R3 To Honour 25 Research Mentors
In a change of format, New Brunswick’s R3 celebration this year will honour 25 mentors and instructors who help the next generation of researchers in the province. Hosted by the New Brunswick...
View ArticleRegion’s R&D Spending Improves
There are indications – nothing concrete, but indications nonetheless – that Atlantic Canada is beginning to improve its performance in research and development. The region has historically been a weak...
View ArticleAgyle Sees Further Growth in 2020
With its revenues increasing 500 percent last year, P.E.I.-based Agyle Intelligence is hoping to continue its sales growth in 2020 with new customers throughout North America. Based in Mount Stewart,...
View ArticleSpringboard, NGen Plan East Coast Events
Springboard Atlantic is planning a couple of events in conjunction with the Canadian Advanced Manufacturing Supercluster to help the region’s manufacturers benefit from the Toronto-based manufacturing...
View ArticleUNB, Mount A Shine at VCIC
Two teams from New Brunswick universities placed highly in the Canadian division of the Venture Capital Investment Competition, or VCIC, last week. But as COVID-19 continues its spread, there will be...
View ArticleJobs of the Week: Two at Protocase
Protocase, the Sydney-based manufacturer of custom electronic enclosures, is looking for an R&D Mechanical Engineer and a Mechanical Engineering Technologist, and these headline our Jobs of the...
View ArticleAVF Delayed Due to Covid-19
The Atlantic Venture Forum has decided to postpone its 2020 conference due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The forum, which brings together Atlantic Canadian founders and a range of investors, was due to...
View ArticleReelData Wins Start-Up Yard Event
ReelData, an artificial intelligence company that targets the aquaculture industry, captured the $2,000 first prize at the Start-Up Yard at COVE Pitch Night on Thursday. Start-Up Yard, the oceantech...
View ArticleCribcut Pays Stipend to Stylists
Halifax-based Cribcut, which helps companies provide hair and nail services to employees as perks, is responding to the Covid-19 outbreak by offering interim financial support to its stylists. Last...
View ArticleVelsoft Offers Learning System Free
Velsoft Training Materials is offering its learning management system free to companies to help them train staff remotely during the current pandemic. It is being inundated by demand for its product....
View ArticleHow Support Groups Have Responded to Covid-19
We’ve asked Atlantic Canadian startup support organizations – especially those with working and conference spaces – how they’re dealing with the Covid-19 emergency. All recipients stressed two things –...
View ArticleFunders See Deals Despite Downturn
An economic downturn is never good news for startups raising capital, but early-stage companies in Atlantic Canada will likely be buffered somewhat by the strong participation of government in funding...
View ArticleIMV Working on Covid-19 Vaccine
Dartmouth-based drug discovery company IMV Inc. said Wednesday that it is making advancements on a possible vaccine for Covid-19. The company said it will use its DPX delivery platform, which releases...
View ArticleEY Opens Entrepreneur of Year Applications
EY, the global business services consultancy, has opened applications for its Entrepreneur of the Year award, which recognizes the achievements of entrepreneurs at the regional and national level. The...
View Article$600K from RNS for Covid-19
Research Nova Scotia is contributing $600,000 in rapid response match funding to Dr. David Kelvin of Dalhousie University who is looking for biomarkers that indicate the severity of the illness caused...
View ArticleJobs: CloudKettle’s Business Analyst
Some businesses are continuing to grow during the current downturn, and Halifax-based CloudKettle is one of them. Its opening for a Business Analyst is our Job of the Week column today. Halifax-based...
View ArticleUPDATE: Support Groups’ Response to Covid-19
Each week, we're posting a list of what Atlantic Canadian startup support organizations – especially those with working and conference spaces – are doing during the Covid-19 emergency. We first posted...
View ArticleEOceans Launches App Amid Covid-19
Halifax-based eOceans, which is developing an online platform for gathering ocean data, has launched its app early to gather data on how the Covid-19 crisis is impacting the oceans and people who live...
View ArticleShiftKey Plans Virtual Hackathon
ShiftKey Labs, the Nova Scotia post-secondary sandbox focusing on digital technologies, is planning a “virtual hackathon” to find tech solutions to social problems created by the Covid-19 crisis. The...
View ArticleFieldetect Team Lands $355K Grant
A research team affiliated with Charlottetown-based Fieldetect Inc. has received a $355,000 federal grant to convert its veterinary product to a medtech device that could test for Covid-19 in humans....
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