GoBumpFree Takes Flight
An ambitious Halifax startup that aims to make it easier for the world’s 1.7 million airline employees to take vacations, will be one of the pitchers at the Propel ICT Demo Day on tonight. Danna...
View ArticleAurea Wins Planting Seed$ Competition
Aurea, a new cleantech company founded by Cat Adalay, won the second annual 100 Entrepreneurs: Planting Seed$ competition in Halifax on Monday, capturing the first prize of $10,000. The company is...
View ArticleBriefs: Launch Dal, Volta, Fredericton
Launch Dal Pitching Event on Thursday Launch Dal will hold the final pitch competition for the 12 teams in its Starting Lean program Thursday starting at 4:30 pm. After more than two months of...
View ArticleEarly Companies Shine at Demo Day
Propel ICT held its second Demo Day of 2016 in Halifax last night, in a show that featured strong performances from the early stage presenters. Seven of the 11 presenting companies at the packed event...
View ArticleNBIF Invested $3.8M in VC in 2015-16
The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation said Wednesday it made equity investments totaling $3.8 million in 22 companies in the 12 months to March 31, 2016. The province’s innovation agency released its...
View ArticleSomaDetect Plans 2017 Pilot Project
When David Alston was asked recently what startups in his native Fredericton had caught his attention, one of the first he mentioned was a young company called SomaDetect. The New Brunswick...
View ArticleJones, Rydlund Join Propel Team
Propel ICT, Atlantic Canada’s regional startup accelerator, has named veteran entrepreneurs Richard Jones and Charlotte Rydlund to its team as entrepreneurs-in-residence. These entrepreneurs have...
View ArticleSayles Take Aim at Workplace Safety
Having traveled the world in their respective professions, the Sayle brothers are back in Atlantic Canada developing a company they hope will revolutionize safety in the workplace. Bryan and Stephen...
View ArticleFierce Founders Seek Applications
Communitech, the Kitchener-Waterloo startup hub, is calling for applications for its Fierce Founder Bootcamp – a mentorship program for 25 companies led by female founders. The organization has held...
View ArticleTechnology Venture: Investing on the QT
Susan Hicks and Jon Manship have to be considered the unsung heroes of the East Coast startup community, and unsung is the way they like it. Manship and Hicks are the founders of Technology Venture...
View ArticleAxem Wins $3,000 at Dal’s Collide
Axem, a wearable technology that allows athletes to track their brain activity to enhance performance, has captured the $3,000 first prize at the latest Demo Day of the Collide Program at Dalhousie...
View ArticleElectric Bike Suru Launched in NS
Three years after his first attempt at a high-performance electric motorcycle faltered, Michael Uhlarik is back and has launched his latest bike, Suru. Costing $3,499 , the Suru is priced for the urban...
View ArticleBriefs: Ghorbani, Propel, WoodsCamp
Ghorbani Named Canada Research Chair Ali Ghorbani, dean of computer science at the University of New Brunswick, has been named Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Cybersecurity. As well as his academic...
View ArticleBlaze Studios Launches Zephyr
Moncton-based Blaze Studios has launched a new digital administrative product for the advertising industry, and is gearing up to release more products in 2017. Headed by Jason Lavigne, Blaze Studios is...
View ArticleKnowledgehook Lands $1.25M in Funding
Knowledgehook, whose software helps teachers to tailor their support of individual students, has secured $1.25 million in financing to fund the platform’s expansion into global markets. The...
View ArticleSolid State Sees Growth Continuing
In a segment that is notoriously slow to get to market, Solid State Pharma Inc. is a two-year-old biotech company that is not only profitable but also is doubling revenue and staff annually. Founded by...
View ArticleUsing Crickets to Reduce GHGs
As the financial and environmental costs of producing meat become better known, Joy Hillier is working to make her new cricket farm in Windsor a business that produces affordable, high-quality insect...
View ArticleTruLeaf Raises $8.5M from Angels
TruLeaf Sustainable Agriculture Ltd. has closed an $8.5 million equity financing, which will help expand its vertical farming technology into new markets. The Bible Hill, N.S.-based company said in a...
View ArticleNL Replaces RDC with InnovateNL
The government of Newfoundland and Labrador is replacing its Research & Development Corporation with a new body called InnovateNL, whose first chair is Killick Capital President Mark Dobbin. In a...
View ArticleBig Data Congress Eyes Oceans, Ag
The fifth annual Big Data Congress, to be held in Halifax in November, will feature something that none of the previous four have – a focus on specific sectors. Alternating between Saint John and...
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