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Startup Data Survey: Now Is The Time
At Entrevestor, we're in the process of preparing our annual Startup Data Report, which offers the most detailed snapshot available of the state of the Atlantic Canadian Startup Community. If you are a...
View ArticleCVCA Finds $256M in East Coast VC
Though missing out on the bonanza of mega-deals, Atlantic Canada recorded one of its best years ever last year in raising venture capital, according to the Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity...
View ArticleCheck out the Beyond the Edge Podcast
I had the pleasure recently of being interviewed by Dennis Young, the Founder and Managing Director of Barrington Edge, for his Beyond the Edge podcast, which is now live. Barrington Edge is a...
View ArticleTenera Signs Shannex Deal
With its foothold in the long-term care industry established, Halifax senior care startup Tenera Care is looking to diversify into other market segments — a push being led by an announcement Wednesday...
View ArticleMemorial Seeks Startup Co-Founders
Drawing inspiration from the fintech unicorn Verafin, the Memorial Centre for Entrepreneurship is looking for applicants to its Solvers program, which pairs industry professionals with would-be...
View ArticleBrunValley Raises $300K
Quispamsis, NB insurance technology startup Brunvalley has closed a $300,000 funding round, including a $100,000 follow-on investment from the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation. The new round of...
View ArticleThe Boom Box for Tired-A$$ Women
Carolyn Crewe, Halifax-based founder of Duckish Natural Skin Care, has teamed up with other female business owners to create a Boom Box, aka “a wellness box for Tired A$$ Women in hopes of inspiring...
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Celebrating International Women’s Day
Atlantic Canada's innovation community is home to a host of impressive women, some founders and some working in support organizations. In honour of International Women's Day, we're showcasing five...
View ArticleLet’s Donate $1500 to Mental Health?
Congrats to Atlantic Canadian startup founders! You've helped to ensure our fundraising for the Canadian Mental Health Association will surpass $1,000 this year. But it's not enough. As of Tuesday...
View ArticleOutcast Eyes U.S. Expansion
With production at its new Burlington, Ontario, facility underway and a newly hired Chief Financial Officer, a United States expansion is next on the horizon for Halifax’s Outcast Foods. Founded by...
View ArticleInnovacorp Invested $9.7M in 20-21
Innovacorp made a total of $9.7 million in venture capital investments in its 2021 fiscal year, as the Nova Scotia government’s early-stage venture capital agency ramped up investment. The provincial...
View ArticleNovonix Borrows $1M For Burnside Facility
Novonix Battery Testing Solutions, which emerged from research conducted at Dalhousie University by Jeff Dahn, is receiving a $1 million loan from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency to buy...
View Article18 Join Innovacorp Accelerate
Innovacorp, Nova Scotia’s venture capital Crown corporation, has announced 18 companies joining its five Innovacorp Accelerate streams: bluetech, healthtech, agtech, cleantech and software. The...
View ArticleKognitiv Spark Raises $4.7M
Kognitiv Spark, the Fredericton maker of augmented reality software, has raised $4.7 million from London-based Foresight Group and the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation as it aims to expand its push...
View ArticlePond-Deshpande Becomes Revenue-Driven
Sponsored Content As it celebrates its 10th anniversary, the Pond-Deshpande Centre (PDC) at the University of New Brunswick is completing its transition to a new business model, which allows it to...
View ArticleOcean Startup Project Calls for Sustainable Ideas
The Ocean Startup Project, a national organization focused on boosting bluetech, is looking for participants for its Ocean Idea Challenge, a competition that connects aspiring entrepreneurs with...
View ArticleInnovasea Rolls Out Sensor Suite in Newfoundland
Innovasea, the Halifax- and Boston-based company that monitors conditions in aquaculture pens, is rolling out a full suite of monitoring equipment at an aquaculture site in Placentia Bay, Newfoundland...
View ArticleThanks for Sending in Surveys
Thank you to all the founders and CEOs – all 120 of ‘em -- who took the time to fill in our survey in the past two weeks. Because of your assistance, we’re announcing today that we’ll donate $1200 to...
View ArticlePEI BioAlliance Opens Manufacturing Incubator for 6 Companies
As the PEI BioAlliance industry group looks to expand the province’s biotech manufacturing capacity, it has opened a new $6.5 million Biomanufacturing Incubator with room for six companies in the...
View ArticleReady2Launch Readies for Launch
Dalhousie University has opened applications for the third cohort of its Ready2Launch accelerator for Atlantic Canadian university students and recent graduates looking to commercialize their academic...
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