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We Need A Federal Investment Credit
New Brunswick’s venerable tech investor Gerry Pond often bemoans the fact that he can receive a tax incentive to invest in Arkansas but not in Nova Scotia.
The investment group that Pond chairs, East Valley Ventures, has a portfolio of 26 active
McCarthy Spends a Month at Earthship
There has been talk recently about the need to create more startup hubs in Atlantic Canada. Halifax-based entrepreneur Megan McCarthy thinks Nova Scotia is well-placed to become a hub for sustainable technology and renewable energy.
McCarthy is CEO
Harbr Brings Big Data to Construction
A young Halifax company called Harbr is bringing the promise of Big Data to one of Canada’s biggest and fastest-growing industries—construction.
Harbr has developed a mobile app that allows big construction companies and their project managers to
Briefs: Mashup Lab, CTA, Levitation
Scientists Confirm Benefits of Levitation Knee Brace
Spring Loaded Technology has announced that independent scientists have shown its Levitation knee brace significantly reduces factors that can lead to muscle fatigue.
The Dartmouth company said
Sales Growth Up as Startups Expand
Something unexpected is happening in Atlantic Canada’s technology and innovation community: as these companies become larger, they are in total growing more quickly than when they were literally a bunch of startups.
What we’re seeing among
Briefs: Honibe, SimplyCast, AIDA
Island Abbey Foods Expands into Vitamins and Supplements
Island Abbey Foods, a Charlottetown-based natural health product manufacturer, has expanded into the vitamin and mineral supplement category with the launch of four new products under the
Thalmic Raises US$120M Series B
Waterloo-based Thalmic Labs has announced a US$120 million ($158 million) Series B Funding led by Intel Capital, The Amazon Alexa Fund, and Fidelity Investments Canada.
In a statement, Thalmic said the new investment will help the company realize
NBIF Boosts Breakthru Prizes to $1M
The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation launched its Breakthru competition last week, ramping up the total prize pot to $1 million and opening the competition to startups across the country.
The Innovation agency holds the Breakthru competition
Briefs: Qimple, CarbonCure, LLC
Qimple Lands $500,000 from ACOA
Qimple, the Moncton startup that works to improve hiring for companies and applicants, has received a conditional loan of almost $500,000 from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency’s Business Development Program.
Williamson Takes Invest Atlantic to NB
As Halifax-based Bob Williamson prepares to host Invest Atlantic in New Brunswick for the first time, his years of mentoring entrepreneurs are being recognized by a national startup organization.
Williamson, who has won Startup Canada’s regional
DemoCamp Halifax Set for Thursday
DemoCamp Halifax, where nine startups will present their products without the aid of PowerPoint, will be held Thursday at the Potter Auditorium at Dalhousie University.
The idea for DemoCamp is to get founders that are still at the early stages to
Chinova Gains Leads at IndieBio
Chinova Bioworks, a Fredericton company striving to develop new preservatives made from chitosan, has emerged from the IndieBio accelerator in Ireland with a relationship with a multi-national juice maker.
The young company, which was spun out of
