Sonrai Closes US$18.5M VC Round
Sonrai Security, an enterprise cybersecurity company launched by senior executives from Q1 Labs, has closed a US$18.5 million (C$24.6 million) round of venture capital funding, likely the largest VC...
View ArticleState of the Ecosystem Talk at Volta
There’s a State of the Ecosystem discussion taking place at Volta in Halifax today, and you can tune in regardless of where you are. Chris Crowell, VP of Corporate Innovation at Volta, and I will hold...
View ArticleMitacs, MTI, Dal in $1.6M Project
Metamaterial Technologies Inc., Dalhousie University, and Mitacs on Tuesday announced a $1.62 million project to explore light manipulation for use in a range of commercial applications. The project...
View ArticleAccenture Opens Office at Volta
The global consultancy Accenture has opened an innovation outpost office at Volta in Halifax, made possible through a $400,000 grant from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency. Halifax MP Andy...
View ArticleCarShare Atlantic’s Cooley Steps Down
It was a bittersweet birthday for CarShare Atlantic as the Halifax company celebrated its 10th anniversary last month. The company’s co-founder and CEO, Pam Cooley, announced that she will step down...
View ArticleEnvenio Exits, Purchased by Juul
Fredericton-based Envenio, whose technology assists in the understanding of fluid dynamics, has quietly exited, being taken over by San Francisco electronic cigarette company Juul. Neither Envenio nor...
View ArticleJobs: SpryPoint, LifeRaft, Spring Loaded
Three jobs from Charlottetown’s SpryPoint headline the Jobs of the Week column today. We also have openings at Spring Loaded Technology in Dartmouth and LifeRaft of Halifax. Founded in 2011, SpryPoint...
View ArticleFunding Spike Led to Higher Sales in NL Startups
Sponsored Content There’s one big lesson from the most recent analysis of our data from Newfoundland and Labrador. Funding is important. There’s nothing startling in that statement, but as we look back...
View ArticleNS Boosts Equity Tax Credit Limit
Nova Scotia has quintupled the size of its equity tax credits for people investing in young, innovative companies, and signaled that more changes are on the way. The provincial government announced...
View ArticlePitch@Palace, Dream Summit Seek Entries
Two upcoming events are offering Atlantic Canadian startups a chance to pitch before national or international investors and stakeholders. Invest Atlantic is looking for East Coast startups to apply to...
View ArticleBarrington Edge Grows Portfolio
Halifax-based tech consulting group Barrington Edge has invested in a high-growth U.S. tech company and hopes to use the relationship to improve sales for Atlantic Canadian clients. Barrington Edge,...
View ArticleCarbonCure To Be Added to 11 Plants
Carboncure Technologies of Dartmouth has announced its client Irving Materials, Inc. of Greenfield, Indiana, is adopting the Carboncure technology at 11 of its plants in the coming months. Irving now...
View ArticleKognitiv Spark Works With Northern UAVs
Kognitiv Spark of Fredericton has announced a partnership that will help communities in the Canadian North benefit from the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs. The company issued a press release...
View ArticleWhat’s next in Nova Scotia’s ETC Reform?
The Nova Scotia government delivered half a reform on its equity tax credit last week, and it will be interesting to see what the other half of the reform will entail in a few months. Don’t get me...
View ArticleLobster Forum Set for Truro Tuesday
Ocean to Plate, a one-day forum to discuss innovation in the lobster industry, will take place Tuesday in Truro. The forum will bring together lobster industry players from all parts of the value chain...
View ArticleConstruction AI Eyes Partnerships
Construction AI, one of the winners in the recent Sprint competition in Nova Scotia, is negotiating with two major software companies to adopt its technology. Based in Mosquodoboit Harbour, NS, and...
View ArticleMariner Addresses Gap in Communications Industry
Saint John-based tech conglomerate Mariner Partners has announced it’s developing software that will assist communication service providers as the industry moves away from physical network...
View ArticleJob of the Week: Swept Account Exec
Halifax’s Swept, which makes software for the janitorial sector, is searching for an Account Executive, which is our Job of the Week today. Swept makes simple software designed specifically for...
View ArticleBursity To Help Finding Scholarships
A team of students from Nova Scotia Community College is building an online platform to address a problem they know well: the cost of higher education. Bursity.ca will help match users to scholarships...
View ArticleRacki Launches Book at Volta Tonight
Those who know Kyle Racki as a Software-as-a-Service entrepreneur may be surprised to know about a project he did way back in grade school. The guy who would become the CEO of Halifax-based Proposify...
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