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We Need A Federal Investment Credit

  • Sep 26, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

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

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McCarthy Spends a Month at Earthship

  • Sep 23, 2016
  • Carol Moreira

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

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Harbr Brings Big Data to Construction

  • Sep 22, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

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

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Briefs: Mashup Lab, CTA, Levitation

  • Sep 22, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

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

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Sales Growth Up as Startups Expand

  • Sep 20, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

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

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Briefs: Honibe, SimplyCast, AIDA

  • Sep 20, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

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

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Thalmic Raises US$120M Series B

  • Sep 20, 2016
  • Carol Moreira

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

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NBIF Boosts Breakthru Prizes to $1M

  • Sep 19, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

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

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Briefs: Qimple, CarbonCure, LLC

  • Sep 19, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

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.

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Williamson Takes Invest Atlantic to NB

  • Sep 16, 2016
  • Carol Moreira

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

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DemoCamp Halifax Set for Thursday

  • Sep 16, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

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

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Chinova Gains Leads at IndieBio

  • Sep 15, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

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

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