CoteX Pioneers Fertilizer Manufacturing Process
In the latest win for Sydney’s Verschuren Centre biotech hub, agtech startup CoteX Technologies has relocated from India to use the facility. Founded in 2018 by chemical engineer Santosh Yadav, CoteX...
View ArticleHalifax Index Launches Thursday
Entrevestor will be participating in the release of the Halifax Index on Thursday at 9 am, bringing our insights on startup and innovation to the Halifax Partnership’s annual assessment of the city’s...
View ArticleTurning Waste Plastic into Bricks
Even after decades of attempts by governments and environmental groups to make recycling ubiquitous, the industry faces at least one constant challenge: finding uses for discarded material. But the...
View ArticleVerschuren, Bioenterprise Sign MOU
Sydney’s Verschuren Centre and Bioenterprise, Canada’s food and agri-tech organization, have signed a memorandum of understanding to work together in support of sustainable innovation in agriculture...
View ArticleBoomersPlus’s New Mentor Project
BoomersPlus, a Halifax company that matches seasoned professionals with part-time jobs where their experience is needed, is testing a new initiative to help startups find industry mentors. The Virtual...
View ArticleGoAhead Invests in Metricsflow
St. John’s-based Metricsflow, which says it has created a privacy-friendly online tracking service, has inked a deal with GoAhead Ventures, a US$55 million Silicon Valley venture capital firm. The...
View ArticleStartups Land $1b in Funding in 30 Months
Atlantic Canadian startups have raised more than $1 billion in growth capital in the last 30 months, according to research released today by Entrevestor. Today we're publishing the 2020 Atlantic...
View ArticleJob Openings: Passiv, Dalhousie U
Our Jobs of the Week column today features a pair of openings: Fredericton-based Passiv is looking for a Marketing Associate, while Dalhousie University in Halifax needs a Manager for its Mentorship...
View ArticleGoodLeaf Starts Montreal Plant
Vertical farm operator GoodLeaf Farms announced last week it expects to break ground on a new indoor vertical farm in the Montreal area by autumn – its first expansion since building its Guelph, Ont....
View ArticleNine Enter Innovacorp Accelerate
Nova Scotia venture capital Crown corporation Innovacorp has announced nine participants for the inaugural cohort of its revamped Accelerate program. The program will replace both the old, longer...
View ArticleMareComms, Sedna in MassChallenge
Two Dartmouth-based oceantech startups, Marecomms and Sedna Technologies, have been accepted into the MassChallenge accelerator, one of the top startup programs in the U.S. Participation in the...
View ArticleNasdaq Elevates Meta to Unicorn
Atlantic Canada has minted its first publicly traded unicorn: Dartmouth’s Metamaterial Inc. The company began trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange Monday thanks to a reverse acquisition of Texas-based...
View ArticleThe Emergence of Mega-Rounds
Atlantic Canadian startups are on track to raise more than $800 million in equity capital this year, buoyed by eight- and nine-figure deals from a new breed of super-elite companies. When...
View ArticleFemale-Led Firms Under-Funded
Atlantic Canada looks set to post a banner year for startup funding, but one category of company represents a well of untapped potential: those led by women. Companies with women in their c-suites are...
View ArticleBioInnovation Challenge Seeks Entrants
Life sciences industry group BioNova is looking for startups to compete in its annual BioInnovation Challenge, which will be held virtually again this year and offer a $55,000 prize of funding and...
View Article3D Planeta Raises $1M-Plus
Fredericton geomapping startup 3D Planeta has raised just over $1 million in equity investment in a two-stage seed round, with a third stage planned to bring the total to $1.25 million in the coming...
View ArticleSide Door Closes US$3M Round
Side Door, the Halifax startup that arranges performances at unconventional venues, has closed an equity funding round of US$3 million (C$3.7 million), with which it hopes to increase its presence in...
View ArticleCDL Oceans Graduates 12 Startups
Twelve companies have graduated from the first cohort of Creative Destruction Lab Oceans, meaning a total of 17 oceantech startups have now graduated from the accelerator. While the Atlantic Canadian...
View ArticleMeta Readies Commercial Plant for 2022
Metamaterial Inc., the Dartmouth-based advanced materials developer that last week became Atlantic Canada’s first publicly traded unicorn, said on an investor call Tuesday that it expects to complete...
View ArticleNS To Cut Regulation in Business
The Nova Scotia government’s Economic Growth Council has issued its first set of recommendations, which focus on reducing the regulatory burden and treating housing as a strategic growth sector. The...
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