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InTheChat Partners with Facebook
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
NPC: ‘Like Emergence on Steroids’
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
Repable Eyes Analytics for ESports
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
Eigen Raises $1.4M, Names CEO
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
Developing a Healthier Fish Stock
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
Machine Learning for Chemists
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.
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HitchPlanet Buys Maritime Rideshare
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
Bridgit Raises US$1.7M VC Round
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
Checking Out Nashville’s Project Music
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
Why You Should Complete our Survey
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
Mobivity Buys Livelenz, Signals Growth
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
Jobs of the Week: Spring Loaded
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
