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Today, we’re launching our campaign to ask the founders and CEOs of Atlantic Canadian startups to take two minutes to complete our 2018 survey. We’re working with partners across the region to enhance...
View ArticleNovonix To Grow With $500K Loan
Novonix Battery Testing Services Inc., which tests batteries used as alternative power sources, has borrowed $500,000 from the federal government to help develop a new manufacturing facility....
View ArticlePicomole Wins Funding for Diagnostic Lung Cancer Device
Moncton-based medical technology company Picomole has announced funding for its breath analytics technology which has the potential to be a low-cost and effective tool for cancer screening. Picomole...
View ArticleStartup Canada Seeks Award Entries
Startup Canada has opened nominations for its sixth annual Startup Canada Awards – a contest that Atlantic Canadians have always done well in. Startup Canada, whose mission is to promote and nurture...
View ArticleBringing AI to Building Design
A team of Dalhousie University faculty members is creating engineering software to partly automate the design of buildings, and has already arranged two pilot projects with its solution. Smart...
View ArticlePropel Adds Six Board Members
Propel, the Atlantic Canadian tech accelerator, has almost doubled the size of its board with the appointment of new directors, drawing from its pool of graduates and the broader business community....
View ArticleDensitas Partners with U.S. Beta User
Halifax-based breast imaging analytics company Densitas has announced a collaboration with TeleMammography Specialists of Decatur, Georgia, that will improve the quality of breast screening offered to...
View ArticleSecuricy Launches Free Platform
Sydney-based Securicy, which helps medium-sized enterprises meet the cybersecurity requirements of larger customers, has launched free tools to help startups protect their data. The company announced...
View ArticleStudent Entrepreneurs at SMU for Conference
Student entrepreneurs from across the country will be in Halifax on Tuesday to begin working with experienced entrepreneurs at the Starting Point Entrepreneurship Conference at Saint Mary’s University....
View ArticleLiftoff Is Part of John Swan’s Legacy
Jake Swan started Liftoff Capital to help entrepreneurs link up with investors, peers and mentors, but now he sees it as part of the legacy of his late father, the Saint John tech entrepreneur John...
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Vertiball Launches Kickstarter Drive
A New Brunswick entrepreneur wants to change the way people approach treating muscle pain. Curtis Kennedy is the founder of Vertiball, a portable, mountable, rolling massager. The company launched its...
View ArticleHacking Health Set for March in NL
Bounce Health Innovation, the life sciences support group in Newfoundland and Labrador, will hold its second annual Hacking Health St. John’s Hackathon on March 1-3. Like Startup Weekend, Hacking...
View ArticleBioLoggers’ $150K Post-Pivot Raise
If a pre-seed company can raise $150,000 from angel investors in 10 minutes, it’s obvious the company has done something right. In the case of Maritime BioLoggers, what they did right was pivot to help...
View ArticleInfluitive To Open Halifax Office
Influitive, a Toronto-based customer advocacy platform provider, is in the process of opening a Halifax office, which it refers to as its second Canadian headquarters. The company was in the news last...
View ArticleVolta Cohort Entries Open Till April 3
Volta, Canada’s East Coast innovation hub, has opened applications for the fourth edition of its Volta Cohort pitching competition, which promises investment of as much as $25,000 to each winner....
View ArticleAVSS Joins NASA Project in Reno
It’s a big deal when a startup finds a partner with global reach, but AVSS of New Brunswick has just found a partner whose operations extend to the far reaches of the galaxy. Rothesay-based AVSS...
View ArticleJobs of the Week: 2 at Dash Hudson
Dash Hudson, the fast-growing visual marketing company, has a pair of openings at its Halifax headquarters, and they headline our Jobs of the Week column today. The Halifax-based company has an opening...
View ArticleSMU Places 2nd Again at VCIC
For the second year in a row, a team of under-graduates from Saint Mary’s University's Sobey School of Business has placed second in the New England edition of the world’s largest venture capital...
View ArticleIdeaHub Accepts Seven Startups
The Emera ideaHUB, Dalhousie University’s new incubator for companies building physical products, has accepted its first seven resident companies, and has room for more. The goal of ideaHUB is to...
View ArticleReelData Poised to Launch Pilots
Matt Zimola and Hossein Salimian have post-graduate degrees in computer science, yet they have found themselves immersed in the world of aquaculture. They are two of the co-founders of ReelData, a...
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