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Ubique, SkySquirrel Land VC Funding
Ubique Networks Inc., a Sydney startup that reduces the lag in multiplayer online games, has landed venture capital funding from Toronto-based Extreme Venture Partners and Innovacorp of Halifax.
The funding announcement was one of two announced by
Entrepreneurs3.0 Shuts Down
After a quarter-century of helping Atlantic Canadian entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurs3.0 is closing down.
The non-profit organization formerly known as Entrepreneurs’ Forum announced Thursday that its board has decided to cease operations due to
One Immigrant Entrepreneur’s Story
With his focus on entrepreneurship, new technologies and immigration, Akram Al-otumi is working hard to grow the population and economy of Nova Scotia, his adopted home.
Halifax-based Al-otumi is a Co-Founder of 3D Next, which he set up in 2012
Eyeball for Tournaments, Leagues
Eyeball Inc., the Bedford company that’s developed an online network for amateur sports, has launched a new web-based platform for league and tournament organizers.
The company said in a statement today it has formed a partnership with the 2016
MediaSpark Crowdfunds Card Games
Interviewing MediaSpark CEO Mathew Georghiou about his new Kickstarter campaign is a surprising experience. You start talking about the crowdfunding of his new board game and end up hearing about his growing portfolio of high-growth businesses.
The 2015 Entrevestor Survey
Today we are launching our annual survey of Atlantic Canadian startups -- a key component in allowing us to provide you with news on the East Coast startup community.
We're asking each Atlantic Canadian startup that was active in December 2015 to
AVF Seeks Presenting Startups
Atlantic Venture Forum, an investor conference that showcases startups on the Canadian East Coast, is looking for founders to present at this year’s event June 22 and 23 at the Westin Nova Scotian in Halifax.
Applications to present at the event
IWT: Scaling Remote Water Treatment
There are two big things Patrick Kiely hopes his company Island Water Technologies will accomplish in 2016: one he is certain will happen, and the other he hopes will happen.
Montague, P.E.I.-based Island Water Technologies, which uses its unique
Wagner Brings Hard Lessons to UNB
The new executive-in-residence at University of New Brunswick teaches his students more than how to develop, fund and sell a product.
David Wagner can also teach them the importance of luck and timing, and that sometimes they go against you.
For
C100 Launches Ambassadors Program
C100, the organization that helps Canadian startups navigate Silicon Valley, has launched a program of ambassadors across Canada.
The San Francisco-based group announced last week that it has named a group of “well-connected ambassadors” in major
Jobs of the Week: NewAE, Sentinel
This week in Jobs of the Week, we are featuring three positions from the Entrevestor Job Board that feature development and content marketing skills.
NewAE Technology of Halifax is looking for a software development programmer. DPL is looking for a
Coke’s New Model for Innovation
Corporate and statup communities should embrace a new collaborative model for innovation that will hasten the next wave of technology, Coca-Cola Co.’s head of innovation told a Fredericton audience Wednesday night.
David Butler told the R3 Gala
