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CarbonCure’s New Ready-Mix Product
CarbonCure Technologies will enter the ready-mixed concrete market due to its recent partnership with Vulcan Materials Company, the largest U.S. producer of construction aggregates and a major producer of construction materials.
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This Week’s Leading Jobs in Moncton
Today, for the first time, we will post Jobs of the Week, to highlight Atlantic Canadian tech and startup openings that have been posted on the Entrevestor Job Board, which is powered by Qimple.
Entrevestor and Qimple last month launched this
Weisenburger: A Corporate Psychologist
As Joni Mitchell sang, ‘you don’t know what you got till it’s gone’. In Christian Weisenburger’s case, it wasn’t until he was on the brink of changing career and moving to Europe that he realized that, after all, he wanted to stay in Halifax and
Knowledgehook Nears New Funding
As it begins its tenure in the Communitech’s Rev accelerator, educational technology company Knowledgehook is preparing to close a $200,000 strategic investment from a major European corporation.
The funding and the entry into Rev are the latest
Startup Canada Hails Aboriginals, Gillis
The Startup Canada Awards ceremony at the CN Tower on Tuesday focused foursquare on the country’s future, paying special attention to the potential of the native community and on one young entrepreneur, 17-year-old Alex Gillis of Halifax.
The
Canada Loses Ground in Innovation
Having spent decades promoting innovation in the economy of Canada and its eastern provinces, Jacquelyn Thayer Scott is frustrated that the country is actually regressing compared with its peers.
Scott is the Past President and professor of
Rogers Buys Halifax’s IAI
Rogers Communications said Tuesday it has bought Halifax-based Internetworking Atlantic Inc. for an undisclosed price to gain a data centre and provide enhanced tech solutions to its Atlantic Canada clients.
The Toronto communications company
Densitas Gets Approval for Canada, EU
Weeks after announcing a $250,000 equity investment, Halifax-based Densitas has received regulatory clearance in the European Union and Canada to sell its first product, DM-Density.
When the company revealed its $250,000 funding from Innovacorp
SkySquirrel Preps New Product for 2016
SkySquirrel, the Halifax startup that uses drones to improve yields in vineyards, is gearing up to launch a new product in 2016 that will help attack a persistent problem in the European wine industry.
SkySquirrel’s drones survey and collect
GrowthWorks Adapts to New Reality
Adopting a strategy to maintain its fund without fresh investment, GrowthWorks Atlantic has borrowed $1.5 million to cover operating costs and adopted a plan to distribute funds to its shareholders over time.
The Halifax-based venture capital
DMZ, UK Group Hosting Competition
The DMZ at Ryerson University is looking for startups in Kitchener-Waterloo interested in applying for the Next Big Idea Contest, which the university is organizing in partnership with Innovation Birmingham in the U.K.
The contest is open to
Donovan Wins EY’s Canadian Award
Michael Donovan, Executive Chairman of Halifax- and Toronto-based DHX Media Ltd., has been named Canadian Entrepreneur of the Year by the global consultancy EY.
EY said in a statement that Donovan, who heads a global film and television company
