BioNB Leads Cannabis Campaign
A year after the legalization of cannabis in Canada, New Brunswick is making a push into developing innovation into the sector. The province is in the midst of a two-week campaign to draw attention to...
View ArticlePassive Design Eyes New Markets
A Nova Scotia engineer is aiming to take energy-efficient housing mainstream. Natalie Leonard is the founder of Passive Design Solutions, which sells ready-made building plans for energy-efficient...
View ArticleAshored in Top 3 at MassChallenge
Dartmouth-based Ashored Innovations has graduated from MassChallenge with one of the top three prizes at the international accelerator. Ashored, which is developing fishing equipment that reduces risks...
View ArticleWomen’s Fund Seeks Manager
The Atlantic Women’s Venture Fund is seeking an investment partner, someone who can identify target companies and negotiate investments for the fund expected to launch next year. The Women’s Venture...
View ArticleBill Gates Backs CarbonCure in Blog
Bill Gates has thrown his support behind CarbonCure Technologies, the Nova Scotia company that is reducing carbon emissions in the production of concrete. The Co-Founder of Microsoft on Monday posted a...
View ArticleSwarmio Plans TSX Venture Listing
Sydney-based Swarmio Media, which helps reduce lag times in video gaming, has begun the process of listing on the TSX Venture exchange and raising about $6 million in development capital. Formerly...
View Article32 Named to Propel’s Incite Phase 2
Propel has named 32 companies to Phase 2 of its Incite program – its biggest intake yet in the virtual tech accelerator. The chosen companies span Eastern Canada. Eleven companies are from Nova...
View ArticleCove Kombucha Backed by $1.2M
Halifax-based Cove Kombucha has closed a $1.2 million equity funding round, which the maker of healthy drinks hopes will go toward upgrading its facility, increasing production and reaching new...
View ArticleStartup Data Presentation at Volta
If you’re in Halifax on Nov. 27 and are interested in learning about The State of the Startup Community, go to Volta at noon. I will be presenting our 2018 Atlantic Canadian Startup Data report in a...
View ArticleStartup Failures & Zombies in 2018
When we produce our annual Atlantic Canada Startup Data report, there are two sets of statistics that people usually find interesting because they're stark reminders of the perils of entrepreneurship:...
View ArticlePassiv Eyes US with Alpaca Deal
Passiv, whose technology helps passive investors manage their portfolios, has partnered with Silicon Valley-based Alpaca, which should help the Fredericton company expand in the all-important U.S....
View ArticleNBIF in 19 VC Deals in 2018-19
The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation increased its applied research funding about 150 percent in its most recent fiscal year, though its direct venture capital investment dropped. The...
View ArticleH.I.G. Closes BioVectra Purchase
The American private equity group H.I.G. Capital said it has completed its US$250 million purchase of Charlottetown-based Biovectra, which makes ingredients for drugs. The private equity fund, which...
View ArticleDahn, Guida To Headline NBIF’s R3
The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation has announced the keynote speakers at its R3 2020 gala will be Jeff Dahn, the NSERC/Tesla Canada Industrial Research Chair at Dalhousie University, and Vincenzo...
View ArticleStartup Metrics Talk in Fredericton
Please join us Nov. 13 for Entrevestor's State of the Startup Community presentation at the Wu Centre at University of New Brunswick in Fredericton. Each year, Entrevestor charts the growth of the...
View ArticleMotryx Wins $55K BIC Competition
Motryx, the Halifax company whose technology improves the transportation of blood samples, has won the $55,000 BioInnovation Challenge, Atlantic Canada’s top pitching competition for life sciences...
View ArticleKognitiv Spark Makes Companies-To-Watch List
Fredericton-based augmented reality company Kognitiv Spark has been named to the Companies-to-Watch list as a part of Deloitte’s 2019 Technology Fast50 Awards. The Companies-to-Watch award highlights...
View Article15 To Pitch at Volta Cohort Nov. 20
Fifteen Atlantic Canadian tech startups have been selected to pitch at the fall 2019 Volta Cohort Pitch Event on Wednesday, Nov. 20 in Halifax. As many as five companies will receive $25,000 in...
View ArticleIntrohive Hits No. 10 in Tech Fast50
Relationship intelligence company Introhive has placed No. 10 in the 2019 Deloitte Technology Fast50, the first Atlantic Canadian company to break the top 10 in the prestigious pan-Canadian...
View ArticleRemembering a Soldier through his Letters
One of the highlights of 2019 for me was transcribing a bunch of old family papers, including correspondence from the First World War when my grandfather and his brother were artillery officers. Each...
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