Pfera Wins BioInnovation Challenge
Pfera, the Fredericton company that helps horse breeders predict when their mares will give birth, won the $45,000 BioInnovation Challenge on Wednesday, its second big competition win this year. Now in...
View ArticleMount A Joins Shad Network
Mount Allison University in Sackville, NB, has become the 16th university in Canada to host the national science and entrepreneurship program Shad at its campus. The national organization announced...
View ArticleDeprolabs Opens Kickstarter Campaign
A team of Halifax entrepreneurs has launched a crowdfunding campaign to finance a new product that uses machine learning to water your plants while you’re out of town. Deprolabs Technology Inc....
View Article3 East Coasters Win Startup Awards
Three Atlantic Canadian success stories – all noted for their tenacity – captured national Startup Canada Awards in Ottawa on Thursday, including a businesswoman who was crowned the top entrepreneur...
View ArticleAttend the Release of our Startup Data
Entrevestor, in partnership with Charcoal Marketing, would like to invite the startup community to a luncheon on Nov. 8 to release and discuss our latest data on startups in Atlantic Canada. The...
View ArticleBlue Spurs Hosts IoT Hackathon
Fredericton-based Blue Spurs is hosting a full-day Internet of Things hackathon today, which has drawn the participation of the biggest organizations in the province. Blue Spurs, which has received...
View ArticleOcean Executive Preps for Launch
Having already signed up 400 users from around the world, Halifax-based Ocean Executive is planning for the full launch of its online wholesale seafood marketplace in December. Chief executive Mike...
View ArticleAppili Raises $3.1M Funding Round
Appili Therapeutics Inc., an anti-infective drug development company, has raised a $3.1 million round of equity financing, which will help pay for clinical trials due to start within 10 weeks. The...
View ArticleUNB To Host Creative Connections
This year’s Creative Connections Conference will be hosted by the University of New Brunswick and the Atlantic Centre for Creativity in Fredericton Nov. 16 to 18. The goal of the conference is to...
View ArticleNS Funds Nine Oceans Projects
The Nova Scotia government has provided more than $6.5 million for nine oceans research projects from its $25 million Research Nova Scotia Trust. Premier Stephen McNeil said that the nine projects are...
View ArticleEyesover Enters L-Spark Accelerator
Eyesover Technologies, a provider of opinion tracking and targeting software, has been selected for L-Spark, a Canadian accelerator that nurtures Software as a Service companies. The Fredericton...
View ArticleHBI Inks Deal with GE Healthcare
Halifax Biomedical Inc. has struck a partnership with GE Healthcare under which HBI can market its sophisticated imaging products to GE customers. HBI, which is based in Mabou, Cape Breton, issued a...
View ArticleMacDonald Adds Global View to Panel
One reason to attend our luncheon in Halifax on Nov. 8 is to get a chance to listen to Shaun MacDonald, one of the most experienced tech players in Atlantic Canada. Though he makes his home in Halifax,...
View ArticleZecken Targets Lyme Disease
For the past few years Kami Harris has received 1,000 ticks annually at her office at Mount Allison University in Sackville, N.B. She hopes it continues. Her business model depends on it. Some come...
View ArticleICode+ To Help More Black Youths
Business is Jammin’, which aims to empower Black youth through entrepreneurship, is expanding its iCode+ program across Nova Scotia to expose more young African Nova Scotians to digital technologies....
View ArticleBurke Aids Coffee Machine Deliveries
Andrew Burke describes Bean Counter Technology as a side hustle, but it’s a side hustle that has already grabbed clients across the country and was showcased at a recent national trade show....
View ArticleJobs: SkySquirrel Seeks VP Sales
SkySquirrel Technologies’ opening for a Vice-President of Sales is the headline posting in our Job of the Week column today. SkySquirrel uses drones to gather data from agricultural fields, focusing on...
View ArticlePEI Unveils New BioTech Facilities
The Prince Edward Island bioscience cluster unveiled a new fermentation and downstream processing equipment suite at the BioFoodTech facilities in Charlottetown on Friday, which should help smaller...
View ArticleAppili To Begin Clinical Drug Trials
The first drug candidate of Appili Therapeutics, an anti-infective drug development company, has been cleared to begin clinical trials in both Canada and the U.S. The Halifax company said in a press...
View ArticleCome Learn of #Startupeast Metrics
The startup community loves to dive into its own metrics. And you have an opportunity to learn more about the Atlantic Canadian startup grouping at our luncheon next Wednesday. Entrevestor has...
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