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Bluelight Partners with Henry Schein
The world’s largest provider of health-care products and services has begun to offer Halifax-based BlueLight Analytic Inc.’s main product to its customers in Canada.
Henry Schein, Inc., the Melville, N.Y.-based medical product distributer that
Verafin’s Culture Led to $60M Deal
One week before he announced the deal that would transform his company, Verafin CEO Jamie King came home to his alma mater to describe the secret to his company’s success.
King and two co-founders had started Verafin, which develops software
Marli MacNeil, BioNova Part Ways
BioNova, the Nova Scotia life sciences association, has adopted a new strategic course that has resulted in the departure of Marli MacNeil, who was the group’s executive director since its founding 12 years ago.
MacNeil said in an interview
Kinduct Buys HealthMet Tech
Kinduct Technologies, the Halifax health-technology company, has acquired Vancouver-based HealthMet Technologies for an undisclosed sum to extend its reach in the community and corporate markets.
Founder and CEO Travis McDonough said in a
O’Brien Capitalizes on B Corp Status
With less money and staff than corporations, community groups and non-profits often struggle to make their websites and social media effective. To help them, Kelly O’Brien, a Fredericton-based web designer, has established BBoards.org to allow
Assessing the First Half of 2014
Looking back on the first half of 2014 in the Atlantic Canadian startup world, there’s not a single event, company or story that stands out as a singular highlight.
So in writing a wrap-up of the first half, I think the dominant feature would
Vrekic to Step Down at Volta
Milan Vrekic will soon step down as the Executive Director of Volta Labs, the organization that has established itself as the hub of the startup community in Halifax.
In an Interview Tuesday, Vrekic said he is eager to return to his first love,
ACOA Unveils $43M AIF Funding
The Federal Government on Tuesday announced that it has awarded $43 million in loans to research projects in the region through the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency’s Atlantic Innovation Fund.
The AIF lends money to startups and public
HotSpot Aims for Third City This Year
Now that it has completed the Launch36 accelerator, Fredericton startup HotSpot Parking is gearing up to roll out its solution for downtown shoppers and merchants in its third Atlantic Canadian city.
HotSpot Parking began as a product that
Startup Cape Breton Event Monday
Startup Cape Breton, the new group promoting entrepreneurship on the island, will hold its inaugural event Monday, July 14, from 4 to 6 pm at the Verschuren Centre of Cape Breton University.
The event aims to explore new opportunities in
Dan Martell: Tier 1 Accelerator Needed
Whenever we build a component of the Atlantic Canadian ecosystem, we have to model ourselves on the best examples in the world.
So we need to develop an accelerator in the region that meets the criteria of the Global Accelerator Network, or GAN,
Financing Ugandan Entrepreneurs
Eight years after it was founded to save a sick child, Uganda Venture and its dedicated managing director, Fadi Al Qassar, are getting high-profile help in its efforts to finance Ugandan entrepreneurs.
Among its many valuable projects, Uganda
