LeBlanc To Chair Entrevestor Live
We’ve got great news: Nicole LeBlanc has kindly agreed to be the chair and host of Entrevestor Live, our virtual event taking place on Oct. 6. Entrevestor Live will be a celebration of success in the...
View ArticleFrenter Acquires Rentbridge
Halifax-based equipment rental marketplace Frenter has acquired Alberta’s Rentbridge and now its 15-year-old Founder and CEO Zach Laberge is working on a $450,000 pre-seed funding round. Labege said in...
View ArticleAngels Defy Pandemic As Funding Tops $100M
Canadian angel investors defied economic headwinds and fears from industry leaders to book $102.9 million worth of deals in 2020, a report by the National Angel Capital Organization with input from...
View ArticleDavison Becomes Stash CEO
Fredericton-based Stash Energy, which builds energy storage technology for heat pumps, has announced its new CEO: Jamie Davison. Founded in 2015, Stash uses heating registers -- systems that use...
View ArticleRENK Ups Modest Tree Stake
Augsburg, Germany-based RENK, a subsidiary of automotive giant Volkswagen Group, will expand its stake in Modest Tree as the Halifax maker of augmented reality software looks to expand its product...
View ArticleCOVE Joins International Consortium
A consortium of bluetech support organizations that includes Dartmouth’s COVE ocean technology hub has signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on research planning, technology...
View ArticleBioInnovation Challenge Semi-Finalists
Nova Scotia life sciences industry group BioNova has chosen eight semi-finalists for its annual BioInnovation Challenge to be held virtually this year, with $55,000 of funding and in-kind services up...
View ArticleAVF Announces Five VC Guests
The Atlantic Venture Forum has announced five guests for its Meet the Investors event, which will offer attendees the chance to hear senior venture capitalists discuss what they look for in potential...
View ArticleInnovate Care Announces Headliner
Innovate Care, a conference with strong East Coast involvement focused on strategies to help seniors stay more active and contribute to the economy for longer, has announced this year’s headlining...
View ArticleWe’re off till Sept 7.
As we have each year, we're taking off the week before Labour Day. We need to recharge the batteries before a busy autumn. So we're not planning to publish articles again until Sept. 7. See you all...
View ArticleDugo Wins Major U.S. Client
After doubling its revenues in 18 months, Halifax-based Dugo, which helps enterprise clients monitor remote infrastructure, has secured its first American client, which Dugo describes as a Top 5 player...
View ArticleTalkatoo Closes Funding Round
Halifax-based Talkatoo has closed a round of funding led by Toronto’s Klick Ventures, which has been the voice-transcription startup’s mentor going through the Google for Startups Accelerator: Voice...
View ArticleUnveiling the Entrevestor Live Program
With less than a month to go until we host Entrevestor Live, we’re pleased to unveil the program for the virtual conference taking place on Oct. 6. We still have a few slots to fill in terms of...
View ArticleAtlantic Startups Mark Banner Quarter
Atlantic Canadian startups raised a gangbuster $170 million of venture capital funding in the first half of 2021, according to data from the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association, or...
View ArticleQuantifying Muscle Health
Sponsored Content Rafaela Andrade’s grandfather built a small cookware maker into a consumer goods behemoth, rising from a poor, Brazilian neighbourhood to become one of the most prominent...
View ArticleGray Wolf Raises $1.2M
Fredericton cybersecurity startup Gray Wolf Analytics has closed a $500,000 equity funding round, including $200,000 from the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation, and raised another $700,000 of...
View ArticleSnorble Raises 3/4 of US$2M Round
On the heels of its successful crowdfunding campaign in the spring, Snorble has received commitments for three-quarters of its current US$2 million (C$2.5 million) equity funding round. The brainchild...
View ArticleEmergence Inks Deal With Angel Group
Emergence, a bioscience incubator based on Prince Edward Island and targeting a national market, has inked a partnership deal with angel investor group Keiretsu Forum Canada. Keiretsu is part of an...
View ArticleBiotech Sector Takes Flight in NS
Sponsored Content Kevin Sullivan likes to reflect on how much the Nova Scotian life sciences sector has grown since he moved to Halifax to head a biotech company in 2013. In those days, Nova Scotia’s...
View ArticleEigen Inks Intel Partnership
Fredericton’s Eigen Innovations has announced a partnership with Intel that will see it use the chipmaking giant’s technology in an artificial intelligence system meant to improve the efficiency of...
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