Amid Beta, KorrAI Plots $500K Raise
Halifax-based KorrAI, whose artificial intelligence-powered solution helps such clients as miners analyze aeriel photos and geographic images, is midway through an equity funding round it hopes will...
View ArticleBlue Charm Acquires Symbi Medical
In a marriage of two companies operating out of Volta, Blue Charm Adherence has purchased Symbi Medical for an undisclosed price to increase the capabilities of its software and help patients get the...
View ArticlePropel CEO’s Letter from the Future
March 29th, 2024 Dear Three Years Ago: Looking back on 2020, it became clear early on that COVID would disrupt the global economy and that local impact would be determined by harmony between public...
View ArticleOcean Startup Challenge Seeks Entries
The Ocean Startup Project has opened applications for the second cohort of the Ocean Startup Challenge, quadrupling the total prize money to $1.4 million. The Ocean Startup Project is a pan-regional...
View ArticleAudioptics Secures $1.9M in Funding
Halifax-based medtech company Audioptics Medical, whose device can see through eardrums to study the middle ear, has closed a $1.9 million investment round led by Innovacorp and the German medical...
View ArticleReady2Launch Seeks Applicants
Dalhousie University has opened applications for its second Ready2Launch cohort, a summer accelerator for Atlantic Canadian university students and recent graduates. The three-month program for...
View ArticleSydney’s Verschuren Centre Builds Bio Hub
At a time when Atlantic Canada in general is attracting innovation-driven companies from other parts of Canada and the wider world, no city has attracted more startups than Sydney, which is...
View ArticleJobs: Marketing Manager at Velsoft
Our Job of the Week column today features an opening for a Marketing Manager at New Glasgow, NS-based eLearning company Velsoft Training Materials. Velsoft’s product turns written training materials...
View ArticleSite Says Try It All Without Buying It All
A new website that allows the renting of personal property such as sports equipment is being launched by young Halifax entrepreneur Zachary Laberge. Laberge, 15, has raised $70,000 and is taking his...
View ArticleFarmers’ Truck, Earthli Make Impact Challenge
Two regional companies have made the top 20 ventures entered into the inaugural Canada-wide Impact Investor Challenge. Run by Vancouver-based Spring Activator, the contest offers the chance to win...
View ArticleSedna Launches Sensor Globe
Dartmouth-based oceantech company Sedna Technologies has released Sensor Globe, a piece of hardware that can gather real-time data on live seafood in tanks, fish farm pens or other environments. The...
View ArticleInnovators Named to NS Economic Growth Council
An advisory body with a mandate to grow the post-pandemic economy has been set up by the Nova Scotian government and features some of the province's most influential entrepreneurs and innovators. The...
View ArticleAggregated Family Forest Carbon Offsets Launched
Sackville-N.B.-based Community Forests International is launching its aggregated family forest carbon offsets project to allow individual forest landowners to pool their lands and join carbon markets...
View ArticleJason Hopper Joins QOMPLEX
When QOMPLX of Virginia acquired Hyperion Gray of North Carolina last month in a union of cybersecurity companies, it had some impact in Nova Scotia due to remote working. Hyperion Gray’s Chief...
View ArticlePitch & Pick Set for Tuesday
Eight teams will vie for $1,000 at Genesis’s next Pitch & Pick competition, which will be held Tuesday, April 13, at 3 pm NST. Pitch & Pick is the demo day for the Evolution Program, the...
View ArticleACOA Backs Verschuren Centre and Four Cos
The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency has committed $2,214,302 to support the growth of the emerging biotechnology sector at the Verschuren Centre in Sydney, Cape Breton. The funding is being...
View ArticlePEI’s Sentry Closes Series A Round
Charlottetown-based Island Water Technologies said last week its Sentry subsidiary has closed a Series A funding round, with backing from two key ethical funds that can help it grow. Sentry, which uses...
View ArticleAtlantic FinTech Partners with Fintech Cadence
Atlantic FinTech, an association supporting financial technology in the region, has partnered with Fintech Cadence, a Montreal-based national non-profit, to help grow the region’s fintech industry and...
View ArticleStartup Weekend NS Starts April 30
Startup Weekend Nova Scotia will be held online starting on April 30, with a special focus on inclusion and diversity. A division of the global accelerator Techstars, Startup Weekends are frequently...
View ArticleQRA Closes US$3M Funding Round
Halifax-based QRA Corp., which provides natural language processing for complex engineering tasks, has closed a US$3 million (C$3.8 million) funding round to enhance its business development and...
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