NS Aims to Boost Computer Science
The Province of Nova Scotia is spending $16.8 million to allow four Nova Scotia universities to expand and improve their computer science programs. In a statement, the province said COVID-19 has...
View ArticleEntrevestor Offering Media Relations for Startups
Entrevestor principal Peter Moreira, in partnership with startup hub Volta, is offering a virtual presentation of his popular Media Relations for Startups talk. Dealing with the media can be daunting,...
View ArticleUNB: A Pillar of the Cybersecurity Community
Sponsored Content Sandy Bird still recalls the support Q1 Labs got from the University of New Brunswick long before it became one of the greatest Atlantic Canadian tech successes ever. Bird was a...
View ArticleScale-Up Hub Atlanta Launched
The Scale-Up Hub program, which began in New England three years ago, is expanding to include the South-Eastern U.S. with the launch of Scale-Up Hub Atlanta. The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency...
View ArticlePDC Mourns Heather Boyd-Kinnie
Members of the startup community were saddened to learn of the sudden passing of Heather Boyd-Kinnie, the Funding Manager and Program Coordinator of the Pond-Deshpande Centre at the University of New...
View ArticleDNS Membership Tops 200
Digital Nova Scotia, the association for the information technology sector in the province, has actually grown during the pandemic, and now boasts more than 200 members. Since assuming the role of CEO...
View ArticleUlnooweg, Ignite strike Partnership
Ignite Atlantic, Nova Scotia’s rural innovation organization, and the Indigenous entrepreneurship group Ulnooweg Development Group have formed a partnership to allow greater support for their members....
View ArticleOutcast and Happy Planet Upcycle Smoothies
Dartmouth-based Outcast Foods, which makes powdered food products from rejected produce, has partnered with British Columbia smoothie producer Happy Planet Foods to combat food waste in a product range...
View ArticleFoodHack Honours Chinova’s Dhayagude
Natasha Dhayagude, Co-Founder and CEO of Chinova Bioworks, a Fredericton-based company that uses mushrooms to reduce food waste, has had her work celebrated by FoodHack, a global network of food...
View ArticleSupercluster Unveils 3 New Projects
Canada's Ocean Supercluster, which is dedicated to modernizing the country’s ocean economy, has announced three new projects based in Nova Scotia with a value of almost $10 million. The Atlantic...
View ArticleSide Door’s Pivot Sparks Sales Boost
When the pandemic hit last year, Laura Simpson knew she would have to change Side Door’s business model. What surprised the company’s Co-Founder and CEO was the resulting 3,000 percent increase in...
View ArticleEduCode Signs Distribution Deal in Turkey
Moncton-based EduCode Academy has signed a distributorship agreement with Sebit Education and Information Technologies, which will be the company’s representative in Turkey. EduCode creates online...
View ArticleREDspace Named Halifax Business of the Year
REDspace, the Bedford, NS, IT company that employs more than 200 people, captured the Business of the Year Award at the Halifax Business Awards on Thursday. Celebrating its 20th anniversary last year,...
View ArticleMaskwiomin Eyes Sales This Year
By the end of this year, the Co-Founders of Cape Breton-based Maskwiomin hope to have a staff of up to 20 people producing traditional Mi'kmaq skincare products, and doing so in accordance with...
View ArticleUniversité de Moncton To Host NB Power’s AI Centre
An investment of $2.2 million over four years will create the new NB Power Artificial Intelligence Centre, to be located on the Moncton campus of the Université de Moncton. The Centre will leverage...
View ArticleJobs: Marketing Exec at Adaptiiv
Our Job of the Week column today features an opening for a Marketing Coordinator at Halifax-based medtech company Adaptiiv. Adaptiiv, which raised $3.4 million in equity financing last year, has...
View ArticlePocket Finance Eyes August Launch
Halifax-based Pocket Finance, which is developing an app that provides consumers and financial advisers with better data, will soon beta-test the product and anticipates a full launch by the fall....
View ArticleTribe Network Created for BIPOC Founders
A new Halifax-based network called Tribe has been established to act as a national entrepreneurship and innovation hub for BIPOC entrepreneurs. Founded by social entrepreneur Alfred Burgesson, the...
View ArticleDal Plans Computer Enrollment Rise
Dalhousie University plans to markedly increase Computer Science enrollment in the coming years with the $13.3 million in funding from the Nova Scotia government, said the university’s President Deep...
View ArticleOceantech Funding Opportunities Growing
Organizations supporting the ocean economy in Atlantic Canada are working to increase equity funding for oceantech companies, and they’re heartened by the growth of international funds targeting...
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