Oceans Supercluster Makes Shortlist
The proposed oceans supercluster in Atlantic Canada is one of nine proposals shortlisted for the federal government’s $950 million Supercluster Initiative. Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation,...
View ArticleHachey Traded Wall Street for AgTech
David Hachey’s entrepreneurial journey took him from Harvard University to Wall Street to a farm in rural Nova Scotia. The result of this unique career path is the recent launch of his startup...
View ArticleVolta Launches Early Stage Fund
Volta Labs is launching a new funding program that will give as much as $250,000 a year to “very, very early-stage companies” across Atlantic Canada, CEO Jesse Rodgers announced Tuesday night. Speaking...
View ArticleRegion Has 17 Startup Award Finalists
The Province of New Brunswick, and the university that bears its name, will be well represented in the finals of the 2017 Startup Canada Awards next week. Startup Canada, which promotes...
View ArticleBereda Eyes Elite Endurance Athletes
If the guys behind Bereda Training are as good at startups as they are at sports, the Halifax company will definitely be one to watch. A recent addition to the hive of startups at Volta Labs, Bereda...
View ArticleSDTC Backs MTI with $5.4M
Metamaterial Technologies Inc. has received a $5.4 million grant from Sustainable Development Technology Canada, or SDTC, almost doubling the money going toward the Halifax company’s metaSOLAR...
View ArticleHeyOrca ARR hits US$1 Million
HeyOrca, the St. John’s company that helps marketing agencies collaborate with their clients, has reached an important milestone. It has now achieved US$1 million in annual recurring revenue, or ARR....
View ArticlePropel ICT Names Barry Bisson CEO
Propel ICT, Atlantic Canada’s tech startup accelerator, has named Barry Bisson, former President of Shad Valley International, as its new Chief Executive Officer. Propel released a statement on...
View ArticleDal Seeks More Female CS Students
As part of Dalhousie University’s bicentennial celebration in 2018, the Faculty of Computer Science is launching a campaign to double the percentage of female students enrolling in the next academic...
View ArticleShad Program Coming to UPEI
The University of Prince Edward Island is joining Shad, an award-winning national enrichment program which brings top high school students to 16 university campuses across the country every July....
View ArticleACOA Funds FAN, Venn, Afred
The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency has announced funding of $1.4 million to three organizations to improve the ecosystem for startups in Atlantic Canada. ACOA is providing a grant of $948,000...
View ArticleJobs: Dash Hudson, Swept, MCE
Dash Hudson, the fast-growing Halifax company that provides analytics for such social media tools as Instagram, is looking for a Director of Marketing. The Dash Hudson position is featured in our Jobs...
View ArticleAccreon, ABM, iTacit Win Contract
A consortium of three Atlantic Canadian tech companies has won a $10.1 million contract to build a new apprenticeship-management system for five provinces. Accreon of Fredericton, ABM Integrated...
View ArticleDeshpande’s Lesson in Creating Impact
A giant in the field of entrepreneurship came to Halifax last Friday to give educators some schooling on how to build entrepreneurial ecosystems. Entrepreneur, philanthropist and University of New...
View ArticleNSBI Launches US Export Program
Nova Scotia Business Inc. is seeking applications for its new Scale-up Hub Cambridge program, which aims to help companies from the province increase sales in the U.S. and other countries. The...
View ArticleTD Donates $500K to Futurpreneur
TD Bank Group has donated $500,000 to the Atlantic chapter of Futurpreneur Canada to support its efforts to support and educate young entrepreneurs in the region over the next three years. The...
View ArticleHarbr Commits to Gender Parity
Though it is rooted in the male-dominated industries of technology and construction, Harbr has set a target to have an equal balance of men and women on its staff. The Halifax company released a...
View ArticleQRA To Attend 48 Hours in the Valley
Halifax-based QRA Corp. has been accepted into the next cohort of 48 Hours in the Valley, the program offered by C100 to introduce leading Canadian companies to the network of investors and mentors in...
View ArticleEmbracing Changes in Healthcare
Delegates to BioPort 2017 on Wednesday were told of the impact of recent life sciences innovation in Atlantic Canada and encouraged to embrace further change. The impact so far is found in the fact...
View ArticleDash Hudson Releases Vision Product
Dash Hudson has added a new product — which it says is a doozy — to its suite of products to help brands and publishers link with their audience. The Halifax company -- which is profitable and growing...
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