30 Startups Enter Incite Phase 1
Propel, the pan-Atlantic IT support organization, has accepted 30 companies into Phase 1 of its virtual accelerator Incite – an increase of about one-third from its first cohort of the program....
View ArticleEnriched Founder Program at AVF
The Atlantic Venture Forum is seeking companies to present at this year’s conference and benefit from an enriched program of content for founders. Companies have until the end of the day Tuesday to...
View ArticlePlanet Hatch Names Sales Cohort
Planet Hatch has named the five companies that will participate in its 2019 Sales Accelerator Program, which helps companies find new markets and improve their revenue base. The Fredericton...
View ArticleCuna del Mar Buys PEI-based CAT
Cuna del Mar, the aquaculture-focused investment group backed by Christy Walton, has purchased The Center for Aquaculture Technologies, or CAT, the P.E.I.-based research group. The companies last week...
View ArticleAdaptiiv Partners With Italy’s EZB
Adaptiiv Medical Technologies Inc., the Halifax company that uses 3D printing to improve cancer treatment, has further extended its international reach by partnering with Italian peer Eckert &...
View ArticleCooke Lands $5.6M in ACOA Funds
Cooke Aquaculture announced plans Friday to expand and upgrade its hatcheries in southern New Brunswick with about $5.6 million in funding from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency. According to a...
View ArticleZirca Plans Gamified Dating Site
The Halifax-based creator of a dating app hopes to challenge the likes of Tinder and Match.com. Frogo founder Marc Zirca plans to compete in the crowded marketplace by offering a user experience that...
View ArticleSide Door Tripled Bookings in March
Showing the effects of its recent marketing launch, Halifax-based home-concert organizer Side Door tripled the number of performances it arranged in March compared with February. The company – whose...
View ArticleMaritime DevCon Set for June 8
The sixth annual Maritime DevCon, a conference for software developers, is coming to Fredericton in June. Maritime DevCon is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting a strong software...
View Article14 To Pitch at Volta Cohort
Fourteen Atlantic Canadian early-stage startups will vie for a total of as much as $125,000 at the spring edition of the Volta Cohort pitching event on May 22 in Halifax. Volta, the Halifax-based...
View ArticleLuther To Head Halifax Partnership
The Halifax Partnership has announced the appointment of Wendy Luther as President and CEO, effective June 3. Luther has 17 years of experience in representing Nova Scotia nationally and...
View ArticleApplications Open for Sprint Contest
Applications for Innovacorp’s Sprint competition for Nova Scotia technology startups opened Wednesday and will remain open until May 15. Winners will receive up to $25,000 each in non-dilutive,...
View ArticleHow Will the Recession Impact You?
One constant factor in the Atlantic Canadian startup story in the past decade has been a strong underlying economy in key export markets – but that could change soon. Robust economic growth, especially...
View ArticleSeven Join UNB Summer Institute
The University of New Brunswick’s TME group has revealed the seven companies in its Summer Institute, an accelerator that emphasizes the human aspects of entrepreneurship, such as marketing and design....
View ArticleLatham and McArthur Join Propel
Propel, the Atlantic Canadian ITC accelerator, has named veteran entrepreneurs Derek Latham and Gordon McArthur to its stable of entrepreneurs-in-residence. The company released a press release last...
View ArticleLeeWay Lands $291K ACOA Loan
Dartmouth-based LeeWay Marine has borrowed $290,600 from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency to speed up the refit of its newest research ship, the LeeWay Striker. ACOA issued a statement Friday...
View ArticleApply Now for Next CDL Cohort
The Creative Destruction Lab has opened applications for its 2019-20 cohort, at its Atlantic Canadian pod and other locations across Canada and in New York and Oxford, England. The applications can be...
View ArticleNextleaf Raises $4M in Share Sale
Nextleaf Solutions, co-founded by Saint Mary’s University alum Paul Pedersen in 2015, will raise $4 million through the sale of new shares on the Canadian Securities Exchange this week. This brings the...
View ArticleAVF Names 14 Keynotes So Far
The Atlantic Venture Forum is coming back to Halifax this June and has announced 14 keynote speakers so far. The seventh annual forum features networking opportunities, an Atlantic Canadian technology...
View ArticleCoLab Accepted into Y Combinator
St. John’s-based CoLab Software has become the first Atlantic Canadian company to be accepted into Y Combinator, one of the world’s most prestigious tech accelerators. CoLab, whose Gradient platform...
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