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Canada’s Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander announces a new visa stream to attract foreign entrepreneurs to Canada.

Ready to make your I-3 submission? Enter HERE.

CARBONCURE TECHNOLOGIES INC. and Chicago-based NORTHFIELD BLOCK, a division of Oldcastle APG, are once again leading the green movement sweeping the concrete industry by issuing the first Health Product Declaration (HPD) for any concrete product in North America.

TechSocial, a monthly gathering in Pictou County for people with a passion for technology and business, is hosting a local launch of our I-3 competition. The event will happen on Oct. 1 at The Crow’s Nest Pub in New Glasgow. Steve will give an overview of I-3, and Jim Proudfoot from Water Drills International will share his experiences as a winner in the last competition.

Lost? Looking for info about the I-3 competition? Below are a few helpful links.

ROUND TWO CONTENDERS– A list of the Nova Scotia start-ups invited to move on to round two of the competition.

Karma Gaming, a developer of next-generation games for lotteries worldwide, today announced a $1 million Series A round of financing from Vanedge Capital in Vancouver in addition to its recent $4 million raise.

The funding will enable Karma to commercialize the contracts acquired earlier this year in four countries around the world and deliver next-generation digital lottery games.

Truro-based Performance Genomics Inc. (PGI) is developing technology to improve the health, longevity and productivity of livestock.

With investment from the province, the company plans to further develop its innovation and take it to the marketplace.

Nova Scotia start-ups have a chance to compete for up to $225,000 through Innovacorp's provincial I-3 Technology Start-Up Competition.

The I-3 competition, launched today, Sept. 4, finds and supports high potential, early stage knowledge-based companies, and encourages entrepreneurial activity across the province.

znanja, a rapid converter of flat content to eLearning, and eLearning Brothers, offering the world’s best interactivity tools, have partnered to help companies and organizations around the globe develop awesome eLearning content faster.

The Innovacorp Demonstration Centre in Liverpool is on target to create opportunities for good forestry jobs for families in rural Nova Scotia.

The centre offers companies a research, development and demonstration site, and will help the province's forestry industry thrive in the future. Establishing this centre is also in keeping with the province's natural resources strategy.