Blk Women in Excellence Society Launches Pitch Competition
The Halifax-based Canadian Blk Women in Excellence Society is launching a pitch competition for black female entrepreneurs with the help of a $52,920 grant from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities...
View ArticleSandpiper Closes SVF Fund
Sandpiper Ventures, Atlantic Canada's female-focused venture capital firm, has closed its flagship SVF fund, having raised over $20 million. The SVF fund is the second-largest female-focused VC fund in...
View ArticleWelkom-U CEO Ajibola Wins Immigrant Award
Tosin Ajibola, whose Fredericton startup Welkom-U is an online platform that aims to help foreign students acclimatize to their new surroundings, has been declared by Western Union’s Canadian Immigrant...
View ArticleCybersecurity cluster continues to grow
Sponsored Content With its impressive cybersecurity strength and talent development history, New Brunswick is implementing a strategy to become the world’s most innovative and collaborative...
View ArticleSpark Nova Scotia Coming in October
The annual Spark Nova Scotia startup competition, which offers winners up to $50,000 of non-dilutive funding, will hold three pitching events in different regions of Nova Scotia this fall. Now in its...
View ArticleIBI Group Paid $5.7M for HotSpot
When IBI Group bought Fredericton transportation software-maker HotSpot in June for its recurring revenue business, the Toronto engineering and technology company agreed to pay a total of $5.74...
View ArticleHickey Out at Invest Nova Scotia
Invest Nova Scotia Executive Chair Tom Hickey has resigned, citing other professional commitments, mere weeks after his appointment to helm the new amalgamation of Innovacorp and Nova Scotia Business...
View ArticleVirtual Hallway Books 500 Consults for NS Doctors
Virtual Hallway has helped doctors to schedule more than 500 meetings with specialists through a pilot program with Nova Scotia Health’s Innovation Hub since the end of May. The six-month program will...
View ArticlePropel Names Traction and Growth Grads
Atlantic Canada's IT accelerator Propel has announced seven graduate companies from the latest cohort of its Traction and Growth program. The Traction and Growth program is meant for startups that have...
View ArticleFour Atlantic Companies Receive SDTC Funding
The federal government’s Sustainable Development Technology Canada, or SDTC, has announced grants for four Atlantic Canadian startups: Hampstead, N.B.’s PLAEX Building Systems, and Halifax-based ZeroIN...
View ArticleEd Martin Named Director of MCE
Ed Martin, former CEO at St. John’s-based edtech startup Zorbit’s Math, has been appointed Director of the Memorial Centre for Entrepreneurship at Memorial University. As director of the MCE, Martin...
View ArticlePotential’s First EV To Be Off-Road Camper
Fredericton-based Potential Motors’ electric vehicle will be an off-road camper van that uses the company’s vehicle control software to identify and adapt to changes in terrain. Chief Executive Sam...
View ArticleBUILD Applications Open
Dalhousie University’s Emera ideaHUB incubator has opened applications for this year’s BUILD accelerator — a 10-month program meant to help deep tech startups develop and manufacture their products....
View ArticleSeagrave to Head National Bio Group
BioNB CEO Meaghan Seagrave is leaving the New Brunswick organization to head up Bioindustrial Innovation Canada and its affiliated Sustainable Chemistry Alliance, which invests in early-stage life...
View ArticleAtlantic Canadian VC Strong Despite National Headwinds
The first half of 2022 was a strong period for Atlantic Canadian venture capital deals, buttressed by nearly record-breaking fundraising activity from Nova Scotia, according to data released Thursday...
View ArticleOcean Supercluster Funds Wind Mapping
Canada’s Ocean Supercluster has announced a $1.8 million project led by Halifax-based SailTimer to produce crowd-sourced weather reporting both for and from sailboats. SailTimer, helmed by President...
View ArticleModest Tree Inks Space Force Deal
Modest Tree, a Halifax-based maker of extended-reality software, has won a contract with the United States Space Force, the extra-planetary branch of the country’s armed forces. The company earned the...
View ArticleMaritime Launch Finalizes Land Lease
Maritime Launch Services has finalized the Crown land lease for its planned spaceport near Canso, Nova Scotia, paving the way for an inaugural rocket launch next year. The lease is for 334.5 acres near...
View ArticlePlanet Hatch Newcomer Pitch Competition This Friday
Fredericton entrepreneurship hub Planet Hatch will hold its first Newcomer and International Student pitch competition, which has a total prize purse worth $10,000 on Friday. Scheduled for Aug. 26, the...
View ArticleCouryah Launches Apps
Couryah, the Halifax-based food delivery service, has launched a trio of apps to replace its web platform and accommodate more users on the back of pandemic-era growth. Couryah differs from other...
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