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Fredericton Firms Eye More Capacity

  • Oct 18, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Employers in the Fredericton region expect the workforce to grow in the next five years, and therefore want the government to focus on attracting skilled workers and tailoring the education system to future job demands.

Those are the findings of a

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How Data Is Reshaping Society

  • Oct 17, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

When the Big Data Congress session on health wrapped up at 9:05 Monday night, there were still about 150 to 200 delegates in their seats listening to how data analysis could improve healthcare.

It’s the type of conference this is. The first day of

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Click2Order Expanding in Ontario

  • Oct 17, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

The recent storms in Cape Breton threw an unexpected wrinkle into the life of Matt Stewart. They cancelled a flight to Toronto, where he was heading to sign a deal that would transform his company, Click2Order.

Stewart and his cofounder Rob Myers

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NS Releases RFP For VC Fund

  • Oct 17, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

The Nova Scotia government has released its long-awaited request for proposals for the manager of a venture capital fund to invest in early stage tech companies in the region.

Innovacorp, the government-owned innovation agency, released the RFP on

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SkySquirrel Eyes Expansion After Loan

  • Oct 16, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

With a new low-interest loan in hand, SkySquirrel is setting its sights in being the market leader in preventing a disease that threatens some of Europe’s most revered wine regions.

The Halifax area company uses drones to gather data from

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Gemba, Repable Named to CIX Top 20

  • Oct 16, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Gemba Software Solutions and Repable Inc., two companies that originated in New Brunswick in the past couple of years, have been named to the prestigious Canadian Innovation Exchange Top 20 for 2016.

The CIX, a national organization that recognizes

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Job of the Week: Clockwork Fox

  • Oct 16, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Our Job of the Week column this week highlights an opening for a full-stack developer with the Newfoundland and Labrador education technology company Clockwork Fox Studios.

St. John’s-based Clockwork Fox focuses on game-based learning. It makes

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Shaw Broadens the Startup Mandate

  • Oct 14, 2016
  • Carol Moreira

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

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RBC Donates $1M to UNB Program

  • Oct 14, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

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

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Docmaster Launches Flagship Product

  • Oct 13, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

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

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Big Data Congress Opens Monday

  • Oct 13, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

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

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5 Startups in Cleantech Accelerator

  • Oct 12, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

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,

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