Digital NS Program Aims for Diversity
Digital Nova Scotia is seeking applications for the second cohort of its Get into IT program, which aims to help 148 participants from under-represented communities launch a technical career. The...
View ArticleNew IT Training Programs Coming
The University of New Brunswick has partnered with the McKenna Institute and TechImpact to launch a new initiative that aims to address the tech industry’s labour shortage in New Brunswick and Atlantic...
View ArticleEarly Career Ocean Professionals Sought
ECOP Canada is asking people who have recently embarked on careers in the ocean sector to fill out a survey so the group can better understand and meet the international and national needs of early...
View ArticleAlongside Raises $8M
Two months after it inked a deal to acquire job board CareerBeacon, Moncton’s Alongside has closed an $8 million funding round, comprising 40 percent equity funding and the remainder a loan from TD...
View ArticleOur First Canadian Oceantech Data Report
We’re super proud today to publish our first Canadian Oceantech Data Report, which we hope will provide a baseline for analyzing ocean-related innovation in Canada in coming years. This is the first...
View ArticleMARS VR Starts Trials
Halifax’s MARS VR Lab has begun clinical testing for a virtual reality hardware and software suite that gamifies the process of teaching children how to operate motorized wheelchairs. The technology,...
View ArticleAVSS Bags $1.1M Testing Deal
Aerial Vehicle Safety Solutions, the Rothesay, NB, maker of safety equipment for drones, has inked a $1.1 million deal allowing the federal government to test its Payload Precision Delivery System for...
View ArticleCOVE Study Finds Electrification Opportunity
A study commissioned by the provincial government and carried out by Dartmouth’s Centre for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship has found that Nova Scotia may enjoy comparative advantage in the world...
View ArticleStartup Zone Announces New Programs
Charlottetown innovation hub Startup Zone has announced two entrepreneurial education programs as part of its new Startup School initiative, which will focus on encouraging participants to “learn by...
View ArticleVan Bommel Retires from BDC
About two decades ago, a young venture capital investor named Tony Van Bommel was attending an event in Fredericton showcasing technology developed at the University of New Brunswick, when something...
View ArticleNPC Funds Impactful Health, Smallfood
Industry group Natural Products Canada, or NPC has announced that two Atlantic Canadian companies are among those receiving a total $2.8 million of funding for product commercialization. The two Nova...
View ArticleUNB to Head Cybersecurity Innovation Network
The University of New Brunswick’s National Cybersecurity Consortium, or NCC, will head up the newly created Cyber Security Innovation Network in a deal worth at least $160 million. The NCC has already...
View ArticlePLATO Buys Saskatchewan’s ITC
Fredericton’s PLATO Testing, an indigenous-led IT services and training company, has bought Saskatchewan-based Information Technology Consultants, or ITC, with the aim of expanding its presence in the...
View ArticleVolta Seeks Cohort Applicants
Halifax startup hub Volta is looking for applicants to its Volta Cohort accelerator and pitch competition, which is held twice a year. Applicants will pitch their early stage technology companies to a...
View ArticleLaunching our 2021 Startup Survey
Today we are launching our survey to capture data on the Atlantic Canadian startup community in 2021, and we’re asking all founders in the region to take a few minutes to complete the 13-question...
View ArticleLab2Market Oceans Seeks Applicants
Applicants are being sought for the third oceans cohort of the Lab2Market technology accelerator, which helps researchers commercialize their work. Hosted by Dalhousie, Ryerson, Memorial and University...
View ArticleTribe’s Black Entrepreneurship Program
Tribe Network has opened applications and nominations for its Black Entrepreneurship Program, which provides support for Black entrepreneurs and business owners in Atlantic Canada. Founded in 2021 by...
View ArticleDal Launches Health Sprint
The Dal Innovates Sandboxes — groups at Dalhousie University designed to facilitate multidisciplinary collaboration — have announced a Health Innovation Sprint event to encourage innovation in the...
View ArticleAppili Inks US$10M Defense Deal
Halifax drug discovery company Appili Therapeutics has inked a US$10 million (C$12.67 million) deal with the United States Department of Defence to test a vaccine against tularemia — a highly...
View ArticleCurv Raises $5.1M on Pivot
Halifax- and Toronto-based Curv Health has raised a $5.1 million seed round led by Toronto’s iGan Partners and Halifax's Build Ventures to develop a full-stack telehealth system for employers and...
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