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InTheChat Partners with Facebook

  • Apr 27, 2016
  • Sabina Wex

InTheChat announced at Facebook’s recent F8 Conference that it can now offer Facebook Messenger as a platform for enterprises worldwide, allowing companies greater reach and flexibility when dealing with customers.

The Waterloo-based company offers

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NPC: ‘Like Emergence on Steroids’

  • Apr 27, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

When the federal government announced funding in February for Charlottetown-based Natural Products Canada, it was the culmination of several years of effort by the PEI life sciences community.

The PEI BioAlliance first applied to create a natural

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Repable Eyes Analytics for ESports

  • Apr 26, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Heather Anne Carson fully understood she was on to something big with her new startup Repable when she attended the KeSPA eSport championship in South Korea last autumn.

Operating out of Moncton and Toronto, Repable collects and analyzes data

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Eigen Raises $1.4M, Names CEO

  • Apr 25, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Eigen Innovations Inc. has a new CEO and $1.4 million in fresh funds to help him grow the company.

The Fredericton-based Industrial Internet of Things company has been gaining international attention lately, and now it has named former CTO Scott

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Developing a Healthier Fish Stock

  • Apr 22, 2016
  • Carol Moreira

Fish farming often gets a bad rap. New Brunswick scientist Dr. Amber Garber is working to make farmed salmon and farming processes healthier, more sustainable and more profitable.

She’s doing it by breeding for traits like fast growth rates and

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Machine Learning for Chemists

  • Apr 21, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Jason Pearson hopes that chemists around the world will soon be using a machine-learning system to accelerate the discovery and development of new compounds.

In fact, he’s preparing to release such a platform to a restricted group in July.

A

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HitchPlanet Buys Maritime Rideshare

  • Apr 21, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Ridesharing platform HitchPlanet has bought Maritime Rideshare, adding 8,000 East Coast users to its base of more than 20,000 customers in the West.

Vancouver-based HitchPlanet and Maritime Rideshare are both ridesharing services – that is, they

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Bridgit Raises US$1.7M VC Round

  • Apr 21, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Bridgit, a Kitchener startup that has developed a mobile communications platform for the construction industry, has secured US$1.7 million (C$2.2 million) in venture capital financing, which it hopes will help to fund its U.S. expansion.

The

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Checking Out Nashville’s Project Music

  • Apr 20, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

I was really lucky in February to drop by the coolest accelerator I’ve ever heard of – Project Music in Nashville.

At an old brick transit garage in the heart of Nashville, two cohorts of music-related startups have been held, mentored by business

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Why You Should Complete our Survey

  • Apr 20, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

We want to heartily thank the dozens of founders who have completed our survey, and remind those of you who haven’t done so to please fill it out.

We’re thrilled with the response we’ve had to the survey. A vast range of founders have taken a few

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Mobivity Buys Livelenz, Signals Growth

  • Apr 19, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Livelenz, a Bedford-based company that analyzes data for fast food restaurants, has been sold to Mobivity Holding Corp. for less than $1 million in stock in a bid to grow with the larger company.

Chandler, Arizona-based Mobivity, whose shares trade

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Jobs of the Week: Spring Loaded

  • Apr 18, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Spring Loaded Technology, the Dartmouth company that is making the bionic knee a reality, is staffing up its marketing department and looking for two individuals for key positions.

The company, which announced a $1.9 million venture capital

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