NBIF To Invest in Energia Companies
Companies going through the University of New Brunswick’s Energia Ventures will receive as much as $500,000 in total investment from the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation in the next two years....
View ArticleFuckup Nights Arrives in Halifax
A sold-out crowd gathered in Halifax last night to learn from, reflect on, even laugh at other people’s failures, and in doing so join a movement that has spread to more than 300 cities in 90...
View ArticleSite2020 Eyes Strong Sales Growth
Dartmouth-based Site2020’s traffic-control equipment was used on more than 200 construction sites last year, and CEO Mitch Hollohan expects to deploy another 1,000 units over the next two years. The...
View ArticleLunch & Learn on Media Relations
On Wednesday, I will be delivering a Lunch and Learn talk at Volta on Media Relations for Startups – a topic a lot of startups should give some thought to. I’m frequently asked about media relations by...
View ArticleStartup Genome Rates Atlantic Canada No. 4 in Activation Phase
Atlantic Canada has the world’s fourth best “activation stage” ecosystem for startups, says Silicon Valley think tank Startup Genome. The organization each year ranks startup ecosystems around the...
View ArticleHalifax Index: Population Up Again
The Halifax Partnership unveiled its Halifax Index on Monday, revealing that surging population growth, especially among young people, has led to an increase in GDP. The annual assessment of the...
View ArticleEChart Raises $800K, Led by NBIF
Fredericton-based eChart Healthcare, whose technology improves communication in long-term care facilities, has raised an $800,000 funding round that includes $200,000 from the New Brunswick Innovation...
View ArticleProof Heads to Pitch@Palace Finals
Proof, whose SaaS platform helps governments make better decisions, can add another trophy to the cabinet, having won the Pitch@Palace event in Toronto last month. The company, which is a resident of...
View ArticleRise Wins B-Corp Certification
As Fredericton-based Rise prepares to monetize its online platform, it will do so with a newly acquired environmental certification. Rise runs a website that offers home-building and renovation advice...
View ArticleGIT Team Plans Supercluster Project
Halifax-based Graphite Innovation and Technologies and three partners plan to apply to Canada’s Ocean Supercluster for support for R&D into GIT’s product, a coating that protects ships and...
View ArticleBeauceron Partners with CIRA
Fredericton-based Beauceron Security, which helps clients improve their cybersecurity culture, has agreed to offer training services through the organization that oversees the .ca domain registration....
View ArticleResqunit Sets Up In Halifax
Resqunit Canada Inc., the North American subsidiary of Norwegian oceantech company Resqunit A/S, is setting up in Halifax as a base for its growth in Canada and the U.S. The parent company has...
View ArticleMetamaterial Tech To Go Public
Metamaterial Technologies Inc. is going public. News of the Dartmouth-based company’s plan to go public broke Friday night when publicly listed Continental Precious Minerals Inc. issued a statement...
View ArticleMTI Eyes $10M+ Raise During IPO
by Peter Moreira Metamaterial Technologies Inc. plans to raise more than $10 million in fresh capital when it lists its shares on the Canadian Security Exchange later this year. The Dartmouth-based...
View ArticlePropel Seeks Incite Applicants
Propel, the Atlantic Canadian tech support organization, has opened applications for the next cohort of Incite Phase 2, the virtual accelerator for scaling companies. Incite is Propel’s accelerator for...
View ArticleAppili Starts Trading on TSXV
Shares of Halifax drug discovery company Appili Therapeutics Inc. begin trading on the TSX Venture exchange today. The company, whose long-term goal is to produce drugs that can combat...
View ArticleACOA Lends $925K to Beyond Food
The federal government has lent Dartmouth-based Beyond Food Inc. $925,000 to develop a manufacturing plant and market its nutritional supplement made out of grocery store produce nearing its sell-by...
View ArticleSimplyCast Wins Security Certification
Dartmouth-based automated marketing company SimplyCast has been granted a high-level certification for cybersecurity, which is a necessity for landing business from a range of enterprise clients. The...
View ArticleMicroSintesis Closes $16.4M Round
Charlottetown-based MicroSintesis, which has developed a revolutionary product to ensure gut health in animals, has sold a minority stake to John Risley’s Northern Private Capital for $16.4 million....
View ArticleStock Markets Lure Region’s Startups
The stock market is looming larger in the Atlantic Canadian startup community than it ever has before, as several leading companies are choosing public markets as the best option to secure long-term...
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