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Details of Track’s Purchase of G2
The following chart shows the details of Track Group's purchase of G2 Research announced today:
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Propel’s Entrepreneurs-in-Residence
Propel ICT is looking for a couple of experienced entrepreneurs to serve as entrepreneurs-in-residence in two centres in Atlantic Canada.
The organization that oversees the Launch36 accelerator hopes to have two entrepreneurs-in-residence in
Press Release: Volta Adds Klugman
Halifax, Nova Scotia, November 27, 2014 - Volta is pleased to announce that Iain Klugman, the President & CEO of Communitech has joined their Board of Directors. As the Halifax startup house prepares to move into the old Library, expanding the
Gauvin’s Mission to Teach Code
Fuelled by a desire to boost the number of people who can write computer code, Simon Gauvin has created Vizwik.com, a social platform that allows anyone to learn computer coding for free and to create and sell apps that work on any mobile phone
The Rounds Adds to Seed Funding
The Rounds, the Halifax startup that operates a social network for medical professionals, has added $565,000 in equity investment to its seed round, which it will use to accelerate its rapid growth.
Having launched its closed network for
A Difficult Year in SR&ED Claims
One subject that has cropped up increasingly in recent conversations about Atlantic Canada startups is the difficulty many have had this year with the federal government’s Scientific Research and Experimental Development program.
Known as SR&ED
Should You Bother with SR&ED?
Several startups this year have had trouble with the Scientific Research and Experimental Development program, walking away empty-handed from reviews with the Canada Revenue Agency.
So should startup founders even try to tap the program?
Yes,
Pond-Deshpande Lands $500K Funding
The Pond-Deshpande Centre at the University of New Brunswick has received $500,000 in funding from the J.W. McConnell Family Foundation, which will help to finance UNB’s new diploma in social entrepreneurship.
The Pond-Deshpande Centre is one of
Nova Sun Designated a BCorp
Nova Sun Power, a renewable energy company based in Pictou, N.S., has become the first Canadian solar company to secure BCorp certification and will soon complete the largest photovoltaic solar installation ever in Nova Scotia.
The company said
UST Attacks Multi-Core Chip Problem
Laurie and Layton Perrin are twin brothers originally from Parrsboro, N.S., who are developing a solution that could dramatically improve the speed and energy efficiency of most software on the market.
Their startup, Unified Software
Press Release GrowthWorks Atlantic
GrowthWorks Atlantic Venture Fund, a labour-sponsored VC fund based in Halifax, issued the following press release:
GrowthWorks Atlantic Venture Fund Provides Update on Sales and Redemptions
November 20, 2014, Halifax, Nova Scotia –
ViTRAK Raises Up To $2 Million
ViTRAK Systems Inc., a Charlottetown startup commercializing a pressure-sensitive floor tile system, has raised as much as $2 million in funding from P.E.I. investors.
The company said in a press release yesterday the investors included the
