Fraser Calls 2021 Transformational
Malcolm Fraser is categorizing 2021 as an “unbelievable” year for Innovacorp, highlighted by the $104 million exit from Meta Materials Inc., the largest exit in the venture capital agency’s history. In...
View ArticleRing Rescue Inks US Distribution Deal
Dartmouth’s Ring Rescue, which now sells its system for removing stuck jewelry in eight countries, has inked a distribution deal with fire and emergency supplies distributor Team Equipment to make its...
View ArticleHalifax’s Rockwood Claims NZ Prize
Halifax-based geriatrician, academic, and founder Kenneth Rockwood has been awarded the 2021 Ryman Prize, which is worth NZ$250,000, or C$218,000, for his work on behalf of older adults. The grant...
View ArticleMCE Enriches Woodward Cup
The Memorial Centre for Entrepreneurship is adding two awards to its annual Woodward Cup competition, including one that aims to increase participation by women and non-binary students. The...
View ArticleHappy Holidays to all our Readers!
As we do each year, we're taking off the week between Christmas and New Year's. So this is our last day of publishing until Jan. 4. It's been a fantastic year, and we would like to thank all our...
View ArticleOur Story of the Year
I believe that one day we’ll look back on 2021 as the year in which the Atlantic Canadian startup cluster began giving back to the governments that have supported it. From our standpoint, the story of...
View ArticleLast Call for Bluetech Surveys
We’re making one last call for Canadian oceantech founders to complete our 2021 survey, which will help us produce our first report on the Canadian oceantech sector. We’re really pleased with the...
View ArticleWhat To Watch for in 2022
Every year at this time, we pull out the crystal ball and try to see what the next twelve months may bring, and I’ve got to say the glass orb is a little cloudy for 2022. I try not to write predictions...
View ArticleDal Offers Entrepreneurship Workshop
Dalhousie University’s Dal Innovates entrepreneurship hub will offer a three-day workshop about how to apply entrepreneurial thinking to scientific research and career planning in academia. Slated to...
View ArticleTrojAI Raises $3M Seed Round
In the wake of commercializing its product last summer, Saint John cybersecurity firm TrojAI has raised a $3 million seed round led by Halifax’s Build Ventures and Seattle’s Flying Fish Ventures, which...
View ArticleProposify Lays Off 25
Less than four months after it finished raising a $13 million funding round, Halifax Software-as-a-Service company Proposify is laying off 25 people as part of what CEO Kyle Racki described as an...
View ArticleInside Genesis’ Diversity Push
As recently as 2015, exactly none of the ventures at St. John’s-based Genesis startup hub were led by women. Today, nearly a third of them are. In an interview Wednesday, Vice President of Finance and...
View ArticleVolta Democamp Set for Feb. 16
Halifax startup hub Volta’s annual Democamp, which gives startups the chance to showcase their technology for investors and other innovation community members, is scheduled for Feb. 16. Held virtually,...
View ArticleMeta Faces Class Action Suit
Six months after gaining unicorn status through a listing on the Nasdaq, Meta Materials Inc. is facing a class action lawsuit from disgruntled investors. Meta Materials, the Dartmouth maker of...
View ArticleReused Plastic and Recircle Merge
Two Nove Scotia startups focused on recycling plastic waste into usable materials have merged. Antigonish's Recircle Waste Management Solutions and Halifax's Maritime Reused Plastic Products have...
View ArticleClean Leadership Applications Open
A summer internship program that provides Nova Scotia youth and employers with opportunities to develop leadership in green companies is once again seeking applicant employers. The Clean Leadership...
View ArticleSecuricy Reveals $5.2M Raise
Last summer, Cape Breton’s Securicy quietly raised its first round of institutional investment -- a US$4.1 million or C$5.2 million deal that was never publicized. As the 35-person company works to...
View ArticleOcean Supercluster Seeks Labour Proposals
Canada’s Ocean Supercluster, the federally backed organization that cost-shares with the private sector on research and development initiatives, has put out a call for new project proposals. In a press...
View ArticleFrenter Closes $270K Raise
In the wake of a pivot, Halifax’s Frenter has raised $270,000 from a consortium of investors that includes John Risley’s CFFI Ventures, Mark Dobbins’s Killick Capital and several funds from outside...
View ArticleSummer Institute Seeks Applicants
The University of New Brunswick’s J. Herbert Smith Centre for Technology Management & Entrepreneurship is looking for applicants to its 13-week Summer Institute accelerator. The Summer Institute...
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