Impressive Metrics in ONC Deal
by Peter • May 18th 2012
The $540 million exit of Dartmouth-based Ocean Nutrition has taught us three things: Ocean Nutrition is a really good company; Atlantic Canada has a good ecosystem for young companies; and the knowledge economy in the region has matured in just two years.
ONC announced…
Continue reading the full entry.. by Peter • May 17th 2012 TitanFile Inc. is a young company with a mighty full trophy cabinet. The Dartmouth enterprise on Tuesday was named runner-up in the Alpha Exchange Innovation Campaign Live Pitch-Off Competition at the OCE Discovery 2012 show in Toronto. More than 200 innovators…
Continue reading the full entry.. by Peter • May 15th 2012 With the launch of its new Extrify product, Halifax website-design firm Headspace is taking another step closer to being predominantly a software company. On Monday, the company headed by Kyle Racki and Kevin Springer launched extrify.com, an extranet collaboration product that allows staff of medium-sized to large…
Continue reading the full entry.. by Peter • May 14th 2012 Could there be a more auspicious time to unveil the program for the Pond-Deshpande Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of New Brunswick? Doubt it. New Brunswick is still basking in the glow of the Radian6 and Q1 Labs exits. The province has…
Continue reading the full entry.. by Peter • May 11th 2012 Now that its only VC backer has converted its debt to equity, Halifax-based STI Technologies Ltd. Is embarking on a fundraising campaign it hopes will raise $5 million to $10 million in follow on funding this year. The company formerly called Sampling Technologies has doubled its revenue in the past year, and it’s now seeking funding from major…
Continue reading the full entry.. by Peter • May 10th 2012 Six months into its existence, RtTech Software of Riverview, N.B., has raised $750,000 in equity financing and is just about breaking even. The company – whose software helps companies become more efficient with energy and their machinery – hopes that a round of seed financing will see it through to profitability, and it will…
TitanFile 2nd in National Competition
Headspace Inches Toward Products
Pond-Deshpande Plans Year 1
STI Seeks $5M-$10M Up-Round
RtTech Raises $750K; NBIF Leads
