Drinkable Water Wins Ready2Launch
Drinkable Water Solutions, a Halifax-based team developing a graphene-based sensor to monitor water quality, has won Dalhousie University’s Ready2Launch pitch competition. Ready2Launch is a three-month...
View ArticleNBIF Readies Green Fund
The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation and Opportunities New Brunswick are launching a climate impact fund to finance private-sector initiatives to mitigate and adapt to climate change, with funding...
View ArticleDissecting East Coast Startup Valuations
Our valuations panel at Entrevestor Live should shed light on a long-standing question for many East Coast founders: how do startup valuations in Atlantic Canada compare with other places? This...
View ArticleVolta Unveils Ecosystem Awards
Volta, the Halifax-based startup hub, has recognized six Atlantic Canadian groups and individuals with its annual Ecosystem Impact Awards, which it announced last week. Launched in 2019, the Ecosystem...
View ArticleBernadette Fernandes Joins Emergence
Emergence, the life sciences incubator based on Prince Edward Island and targeting a national market, has made a new hire: Bernadette Fernandes, a corporate consultant who specializes in export...
View ArticleMeta Announces Research Grants
Halifax advanced materials unicorn Metamaterials Inc., which boasts a C$2.1 billion market cap on the Nasdaq, will dole out a basket of $150,000 research grants, with winners being announced January,...
View ArticleDesign2Build Announces Cohort
Dalhousie University has announced the startup cohort for its second annual Design2Build accelerator -- an eight-month program meant to help deep tech entrepreneurs develop and manufacture their...
View ArticleMarketing Entrepreneurs Launch Software Firm
The owners of Halifax marketing agency Kula Partners have spun off a software development company that promises to bring private-sector, user-centred design sensibilities to public sector agencies....
View ArticleBreatheSuite Secures FDA Approval
St. John’s-based medtech company BreatheSuite Inc. has received 510(K) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its device that helps people to user their inhalers properly. Receiving...
View ArticleBoomersPlus Becomes SeasonedPros
BoomersPlus, a Halifax company that matches seasoned professionals with part-time jobs where their experience is needed, is rebranding as SeasonedPros. “We think our new name better reflects our...
View ArticleVenture Grade Backs 3D Planeta, KorrAI
Venture Grade, a student venture capital fund based at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, has announced new investments in two regional companies that facilitate the making of advanced maps: 3D...
View ArticleLaunching our Oceantech Survey
At Entrevestor, we’re now gearing up to produce our data reports for 2021, and we’d like to tell you how we’re enhancing these products. As we have for the past nine years, we will produce our annual...
View ArticleMedtech Shines at Volta Cohort
Medtech and biotech companies were dominant at Wednesday’s Volta Cohort pitch competition, with all five winners pitching products with healthcare applications. The victors triumphed in a field of 14...
View ArticleWebjet Buys Trip Ninja
Almost three months after Halifax travel scheduling startup Trip Ninja announced it was ceasing operations, an eleventh-hour buyout has saved the company and the jobs of both its founders and...
View ArticleEnergia Demo Day Set for Dec. 9
Fredericton-based accelerator Energia Ventures will hold its second demo day of 2021 on Dec. 9, showcasing a roster of five companies from four countries. Energia is hosted by the University of New...
View ArticleMilk Moovement Bags $1.5M From SDTC
Milk Moovement, which makes supply chain management software for the dairy industry, now controls about 10 percent of United States milk production and has bagged a $1.5 million grant from federal...
View ArticleScale-up Hub Atlanta Reveals Smaller Cohort
Nova Scotia Business Inc.’s Scale-up Hub: Atlanta program has announced its six-company fall cohort -- down from eight participants in the spring session -- with four startups from Nova Scotia, one...
View ArticleVenn Garage Adds Two IT Startups
Venn Innovation, a New Brunswick startup hub, has added a pair of ideation-stage software companies to its Venn Garage incubator via one of its open pitch events. Judges chose Oz Health and DYOFOX from...
View ArticleGoodLeaf Lands $2.7M for Calgary Farm
Guelph, Ont.- and Bible Hill, NS-based vertical farming startup GoodLeaf Farms has inked a deal with Alberta for the provincial government to pay $2.73 million towards a 74,000-square-foot facility in...
View ArticleIGNITE, Discovery Centre Plot STEAM Recruitment
Halifax science museum The Discovery Centre and rural innovation hub IGNITE have announced a joint project to encourage Grade 12 students to pursue careers in “STEAM” fields -- science, technology,...
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