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Invest Atlantic Expands Pitching

  • Oct 01, 2015
  • Sabina Wex

When Nancy Mathis agreed to be the 2015 Chair of Invest Atlantic, the largest networking event in the region for startups, entrepreneurs and investors, she had two conditions: one, the conference needed to scale itself, like the entrepreneurs it

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NS Launches 2 Immigration Streams

  • Oct 01, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

The Nova Scotia Office of Immigration on Tuesday announced the introduction of two new business immigration streams to help attract international entrepreneurs and retain international university and college graduates. 

Both these new  streams –

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New Google For Entrepreneurs Cohort

  • Oct 01, 2015

Google For Entrepreneurs has announced its fourth cohort at the Communitech hub, and four young companies have begun working as startups-in-residence at the Communitech GFE Network co-working space.

The four startups – all early-stage companies

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AHI Files for Voluntary Bankruptcy

  • Sep 30, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

Atlantic Hydrogen Inc., the Fredericton company whose technology extracted carbon from natural gas, has filed for voluntary bankruptcy and is searching for a buyer for its assets.

The company issued a statement Tuesday saying it was making the

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Communitech Adjusts Rev Model

  • Sep 30, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

As it prepares for the second intake for its Rev program, Communitech has initiated some changes to the accelerator that focuses on sales growth.

The Kitchener-based startup and innovation hub launched the Rev accelerator earlier this year with

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Coding Academies: The New Tech Ed

  • Sep 30, 2015
  • Sabina Wex

When Josh Davies learned the next nine-week programming course at CodeCore began in a few days, he cancelled his flight to Barcelona. And he’s glad he did.

Davies was taking a sabbatical from his IT job at Oracle’s Vancouver office because he

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TruLeaf Raises $1.7M+on AgFunder

  • Sep 29, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

TruLeaf, the Halifax agricultural technology company, has turned to an innovative platform to raise its next round of funding.

The company that grows leafy greens in vertically stacked trays has launched a campaign on San Francisco’s AgFunder, a

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Sociavore Preps for January Relaunch

  • Sep 29, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

When Sociavore launches its new platform in January, it plans to have a product whose ease of use and strategic advantages will attract restaurateurs across North America.

Originally launched under the name MyLocal, Sociavore is a marketing and

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Clock Ticking for I-3 Entries

  • Sep 29, 2015

There are just over two weeks left for Nova Scotian startups to enter the biennial I-3 Technology Startup Competition and have a shot at as much as $225,000 in development funding.

If that sounds like enough time to put it off, consider this:

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FTD Highrise’s Client List Grows

  • Sep 28, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

Filip Sobotka believes the coming six months will be critical for his company FTD Highrise Inspection, as he secures a partner with the proper drone and gauges the best way to grow in Toronto’s condo market.

Working on his own for most of the

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Engage 2015 Set for Nov 9 & 10

  • Sep 27, 2015
  • Sabina Wex

The Engage 2015 Conference, which will focus on global innovation, will take place on Nov. 9 and 10 at St. Mary’s University in Halifax.

The first Engage Conference in 2013 focused on exporting outside of the Maritimes and Canada, and the 2014

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Global Ad Source Adds Insights

  • Sep 27, 2015
  • Sabina Wex

Global Ad Source, the St. John’s-based advertising database with over 30 million ads, has added a new insight-based feature to its services.

Formerly called Adfinitum, Global Ad Source originally offered a database of global advertising when it

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