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SimplyCast.com, a global leader in multi-channel marketing Platform-as-a-Service solutions, today announced the unveiling of their Canadian Data Centre, which will help meet privacy laws and government requirements for online data storage.

Equals6, the professional social network for students, and YouTern, the online community that connects young talent with internships, mentors and career advice, today announced a partnership designed to help top, young job seekers find meaningful employment.

LeadSift, a Halifax-based start-up that mines social media data to generate high-quality sales leads, has secured $500,000 in financing from OMERS Ventures. The funds will be used for product development, sales and marketing and hiring.

Today (November 27, 2012), Corporate Knights recognized CarbonCure Technologies Inc. as one of the most promising Canadian cleantech startups in their 2012 Cleantech Next 10 list.

UTStarcom Holdings Corp. ("UTStarcom" or “UTSI”), a leading provider of broadband equipment and solutions, has invested US$8 million to acquire a minority stake in aioTV Inc. ("all-in-one TV" or "aioTV"), a leading international cloud-based video aggregation and distribution platform.

Congratulations to LeadSift, developers of a technology that generates sales leads by mining social media, which was yesterday (November 7, 2012) named as one of the most enterprising new companies in digital marketing.

LightSail Energy, a developer of breakthrough energy storage technology, announced today (November 5, 2012) that it has raised $37.3 million in Series D funding led by San Francisco investor Peter Thiel. Khosla Ventures, which incubated the company and led LightSail’s earlier rounds, Bill Gates, Innovacorp, and several other investors also participated in the round.

DNA Technologies, a division of Polestar Ltd. (Bermuda), announced today that it had signed an agreement appointing OnCode, a division of Gem Gravure of Hanover, Massachusetts, as an authorized channel partner.

Reaching more customers through social media will soon get a lot easier thanks to a new Nova Scotia company and product.

InNetwork has attracted $490,000 in venture capital, including $250,000 from the province through Innovacorp, and $240,000 from a group led by Gerry Pond at East Valley Ventures Inc. The investment will help InNetwork bring its product to market.

SimplyCast.com, a global leader in multi-channel marketing Platform-as-a-Service solutions, today announced that it has fully integrated 11 translated languages as part of its cloud-based marketing platform, making it fully accessible to the world.