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Data Shows Two-Tier Startup Community

A troubling divergence has developed in the Atlantic Canadian startup community as early-stage companies have difficulty launching even as their elder comrades grow rapidly. This is the main conclusion...

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Lazaridis Institute Seeks Scale-ups

The Lazaridis Institute at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo is looking for 10 companies to join its next cohort of the Lazaridis ScaleUp program, which helps promising Canadian companies to...

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Atlantic Canada Passed Over in Startup Genome Rankings

For the third year in a row, Atlantic Canada has failed to rank among the world’s top 100 emerging startup ecosystems in The Global Startup Ecosystem Report from Startup Genome, the Silicon Valley...

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BioVectra on Track for $1B in Revenue: Communitech

Charlottetown’s BioVectra, which manufactures pharmaceutical ingredients and is owned by Miami-based private equity firm H.I.G. Capital, has been included in Waterloo incubator Communitech’s inaugural...

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Coding Boot Camp, SkillsBuild Programs Unveiled

The University of New Brunswick, its new McKenna Institute and TechImpact have announced two initiatives to help prepare New Brunswickers for the growing employment opportunities in information...

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Karina LeBlanc Leaving PDC

Karina LeBlanc, Executive Director of the Fredericton-based Pond Deshpande Centre is leaving her role at the head of the socially conscious group after 10 years with the organization. PDC is part of...

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Regional Partnership in Bio Trials

The four Atlantic provinces have launched a new initiative to collaborate on clinical trials for medtech and pharmaceutical research, dubbed the Atlantic Clinical Trials Network, or ACTN. Health...

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Startup Observers on Overcoming Recruitment Barriers

In the wake of a PEI BioAlliance white paper that described systemic barriers to recruiting life sciences talent from outside Atlantic Canada, startup community observers say the same stumbling blocks...

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Al-Otumi Leaving Shiftkey

Well-known Halifax-based entrepreneur and educator Akram Al-Otumi is leaving Shiftkey Labs, the software innovation sandbox, and moving to a new position as a Catalyst Project Director with...

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Fractional Finance Raises $500K

Halifax-based Fractional Finance has raised about $500,000 for its new, blockchain-driven platform that’s designed to change the way people invest in real estate. The company’s first product is called...

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Wagner Looks Back at CarbonCure Tenure

Jennifer Wagner posted on social media last week that she is stepping away from Dartmouth-based CarbonCure Technologies, where she has served as President for several years. We asked Wagner a few...

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Partners Unveil STEM Indigenous Youth Program

Dalhousie University-based SuperNOVA, along with Acadia First Nation and Ulnooweg Education Centre have announced their first STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) program for Indigenous...

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Tech Program Helps Up-skill and re-skill Workers

Designed to address the region’s demand for skilled workers in web development and data analytics, industry group Digital Nova Scotia and Bluedrop ISM have launched Skills for Hire Atlantic for tech...

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Archibald Reveals Swell Exit

Swell Advantage, the Halifax company that made software for marinas, quietly exited in the last year and a half with the sale to the American company Oasis Marinas Management. Iaian Archibald said in...

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Meta To Buy Optodot IP for US$45.8M

Dartmouth-based Meta Materials Inc., which specializes in producing synthetic materials, is acquiring the assets and intellectual property of Devens, Mass.-based Optodot Corp., which signals a move...

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Dal innovates Wins Global Award

Dalhousie University has won international recognition for its work facilitating the transition of student and researcher innovations into commercially viable products and services.   Its Dal Innovates...

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Ocean Startup Challenge Opens

Applications have opened for the third Ocean Startup Challenge, which will offer idea- and early-stage bluetech startups up to $40,000 each, as well as specialized training, mentorship, networking, and...

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GIT Partners with Eastern Pacific

Dartmouth-based Graphite Innovation and Technologies has formed a strategic partnership with Eastern Pacific Shipping under which the Singapore-based shipping line will apply GIT’s protective coating...

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Need Talent? Try an Arts Grad

A year ago, Emma Faulkner was worried her 12,000-word thesis on women’s rights and education in 18th Century England might not be the educational milestone that tech startups were looking for in a...

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Who Attended the CDL Super Session?

Nineteen companies from the two Creative Destruction Labs programs in Atlantic Canada this week joined the annual CDL Super Session, the program’s annual international summit. The Toronto event, which...

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