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Venture NL, Killick Fund 3 Startups

  • Jan 27, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Three St. John’s tech companies on Tuesday announced total funding of more than $2 million, including financing from the young Venture Newfoundland and Labrador fund and Killick Capital.

Educational game developer Clockwork Fox Studios, marketing

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Correction to our Report on Conceptualiz

  • Jan 27, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Entrevestor erroneously reported on Monday that Halifax-based Conceptualiz has a partnership with Thinking Robot Studios of Dartmouth. We based our report on information that was provided to us. In fact, the two companies have signed non-disclosure

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Vidyard Raises US$35M Series C Round

  • Jan 26, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Vidyard, the Kitchener startup that helps customers monitor the performance of their video-based marketing, has raised a US$35 million (C$49.7 million) Series C financing round, which will help it to develop new products.

The company said in a

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ABK, Densitas Head to Silicon Valley

  • Jan 26, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Two Halifax medtech companies, ABK Biomedical and Densitas, will travel to San Francisco next month to take part in the Dose of the Valley – a mentoring and networking event for Canadian life sciences companies.

The Bay Area is renowned as the

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Our Policy During the Herald Strike

  • Jan 26, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

As many of our readers know, the union representing reporters, editors and photographers at the Chronicle-Herald in Halifax is now on strike. We want our readers to know our position during the strike as Entrevestor has contributed three articles a

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Conceptualiz Finishes App for Implants

  • Jan 25, 2016
  • Sabina Wex

After three years, Conceptualiz brought its vision to life: a mobile application for the iPad that can design orthopedic implants personalized to the patient. The current app is exclusively available for research and educational purposes.

The

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Jobs of the Week: Focus on Halifax

  • Jan 25, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

This week in Jobs of the Week, we’re featuring positions in Halifax, including a new posting by Norex and its Pursu.it division.

Pursu.it helps elite athletes find financial support through crowdfunding. The organization is developing a new

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Innovacorp Awards $850K in I-3 Prizes

  • Jan 22, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Innovacorp on Thursday awarded $850,000 to 15 Nova Scotian companies as the Nova Scotia innovation agency named the regional and sectoral winners of its I-3 Technology Start-Up Competition.

I-3 is the biennial competition for early stage companies

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Data Analytics for the Forestry Sector

  • Jan 22, 2016
  • Carol Moreira

Big data and environmental sustainability have become hot topics in recent years. New Brunswick’s Remsoft has been analyzing big data for decades, a foresight that has made the company a world leader in land and forestry management.

The large

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Ella Poised to Expand Into Toronto

  • Jan 21, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Having been accepted into Toronto’s Fashion Zone in the autumn, Ella of Saint John is planning to launch its online marketplace for used clothes in Canada’s largest city in the spring.

Ella is a mobile app on which women can sell or buy slightly

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Evolution Seeking St. John’s Startups

  • Jan 21, 2016
  • Carol Moreira

Early-stage entrepreneurs with an idea for a product, company or service are asked to apply for the winter 2016 Evolution program at the Genesis Centre at Memorial University in St. John’s.

The Evolution program is an eight-week intensive workshop

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Maluuba Raises $9M Series A

  • Jan 21, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Waterloo-based machine-learning company Maluuba said Wednesday it has closed a $9 million Series A funding round.

The company, whose technology helps machines to think, reason and communicate with human-like intelligence, said the venture capital

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