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Kira Awards Finalists Announced

  • Apr 13, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

The organizers of the Kira Awards have announced the finalists for the awards, which are presented annually to members of New Brunswick’s knowledge industry.

In a statement, the organizers said the awards, which will be presented at a gala in

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Swift Labs Partners with Miovision

  • Apr 12, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Swift Labs, an end-to-end wireless product design and development company, has struck a partnership with Miovision to design, develop and test products to improve traffic flows in modern cities.

The two Waterloo Region companies issued a statement

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CARIS To Be Acquired by Teledyne

  • Apr 12, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

CARIS, a Fredericton company that has developed over 37 years into a leading producer of marine mapping software, has agreed to be acquired by Teledyne Technologies Inc. for an undisclosed price.

The companies said in a statement that the deal is

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Taylor Wins Sea++ Competition

  • Apr 12, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Dartmouth marine biologist Lawrence Taylor won first place in the Sea++ Competition on Sunday for an automated visual inspection system that can improve efficiency and data analytics for seafood producers.

Sea++ was organized by Louisbourg Seafoods

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Lux Tests New Crowdfunding Rules

  • Apr 11, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Halifax-based Lux Wind Turbines wants to revolutionize the wind energy industry. But its first big impact may be in the way equity crowdfunding is carried out in Canada.

The company has launched a campaign to raise between $500,000 and $800,000,

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Jobs of the Week: Startup Zone, HealthQR

  • Apr 11, 2016
  • Scott Moreira

This week in Jobs of the Week, we are featuring three positions in the marketing, managerial, and software categories.

Startup Zone out of Charlottetown, is looking for an Executive Director, while Halifax-based HealthQR is seeking a Marketing

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Sustane Aims to Open Facility in 2017

  • Apr 08, 2016
  • Carol Moreira

A disruptive technology that eliminates the need for landfills will soon be operational on Nova Scotia’s South Shore, according to Peter Vinall, CEO of Chester-based Sustane Technologies Inc.

Sustane has developed technology that allows solid waste

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Ubique Lands $2M, Preps for Series A

  • Apr 07, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Serial entrepreneur Vijai Karthigesu considers himself a citizen of the world, and the latest location he’s developing a business in is Sydney.

The native of Sri Lanka last year founded his fourth business, Ubique Networks Inc., based it in the

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Mike Kirkup to Leave Velocity

  • Apr 06, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Mike Kirkup is moving on.

The director of Velocity, the University of Waterloo’s technology incubator, said in an open letter on Tuesday that he is leaving to become the CTO at Kitchener-based Encircle.

“After four years of working to make it the

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Remembering the Radian6 Exit

  • Apr 06, 2016
  • Mark Taylor

For Marcel LeBrun, it was like winning the Stanley Cup.

“Just like hockey players who work all their lives toward that goal of winning the Stanley Cup, entrepreneurs work very hard to build a startup into a successful business,” said LeBrun,

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Wave of New Startups in 2015

  • Apr 05, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Tanya Collier MacDonald in many ways exemplifies what was happening in the Atlantic Canadian startup community in 2015.

She entered (and did well in) a competition. She worked with an accelerator outside the region. And she gained traction with her

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Our Latest Intelligence Report Is Out

  • Apr 05, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

We’re delighted today to launch our spring Entrevestor Intelligence report on Atlantic Canada, which focuses the growth of new startups, and the deal that sparked the startup craze in the region.

As we’re reporting today, this supplement shows that

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