Data Presentation in Cape Breton
The presentations of our 2018 Atlantic Canada Startup Data research will continue with a luncheon event in Sydney on Dec. 10. Cape Breton Partnership and OnSide are hosting my presentation of our...
View ArticleDispension Installs First VID Machine
As it plots the expansion of its Cannaplex innovation hub, Dartmouth-based Dispension Industries has also just installed its first Verified Identity Dispenser, or VID, in a pilot project in Vancouver....
View ArticleMedteq To Host $200K Pitch Event
The Montreal-based health technology organization Medteq is seeking health startups to apply to pitch at its next funding event, which offers startups a chance to win $200,000 in funding. Five founders...
View ArticleTeaching Robots to Collaborate in Hostile Environments
Sponsored Content Mae Seto compares the way her laboratory programs robots to work to the way we all try to raise our children. An associate professor in Dalhousie University’s Faculty of Engineering,...
View ArticleRedmond Joins Emergence Incubator
The Prince Edward Island BioAlliance has appointed Mark Redmond as Director of Incubation Services for the Emergence incubator, which supports life sciences startups in Atlantic Canada and elsewhere....
View ArticleRegion Slips in Tech Talent Rankings
Atlantic Canadian cities have generally lost ground in the past year in the rankings of Canadian tech talent centres, even though other small cities have advanced. The real estate consultancy CBRE last...
View ArticleDal, MUN in Lab2Market Pilot
Dalhousie University and Memorial University of Newfoundland are at the forefront of a new national program to help researchers turn their discoveries into businesses. They will be two of the three...
View ArticleA Look at Halifax’s Startups in 2018
Halifax in 2018 maintained its position as the cornerstone of the Atlantic Canadian startup community, and in the last two years the city’s ecosystem has deepened. As we present segments from our 2018...
View ArticleMUN’s Woodward Cup Seeks Entries
The Memorial Centre for Entrepreneurship has opened applications for the 2020 Mel Woodward Cup, which will hand out $35,000 in prize money to companies founded by Memorial University students. MCE...
View ArticleTraining a Broader Base of Founders
At Entrevestor, we’re dedicated to the growth of innovation-driven companies as vehicles for economic development in Atlantic Canada. But it would be great if economic policy in the region focused more...
View ArticleBlue-Green, Start-up Yard Winners
Innovacorp has announced the companies selected to participate in its Blue-Green Challenge and Start-Up Yard at COVE cohort for the 2019-2020 season. The Nova Scotia government’s early-stage venture...
View ArticleElectric Owl Grows Food-Producing Venture
Halifax-based Electric Owl is preparing to launch a digital garden management platform targeted at the 46 million households in North America that grow their own food. The social enterprise aims to...
View Article17 Graduate from JEDI Programs
Seventeen Indigenous entrepreneurs will graduate this week from the Joint Economic Development Initiative’s Indigenous Business Incubator and Accelerator programs. Fredericton-based JEDI, as the...
View ArticleVolta Names Four New Directors
Volta, Canada’s East Coast Innovation Hub, has named four new members to its board of directors. The board provides direction and leadership in carrying out Volta’s goal of building a community in...
View ArticleWattpad To Open Halifax Office
Toronto-based Wattpad said Monday it will open an office in Halifax, beginning in 2020 with a team based at Volta, the city’s innovation hub. The press release on the Wattpad website said the East...
View ArticleCreatros in Beta Test, Eyes 1st Raise
With its digital product being beta-tested by two companies, the troika that heads St. John’s-based Creatros Technologies is turning its attention to its first fundraising effort and a full launch in...
View ArticleClever Fruit Eyes 1st Product in 2020
Nova Scotia’s Clever Fruit Products has developed a new berry-based food ingredient that can reduce cholesterol by as much ads 40 percent, and the company hopes to have a product in the market within a...
View ArticleApplications Open for Sprint Contest
Applications have opened for Innovacorp’s Sprint competition, which awards a total of $100,000 to early-stage innovation-driven startups in Nova Scotia. The applications are open until midnight Jan. 6...
View ArticleRally Closes $750K Funding Round
St. John’s-based legal-tech company Rally has raised $750,000 in equity funding, with which it plans to expand its development and sales teams. The company on Wednesday held a press conference at the...
View ArticleEnginuity Targets Hardware Makers
It was bad luck for Enginuity that it scheduled its Robotics and Automation Day on Nov. 28, the day an early snowstorm made travel to its Spryfield headquarters a bit tricky. But the Halifax-based...
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