TechImpact Expands IT Upgrade Program
TechImpact is expanding its Digital Boost program, which helps New Brunswick companies upgrade their digital capabilities so they can compete more effectively. The information technology association,...
View ArticleMillennia Tea Selling Across Canada
Millennia Tea has expanded its relationship with Sobeys so its frozen tea product, which is rich in antioxidants, is now available in the supermarket chain’s outlets across the country. The Saint John...
View ArticleBreakthru Newcomer Seeks Applicants
Planet Hatch and the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation have opened applications for the Breakthru-Newcomer competition for startups founded by recent immigrants and international students. The...
View ArticleCape Privacy Raises US$20M
Cape Privacy, which provides machine learning solutions for encrypted data, has raised US$20 million (C$25 million) to help develop its platform and find more clients in financial services and other...
View Article“Tech for good” Startups Join Venn Garage
Seven early-stage New Brunswick startups that use technology for social good have made the province's Venn Garage incubator program. Problems addressed range from reducing the impact of Covid on local...
View ArticleCarnegie Acquires Zorbit’s Math
Zorbit’s Math, a St. John’s-based provider of educational software, has been acquired by Carnegie Learning of Pittsburgh for an undisclosed price. Under the deal, which the parties announced Tuesday,...
View ArticleEarth Day 2021 Sees Cleantech Taking Root
With humanity facing enormous environmental challenges such as rising temperatures and pollution from micro-plastics, cleantech is an increasingly important sector globally. Atlantic Canada is no...
View ArticleOutcast Expands with NSBI Rebate
Halifax-based Outcast Foods is increasing its production of upcycled food products with the support of a $500,000 rebate from Nova Scotia Business Inc. Outcast, which calls itself the global leader in...
View ArticleAVSS Completes Key Standards Test
Aerial Vehicle Safety Solutions of New Brunswick, which makes safety parachutes for drones, has completed key testing that means the company now adheres to new rules on drone safety. Based in the Saint...
View ArticleAn Unprecedented Month of Funding
More than $50 million has flowed into the Atlantic Canadian innovation sector in April, and we still have a week to go before the month ends. We’ve been scrambling to keep up with all the investment...
View ArticleUnbound Aims to Cut Drug Waste
St. John’s-based Unbound Chemicals is tackling a big problem – the waste produced by the pharmaceutical industry. The company is developing a process to unlock the valuable ingredients from...
View ArticleSona Begins New Trials in Toronto
Halifax-based Sona Nanotech will begin clinical trials in Toronto this week in which 500 emergency room patients suspected of having COVID-19 will use the company’s saliva-based rapid test. The trials...
View ArticleVolta Names 15 Cohort Finalists
Fifteen early-stage startups will pitch for as much as $25,000 each in equity funding at the next Volta Cohort Pitch Event on May 19. Volta, the Halifax innovation hub, initiated the funding program...
View ArticleOzoneBio Creating Nylon from Zombies
OzoneBio is developing a more environmentally friendly form of nylon 66 from “zombie cells” in Sydney, where the company has become the latest to join the Verschuren Centre, the rapidly evolving hub...
View ArticleOzoneBio Creating Nylon from Zombies
OzoneBio is developing a more environmentally friendly form of nylon 66 from “zombie cells” in Sydney, where the company has become the latest to join the Verschuren Centre, the rapidly evolving hub...
View ArticleWalsh-McGuire To Head CASTL
The PEI BioAlliance on Tuesday named Penny Walsh-McGuire the new Executive Director of the Canadian Alliance for Skills and Training in Life Sciences, or CASTL. Walsh-McGuire is best known as the CEO...
View ArticleFundraising AI Targets Non-Profits
Fundmetric and Acadia University are teaming up to host the Fundraising AI Forum 2021, a virtual event that shows non-profits the advantages of advanced technologies like AI and how to adopt them. The...
View ArticleMeta Enters Geothermal Market
Dartmouth-based Metamaterial Inc., which makes advanced materials, is entering the geothermal electricity market in a partnership with Houston-based Sage Geosystems. The two companies this week...
View ArticleONSIDE Launches Innovation Tour
Entrevestor is delighted to be participating in the Nova Scotia Innovation Tour, a bi-weekly lunch-and-learn series presented by ONSIDE, which supports innovation in the province. I’ll be kicking off...
View ArticlePlanetary Hydrogen Joins C2V
Planetary Hydrogen, a cleantech company that moved from Ottawa to Nova Scotia last year, has been accepted into the New York-based Carbon to Value Initiative, which encourages industrial uses of carbon...
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