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HeyOrca! Travels to Gain Mentorship

  • Jun 23, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

For the next few months, Joseph Teo will be travelling between St. John’s and Moncton, taking his Newfoundland startup HeyOrca! through PropelICT’s Build program.

HeyOrca! is an online platform that helps marketers collaborate on social media

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Kristy O’Leary Enters THNK Accelerator

  • Jun 23, 2015
  • Sabina Wex

When Kristy O’Leary went to visit Vancouver, she often heard people describe the city as “thriving.” But in Halifax, where she lives and runs Scout & Burrow, an ethics-centric market expansion consulting group, she often hears Halifax and Nova

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Digital Discovery Camp Set for Halifax

  • Jun 23, 2015
  • Carol Moreira

Tech-lovers aged nine to 14 are invited to sign up for the Halifax-based summer Digital Discovery Camp.  

A partnership between Digital Nova Scotia and the Discovery Centre, the camp offers youngsters the chance to participate in a range of

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Press Release: Summer with Eyeread

  • Jun 23, 2015

Eyeread, a Halifax startup whose technology helps children to read, has issued the following press release:

Education Technology Startup, Eyeread, partners with Halifax Learning Summer Camp

Halifax-based education technology startup, Eyeread

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Eye on KW: eSentire in Ireland

  • Jun 22, 2015
  • Sabina Wex

ESentire, a cyber-security solution company based in Cambridge, Ont., will open a new Security Operations Centre in Cork, Ireland, to serve as its new European headquarters.

eSentire identifies cyber-threats early on by evaluating all activity

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Cowper-Smith Captures BDC Award

  • Jun 22, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

Nova Scotia’s Chris Cowper-Smith is the 2015 BDC Young Entrepreneur of the Year.

The federal government’s business development bank announced this morning that Cowper-Smith, the Co-Founder and CEO of Spring Loaded Technology, beat out

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Sobey Brings Ethical Ethos to IT

  • Jun 19, 2015
  • Carol Moreira

Jenelle Sobey believes that Atlantic Canadians can innovate their way to a more competitive and sustainable future. That’s why the social innovation expert has accepted the role of Managing Partner with Halifax web design and invention firm,

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Press Release: Current’s MRI App

  • Jun 19, 2015

Current Studios, a Dartmouth interactive media company, has issued the following statement:

Current Labs' MRI Evaluation app wins Best App at 6th Annual Auggie Awards

Current Studios & Labs was honoured to win Best App for its MRI Evaluation

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Press Release: Bioenterprise in NS

  • Jun 19, 2015

Bioenterprise Corporation, a national accelerator for life sciences, has issued the following press release:

Bioenterprise Corporation Opens its Fourth Office, in Halifax, NS

Bioenterprise’s newest office in the Maritimes is established in

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Itavio Beta-Testing with Game Maker

  • Jun 18, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

One year after graduating from the PropelICT accelerator, Melani Flanagan and Matt Pichette are finally ready to present their product to the world.

Flanagan and Pichette are the co-founders of Itavio, a product that helps parents monitor and

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Press Release: Tesla Signs with Dal

  • Jun 18, 2015

Dalhousie University has issued the following press release:

Tesla Motors signs first Canadian university research agreement with Dalhousie University

(HALIFAX, N.S.) – June 17, 2015 – Dalhousie University and Tesla have signed an agreement

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OMERS, Salesforce VCs Back Leadsift

  • Jun 17, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

With a fresh wad of cash from two leading tech investors, Halifax-based social media-analysis company Leadsift on Tuesday launched its new API to further help companies understand the characteristics and intentions of their customers.

Leadsift

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