the Dartmouth company that is making a knee brace that adds power to the joint, is looking for two key people as it builds up its team.

The company is advertising on the Entrevestor Job Board for a cost accountant and a

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Fostering Life Science Companies in NS

  • Nov 04, 2016
  • Carol Moreira

Nova Scotia’s life sciences sector is one of the big winners of the announcement last week that Innovacorp has received fresh capital for its venture capital fund.

The province announced it will provide $40 million over the next eight years to the

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Briefs: Propel, Startup Weekend

  • Nov 04, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Propel To Host DemoDay Nov. 29 in Halifax

Propel ICT, the regional tech accelerator for the Atlantic Provinces, will host the Demo Day for its fall cohort Nov. 29 at 5 p.m. at Pier 21 in Halifax.

The organization said 10 companies will present

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Hamblin Targets Senior Entrepreneurs

  • Nov 03, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

John Hamblin is on a mission to develop entrepreneurship among Atlantic Canadians who don’t quite fit the typical profile of the young, tech-savvy startup types.

The founder of Startup Halifax is spending his time promoting entrepreneurship among

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ViTRAK Develops Pipeline; Eyes US

  • Nov 01, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Now that ViTRAK Systems has a growing list of paying customers, Crystal Trevors has her eyes set on expanding into the rehabilitation market, especially in the U.S., and a new round of funding.

Trevors is the CEO of ViTRAK, a Charlottetown startup

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Intellijoint Surgery Raises $11M Round

  • Nov 01, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Intellijoint Surgical Inc., a Waterloo-based medical technology company, said Tuesday it has landed an $11 million Series A financing round, which will help it to expand in the U.S.

The company said in a statement the round was led by unnamed

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OurCrowd’s Medved Eyes NS Startups

  • Nov 01, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Jonathan Medved flew into Halifax on Sunday afternoon, and by Sunday night he was talking about the Nova Scotian companies he’d like to invest in.

Medved, the founder of the Israeli-based equity crowdfunding platform OurCrowd, was in Halifax to

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QRA Named to Lazaridis Program

  • Oct 30, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Halifax-based QRA Corp. has been named to the first cohort of the Lazaridis Institute Canadian Scale-Up Program, which will help promising Canadian startups to go through their growth stage.

Named for BlackBerry Co-Founder Mike Lazaridis, the

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NS Injects $40M into Innovacorp Fund

  • Oct 28, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

The Nova Scotia First Fund, Innovacorp’s fund for early stage investments in Nova Scotia, is receiving $40 million in capital to ensure it can continue funding companies for the next few years.

The Nova Scotia government announced Thursday it would

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Planting Seed$ for Young Founders

  • Oct 28, 2016
  • Carol Moreira

A group of 100 businesspeople and entrepreneurs will soon come together in the 100 Entrepreneurs: Planting Seed$ event that aims to nurture Nova Scotia’s youth and provide one lucky young entrepreneur with $10,000 in investment.

It’s the second

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MacKenzie Wins BioInnovation Event

  • Oct 27, 2016
  • Sabina Wex

MacKenzie Healthcare Technologies of Musquodoboit Harbour, N.S., won the BioInnovation Challenge on Wednesday for ParaGlide, a device that can help wheelchair users reposition themselves.

In winning the region’s main life sciences pitching

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