Making Lobster Fishery More Efficient
When Premier Stephen McNeil toured the Volta Labs startup house in Halifax last month, one company that seemed to catch his eye was SeaSmart Technologies, a new oceantech company based in Mahone Bay....
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SkySquirrel in $3M Raise and Merger
SkySquirrel Technologies, the Bedford, N.S. company that uses aerial imaging to improve vineyard productivity, has raised $3 million and merged with its Northern California research partner ViewView...
View ArticleSimplyCast Updates its 360 App
Clients of SimplyCast would have noticed a big change in their SimplyCast360 application yesterday. The Dartmouth-based company, which aims to simplify and automate communication flows for businesses...
View ArticleGenesis Launches Diversity Program
The Genesis Centre, the venerable startup house in St. John’s, will launch a new diversity program on Monday to offer support to more startups founded by women and immigrants. Dyanna McCarthy, who has...
View ArticleJobs: Dash Hudson, Modest Tree
Dash Hudson has posted an opening for a Sales Development Representative while Modest Tree Media is looking for an Intermediate eLearning Software Developer in our Jobs of the Week column today. Modest...
View ArticleProposals for $15M Fund Sought
Innovacorp is calling for proposals from private fund managers to oversee an early-stage venture capital fund – a fund whose value has been boosted by 50 percent. The Nova Scotia government’s VC agency...
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We’re Ramping Up Survey Campaign
We’re about to ramp up our campaign to ask the founders and CEOs of Atlantic Canadian startups to take two minutes to complete our 2017 survey. We’re working with partners across the region to enhance...
View ArticleJEDI launches New Accelerator
The Joint Economic Development Initiative is starting the new cohort of its accelerator for indigenous entrepreneurs today, with a special focus on scaling and exporting. JEDI, a non-profit that aims...
View ArticleAn Immigrant Entrepreneur’s Lessons
The need to develop international sales is a hot topic in the region. Entrepreneurs often need to work hard to win introductions. When Danish-born Pernille Fischer Boulter arrived in Nova Scotia, she...
View ArticlePlanting Seeds Win Was Aurea’s Start
Since winning the 100 Seeds Atlantic pitching competition last year, Cat Adalay, the founder and CEO of Aurea Technologies, has taken off with her company, which aims to outfit high-rise buildings with...
View ArticlePEI-Based Nautilus Bought by Croda
Charlottetown-based Nautilus Biosciences Canada Inc., a marine biotechnology company, said Monday it has been purchased by the British specialty chemical-maker Croda International Plc for an...
View ArticleEhEye Raises $500K, Led by NBIF
EhEye, the Saint John company that uses artificial intelligence and data analytics in video surveillance, has raised $500,000 in funding after courting 250 potential investors. CEO James Stewart said...
View ArticleSequence Names Michael Phillips CSO
St. John’s-based Sequence Bio has named Michael S. Phillips as its new Chief Scientific Officer. Phillips brings more than 25 years of experience in large-scale genomic projects, drug target discovery...
View ArticleStudent VC Event Needs Startups
Ellen Farrell is looking for a few startup founders or CEOs to help with an international venture capital event for students this spring. The entrepreneurship prof at St. Mary’s University’s Sobey...
View ArticleYanky: Wiping Runners’ Runny Noses
It’s an unflattering problem for runners everywhere. You work up a sweat, your face is dripping and your nose starts leaking like a faucet. With no tissues or towels, you turn to the next best thing;...
View ArticleEggcitables Wins 100 Seed$ Event
Eggcitables, a company that makes a vegan egg substitute from chickpeas, won the $10,000 cash prize at the third annual 100 Entrepreneurs Planting Seed$ pitching competition, an initiative put on by...
View ArticleStartup Moncton Launches
Startup Moncton is the latest addition to the Startup Canada Community, a grassroots, non-profit that aims to provide infrastructure and connect startup communities across the country. Said Debbie...
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5 Takeways from SkySquirrel Deal
The significance of SkySquirrel Technologies’ transformative deal announced last week far outweighs the number attached to it. The transaction will send ripples through the AgTech sector in the region...
View ArticleVesuvius’ Campaign Raises US$119K
Halifax-based game maker Vesuvius Media’s crowdfunding campaign for its latest board game has drawn US$118,563 in commitments, making it the top-grossing tabletop game on Kickstarter over the holiday...
View ArticleGlobal Mentoring in Social Ventures
Common Good Solutions has been helping the region’s social entrepreneurs since 2012. Now the Halifax-based mentoring and consulting company is pushing ahead with marketing its online training platform...
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