Modest Tree Simplifying Maintenance at Sea
Halifax-based Modest Tree, which sells augmented reality software, will spearhead a $2.2 million project from Canada's Ocean Supercluster to develop a digital platform for ship and ocean equipment...
View ArticleDeNova Heads $6M Protein Project
DeNova Inc. is heading a $6 million project to develop its first facility, which will produce protein for aquaculture feed through a process that removes greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. There’s...
View ArticleBlue Innovation Challenge Seeks Entries
Innovacorp has opened applications for its Global Blue Innovation Challenge, which helps oceantech startups from other parts of the world immigrate to Nova Scotia. The Nova Scotia early-stage venture...
View ArticleAvery Mullen Joins Entrevestor
We are very happy to announce that Avery Mullen has joined the Entrevestor team as a reporter. Mullen, who is just completing his final year at the University of King’s College School of Journalism,...
View ArticleDensitas Inks Deal with NS, NB, PEI
In the wake of launching a new, integrated version of its AI-based mammography software, Halifax’s Densitas has inked deals with the governments of New Brunswick, P.E.I. and Nova Scotia to roll out its...
View ArticleVolta Launches Logistics AI Accelerator
Halifax startup incubator Volta has announced the creation of a new, year-long accelerator for AI startups focused on supply chains, with up to $14,000 of funding per company on offer. The program,...
View ArticleTVAAG Focuses on Green ‘Athleisure” Wear
Charlottetown-based natural clothing company TVAAG is seeking to lessen the health and environmental impacts of the fashion industry, often said to be the second-most polluting in the world. TVAAG...
View ArticleSTDC Funds Cleantech Companies
The federally backed Sustainable Development Technology Canada foundation is expanding its cleantech Seed Fund by distributing grants to 21 new companies, including five with ties to Atlantic Canada....
View ArticlePicture Pick Gamefies Advertising
With its user experience dialed-in, Halifax advertising startup Picture Pick has begun marketing itself to potential ad-buyers and bagged a deal with entertainment giant NBCUniversal Media. Picture...
View ArticleJobs: Dash Hudson Hiring in NS, NYC, LA
Our Jobs of the Week column today features 10 different postings by Halifax-based social media monitoring company Dash Hudson, which is seeking executives in Halifax, New York and Los Angeles. Dash...
View ArticleOutcast a Semi-Finalist In Food Waste Reduction
Halifax-based Outcast Foods has received $100,000 after being named a semi-finalist in the Government of Canada's Food Waste Reduction Challenge. Twelve finalists will receive $400,000 and two winners...
View ArticlePressto Helps Kids Spot Fake News
A Halifax ed-tech company is on a mission to help make children better, more thoughtful writers – by helping them create their own newspapers. Pressto, founded by former magazine publisher Daniel...
View ArticleDMF Anesthesia Device Approved
Halifax-based medical device company DMF Medical has received a Class II medical device license from Health Canada to sell its memsorb carbon dioxide filtration device created to improve safety for...
View ArticleTenera Raises $750,000, Bags ACOA Loan
After a short, pandemic-induced halt to its activities last spring, Halifax senior-monitoring startup Tenera Care is ramping up its expansion with the help of a new, remote installation procedure for...
View ArticleCydarien Adds Security to Software Testing
Ali Ghorbani has launched a new company, and not surprisingly it is focused on cybersecurity. An academic, researcher and serial entrepreneur, Ghorbani is the Director of the Canadian Institute for...
View ArticleAudioptics Lands $732K from ACOA, IRAP
Halifax-based Audioptics Medical, whose device can see through eardrums to study the middle ear, has received a $492,000 loan from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and a $240,000 grant from the...
View ArticleIMV Tests Drug with Breast Cancer
Dartmouth-based drug discovery company IMV has announced that its lead compound, known as maveropepimut-S, will be trialed in patients with hormone receptor positive/HER2-negative breast cancer. In a...
View ArticlePivot to COVID Test Boosts LuminUltra
For a Fredericton life sciences company dating back more than two decades, the pandemic has offered an opportunity to reinvigorate its business and venture into the lucrative world of diagnostic...
View ArticleAtlantic FinTech at Payment Summit
Industry group Atlantic FinTech will participate in the 2021 Payments Canada Summit, Canada’s largest payments conference, along with two Moncton-area companies that are members of the group. The...
View ArticleTriNav Wins Hull Design Challenge
St. John’s-based TriNav Marine Design has won a $500,000 prize from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency’s Hull Design Efficiency Challenge. Founded in the 1990s, TriNav is a consulting firm with...
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