Launch Oceans Held in Yarmouth
Ignite Labs and Dalhousie University hosted a startup weekend-style event this past weekend to encourage ocean technology companies in Southwestern Nova Scotia. At the Launch Oceans event in Yarmouth,...
View ArticleSalesforce Donates $180K in NS
Digital Nova Scotia and the Discovery Centre have announced a pilot program to boost Nova Scotia educators’ exposure to the ICT and digital technologies sector, assisted by US$180,000 from...
View ArticleMysa Raises $2M-Plus in 2nd Round
St. John’s-based Mysa Smart Thermostats has closed an equity funding round worth more than $2 million, enlisting investors from across the country to fund further sales of its energy-saving devices....
View ArticleUNBSJ Adds Sales Stream to MBA
Gerry Pond has finally found the university sales program he’s been courting for almost four years, and it’s cropped up in his home town of Saint John. The University of New Brunswick Saint John is now...
View ArticleSuru Eyes E-Bike Orders in the Spring
Halifax electric bike maker Suru is preparing to open preorders for its new bike in February, buoyed — believe it or not — by the global political environment. Headed by bike designer Michael Uhlarik,...
View ArticleILokol, Neuro Amel Win Dal Prize
Neuro Amel Technology and iLokol were both declared winners at the Collide 2018 Pitch Showcase, hosted by LaunchDal on Thursday night. Dalhousie University’s entrepreneurship hub hosted a pitching...
View ArticleIT Leader John Swan Passes Away
Our community lost one of its true leaders last week when John Swan of Saint John passed away. Swan was a tremendous proponent of the tech industries, especially in New Brunswick. As well as overseeing...
View ArticleInnovacorp Seeks Sprint Entries
Innovacorp is looking for early-stage IT companies to enter its Sprint competition, which will award a total of $100,000 in grants to at least four winners. Sprint will give as much as $25,000 each to...
View ArticleNSBI, ACOA Expand Scaleup Project
Nova Scotia Business Inc. is expanding its Scaleup Hub Cambridge program with the backing of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency to help scaling IT companies from across the region to increase...
View ArticleVenture Grade Invests in Cribcut
Saint Mary’s University’s Venture Grade Fund – a VC fund managed by students – is investing $15,000 in Cribcut, an online marketplace for hair stylists willing to make house calls. “Cribcut has a novel...
View ArticleILokol Lands 1500 Clients in 6 Months
There’s often a moment of stunned silence after the founders of iLokol pitch, as if judges and audience members are wondering if they understood the pitchers properly. No one is used to seeing the...
View ArticleDal Joins Women Founder Project
Dalhousie University has been selected as one of eight Canadian universities to join a research project into women’s entrepreneurship. The university said its Norman Newman Centre for Entrepreneurship...
View ArticleMilk Moovement Eyes Expansion
Robert Forsythe hopes his company Milk Moovement will have 10 clients within two years, which would mean having coverage right across Canada. The St. John’s-based company has developed a cloud-based...
View ArticleNBIF Funding Rose 8.8% in 2017-18
The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation invested $6.2 million in 24 companies in the 12 months to March 31, 2018, with the value of deals increasing 8.8 percent over the previous fiscal year. The...
View ArticleMicroWise Taps Halifax Expertise
The fact that Pia Haecky and Jone Jacobsen were sitting in a coffee shop in Halifax demonstrated the international appeal of their company, and how the oceantech cluster is progressing in Atlantic...
View ArticleXocean Ponders Base in Halifax
Since touching down in Halifax earlier in the autumn, James Ives has been wondering if the East Coast city could make a suitable North American base for his company, which uses unmanned boats to gather...
View ArticleBereda’s New Peer-to-Peer Product
Bereda Training, the Halifax company that helps endurance athletes, is launching a new product to blend its data and planning platform with a peer-to-peer support function. The company recently...
View ArticleSMU Alters MTEI Startups’ Funding
Ellen Farrell believes recent funding changes have improved the quality of startups in Saint Mary’s University’s MTEI program and a new relationship with Mitacs will improve them further. Farrell, the...
View ArticleCurwin Steps Down as TruLeaf CEO
Gregg Curwin has stepped down as CEO of AgTech company TruLeaf Sustainable Agriculture, paving the way for McCain Foods to steward the company through a phase of expected “exponential” growth. In an...
View ArticleProtocase Seeks Partner in Intersect
Having grown to a 200-person operation in 17 years, Sydney-based mass-customization manufacturer Protocase wants to expand into new product lines and is looking for a team of entrepreneurs to help. The...
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