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...
View ArticleLazaridis 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...
View ArticleAtlantic 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...
View ArticleBioVectra 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...
View ArticleCoding 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...
View ArticleKarina 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...
View ArticleRegional 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...
View ArticleStartup 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...
View ArticleAl-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...
View ArticleFractional 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...
View ArticleWagner 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...
View ArticlePartners 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...
View ArticleTech 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...
View ArticleArchibald 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...
View ArticleMeta 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...
View ArticleDal 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...
View ArticleOcean 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...
View ArticleGIT 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...
View ArticleNeed 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...
View ArticleWho 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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