Innovacorp, NBIF Back Propel with $1M
Innovacorp and the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation are putting up a total of $1 million to help companies in Phase 2 of Propel’s Incite accelerator cover the cost of executing their sales strategy....
View ArticleYuill Heads To Peterborough, Ont.
Martin Yuill will step down as the head of Charlottetown-based Emergence life sciences incubator next month to head the new Cleantech Commons in Peterborough, Ont. Under Yuill’s leadership, Emergence...
View ArticleTwo NS Companies in Cleantech 100
Two fast-growing Nova Scotian companies have been named to the 2019 Global Cleantech 100, an international list of companies deemed most likely to solve clean technology challenges. Dartmouth-based...
View ArticleThe Seasoning of PEI’s Ecosystem
The pillars of a startup ecosystem – working spaces, university, funding agency, support organizations, network of mentors – have been in place for well over a year. A recent visit to the P.E.I....
View ArticleLeBlanc, Beaton Join Innovacorp Board
Innovacorp has named Nicole LeBlanc, Director of Investments and Partnerships at Sidewalk Labs, and entrepreneur Eleanor Beaton to its board of directors. The Nova Scotia early-stage venture capital...
View ArticleNumus Backs Spain’s Nodalblock
When the Royal Spanish Football Federation announced this week that it was adopting a blockchain-based ticket distribution system, it brought in a tech company that is partly based in Halifax. The...
View ArticleSolarAssist To Help NS Go Solar
Nova Scotians can now access a free, interactive online tool to help them assess their solar potential and calculate how much they’d save by installing solar panels. SolarAssist is a new web platform...
View ArticleJob of the Week: SDR at Harbr
Our Job of the Week column today showcases a position as a Sales Development Representative at Halifax’s Harbr, which makes software for the construction industry. Harbr, which has made a commitment to...
View ArticleNBIF Names Breakthru Semi-Finalists
The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation has announced the semi-finalists for its 2019 Breakthru Competition, which will award more than $500,000 in prize money next month. The New Brunswick early-stage...
View ArticleSMU Centre Targets Social Ventures
As it extends its mandate beyond the university’s business school, the Saint Mary’s University Entrepreneurship Centre is focusing more heavily on helping students launch social enterprises. Founded...
View ArticleNB Funding Up 400%+ in 2018
Any time an economic metric more than quadruples in one year, you have to figure it was a pretty good year. So, 2018 was definitely a good period for funding by New Brunswick startups. Though all the...
View ArticleBeyond Food Raises $1M Round
Halifax-based Beyond Food Inc. has closed a $1 million funding round to help it launch its system that will convert aging supermarket produce into a powdered food supplement. The company issued a press...
View ArticleGenome Atlantic Fighting Superbugs
Halifax-based non-profit Genome Atlantic has announced the development of a $1.4 million research project to develop new surveillance tools to help identify and track genes involved in superbugs. In a...
View ArticleNS Social Venture Fund Launched
The Social Enterprise Network of Nova Scotia and the national Social Enterprise Ecosystem Project have joined up to launch the province’s first impact investment fund, the Social Enterprise Impact...
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2 Exits That Shaped NB’s Ecosystem
The idea for one of Fredericton’s latest tech startups was dreamed up on a hike in Scotland. As Duncan McSporran and Ryan Groom, the co-founders of Kognitiv Spark cleared their heads in the outdoors...
View ArticleBend Beauty Aims To Be Global Brand
A Halifax-based company has created a new skin care line that claims to treat your skin from the inside out. Bend Beauty is a high-end skin-care company that produces ingestible supplements that...
View ArticleNumus Backs Spain’s Nodalblock
When the Royal Spanish Football Federation announced this week that it was adopting a blockchain-based ticket distribution system, it brought in a tech company that is partly based in Halifax. The...
View ArticleBend Beauty Aims To Be Global Brand
A Halifax-based company has created a new skin care line that claims to treat your skin from the inside out. Bend Beauty is a high-end skin-care company that produces ingestible supplements that...
View ArticleJobs: Dash Hudson, Adaptiiv, CDL
Three openings in Halifax headline our Jobs of the Week column today. Digital health company Adaptiiv is in the market for an Operations Associate, while visual marketing SaaS company Dash Hudson is...
View ArticleUS Tech Magazine Recognizes Harbr
Halifax-based Harbr has been recognized as one of this year’s Top 10 Construction Technology Solution Providers by CIO Applications, a Silicon Valley-based technology magazine. Harbr’s recognition is...
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