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Bridgit Sets Its Sites on the U.S.

  • Feb 17, 2016
  • Rose Behar

The construction industry is often considered slow at adopting change but Kitchener-based startup Bridgit has broken ground quickly with its mobile application Closeout, a tool that simplifies communication on construction sites.

“We heard a lot

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JEDI Sets Up Aboriginal Accelerator

  • Feb 17, 2016
  • Sabina Wex

A new accelerator for aboriginal entrepreneurs has been established in New Brunswick, and it’s already witnessing great progress from the five teams enrolled in it.

The inaugural Aboriginal Business Accelerator is operated by the Joint Economic

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Bains Unveils Innovation Funding

  • Feb 17, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

The federal government has announced $14 million in funding for a new institution in Charlottetown that will encourage the commercialization of products developed from natural substances.

Federal Innovation, Science and Economic Development

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Our Quarterly Report on KW is Out

  • Feb 15, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

We’re extremely proud today to publish our first quarterly Entrevestor Intelligence report on the Waterloo Region, which highlights the need for KW and Toronto to develop Canada’s Tech Supercity.

This report is now on our site, and printed copies

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Shooting for a Toronto-KW Supercity

  • Feb 15, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

The backdrop said as much as the beaming man standing alone on the stage.

The man was Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. He wore no jacket, just a white shirt with the sleeves rolled up and the top button undone. He was casual and friendly and

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Clean Simple Lands $575K in Equity

  • Feb 15, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

After a dramatic change in its business model last autumn, Halifax-based Clean Simple has raised $575,000 in equity funding, becoming the first Atlantic Canadian portfolio company of the venture capital fund Highline.

Clean Simple licenses software

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Jobs of the Week: Proposify, HeyOrca

  • Feb 15, 2016
  • Scott Moreira

This week in Jobs of the Week we are featuring two positions located in Halifax, from Proposify and Gracenote, and one opportunity from St. John’s-based Software-as-a-Service company HeyOrca.

Proposify is a Halifax-based SaaS company, and creators

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Sortable Aims for 10X Growth

  • Feb 12, 2016
  • Rose Behar

Sortable, an automated ad optimization service, has revealed that its network of publishers has grown to 200, reaching about 130 million unique viewers in January.

The startup uses machine learning to automatically fill a site’s ad space with

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Simms Gets Boost from OneStart

  • Feb 12, 2016
  • Carol Moreira

A Halifax-based team that’s developing a treatment for a rare childhood blindness is hoping an international accelerator will help them get their technology to the global market.

Members of a research team based at Dalhousie University, have made

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Looking for New East Coast Startups

  • Feb 11, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

We have a request for all new startups in Atlantic Canada: let us know you’re out there.

We’re now developing our list of startups and high-growth companies in Atlantic Canada – all those that were active as of Jan. 31, 2015. We have a list of

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Spring Loaded Nears Sales Target

  • Feb 11, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Spring Loaded Technology has launched the sale of its acclaimed bionic knee brace in a crowdfunding campaign that aims to raise at least US$75,000 – which it almost reached in its first day.

The Dartmouth company announced Wednesday that its

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Acorn Cryotech Plans 2016-17 Launch

  • Feb 10, 2016
  • Rose Behar

Acorn Cryotech, a cryogenic storage business and one of four startups that won $25,000 in the Velocity Fund Finals last fall, has set a tentative launch date of winter 2016-2017.

The early-stage company’s plan is to preserve their customers’ young,

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