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Addo Aims to Grow Across Canada
At Volta, Moses is leading his people to the promised land of wellness and productivity.
In this particular case, Moses is Moses Robicheau, CEO of Addo, a startup that helps organizations encourage physical activity and good health among their
Armstrong: Growing Through Failure
Nathan Armstrong doesn’t mind using the F-word, and believes more Atlantic Canadians should discuss it openly.
The F-word, despite what you may have thought, is “failure”.
Armstrong is rightly proud that he and his brother Greg launched their
Ron Keefe’s 2 Waves of Investment
Ron Keefe is proud that the sale of BioVectra, the Charlottetown drug manufacturer he has led for 11 years, is generating two waves of investment into Atlantic Canada.
Tens of millions of dollars will be invested in capital improvements at
Origin BioMed in Receivership
Origin BioMed has been placed in receivership.
The Chronicle-Herald reported Friday that the Halifax company was placed in receivership on March 16, with Grant Thornton Ltd. being appointed trustee.
Origin Biomed, which had received venture
No Distrapptions Wins CS Square
The CS Square pitch competition at the University of New Brunswick took place last week with first place going to No Distrapptions, an app that allows users to eliminate the distraction of message notifications.
By turning on the app,
Vendeve Wins Funding Roadshow
Vendeve, the Halifax startup that helps women find a market for their skills, has won six months in Silicon Valley to help develop its business.
The company was the winner Wednesday in the Funding Roadshow pitching competition hosted by Fundica
Forerunner Growing in Surge Accelerator
Having already secured funding from the world’s leading seed-stage venture fund for energy technology, Gordon McArthur is now focused on impressing more investors in energy-related tech next month.
McArthur is the CEO of Forerunner Research, a
Focusing on Memogain, Neurodyn Raises $1M
Hoping its leading Alzheimer’s drug candidate will soon be fast-tracked in Europe, Charlottetown drug discovery company Neurodyn Life Sciences Inc. has completed a $1 million funding round.
The company said in a statement Tuesday it will use the
Solace, Boeing Move to 2nd Phase
After successfully proving its wireless power technology can recharge drones, Solace Power is embarking on the second phase of a development project with aircraft manufacturer Boeing.
But Kris McNeil, CEO of the Mount Pearl, NL, company, was
Build Ventures: A Strong 18 Months
The mood was joyous and full of humour among the two Build Ventures partners the day after the New England Patriots won the Superbowl.
Patrick Keefe, a Patriots fan, was delighted his team had prevailed the night before. And his partner Rob
Ecosystem Gains from New Programs
There’s a theme of community running through the story of Ongozah.
The Moncton startup founded by Topher Kingsley-Williams, Denis Daigle and Dan Gillis is developing a platform that will help community groups crowdsource the various things they
Entrevestor Luncheon Canceled
We’re afraid we have had to cancel the Entrevestor Luncheon, which had been scheduled for Moncton on April 15.
We’d like to thank the people who helped us with the event – especially Sally Ng of Planet Hatch and Doug Robertson of Venn
