Tenera Poised To Aid Seniors’ Homes
A Halifax company is poised to install technology that could help seniors’ homes protect their staff and residents in the current pandemic, but the work has to wait for the crisis to pass for the...
View ArticleUPDATE: Support Groups’ Response to Covid-19
Each week, we're posting information on how Atlantic Canadian startup support organizations are responding to the Covid-19 emergency. This is our fourth post, and many entries are repeats from previous...
View ArticleJobs: New Opening at CloudKettle
For the second week in a row, Halifax-based CloudKettle has braved the economic headwinds to post an opening on the Entrevestor Job Board. Our Job of the Week column today features its need for an...
View ArticleNS Unveils SME, Worker Supports
The Nova Scotia government on Friday announced $40 million in supports for workers and small businesses coping with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The government issued a statement saying it is...
View ArticleNB Fund for Pandemic Challenges
A new funding program to address public health challenges created by the pandemic has been announced by the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation (NBIF) and the New Brunswick Health Research Foundation...
View ArticleEn Point Reworks Mentoring Solution
After two years of incremental changes, mentorship software firm En Point is launching the first comprehensive rework of its online platform. En Point’s software helps universities, companies,...
View ArticleSimplyCast Covid-19 Communication
Dartmouth-based automated marketing company SimplyCast has retooled its communication software in order to support organizations during the pandemic. In a statement, the company said its software can...
View ArticleLab2Market-Health Seeks Applicants
The first cohort of Lab2Market, the Canadian organization that helps researchers form businesses, will be a Dalhousie University program dedicated to healthcare innovation in light of the current...
View ArticleLeadSift, Innovacorp Aid IT Startups
Halifax-based LeadSift, whose software helps customers find sales leads, has reached an agreement with Innovacorp to let Nova Scotian tech startups use its software free. LeadSift has developed...
View ArticleSMEs Demand More Flexibility from Government
Small and medium-sized businesses in Atlantic Canada want governments to tweak recent support programs to help these companies avoid bankruptcy in the current pandemic. Spokespeople for organizations...
View ArticleCCI’s Slack Channel for Founders
The Council of Canadian Innovators, a national association of high-growth, Canadian-based technology companies, has set up a slack channel for startups and scaleups across the country to help each...
View ArticleImmediaC Addresses Pandemic
Halifax-based website developer ImmediaC is building websites that allow clients to maximize online sales during the economic downturn and is also cutting costs for non-profits. ImmediaC began in 1998...
View ArticleNL Tech Cos Donate to Closed Door, Open Heart
Responding to the pandemic, several tech companies in Newfoundland and Labrador have joined forces and raised more than $200,000 to launch the Closed Door, Open Heart initiative. The campaign...
View ArticleDrummond Webinar and MaRS Program
Forced to Focus, a webinar featuring brand and business strategist Peter Drummond, will take place Thursday, April 9th at 3:00 ADT. Hosted by Natural Products Canada, the webinar will help...
View ArticleFundmetric Aiding Canadian Charities
Fundmetric, the Halifax software company that helps charities increase engagement with donors, is offering its “giving page” free to small charities across Canada to help them raise money during the...
View ArticlePM Amends Wage Subsidy Criteria
The federal government has relaxed the criteria for its Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy, or CEWS, but not enough to satisfy the organization representing Canadian innovators. Prime Minister Justin...
View ArticleUPDATE: Support Groups’ Response to Covid-19
Each week, we're posting information on how Atlantic Canadian startup support organizations are responding to the Covid-19 emergency. This is our fifth post, and we've gone through the entire article...
View ArticlePlease Fill In our Covid-19 Survey
Sponsored Content We are launching a one-week survey to quickly gain an understanding of how the Covid-19 pandemic is impacting Atlantic Canadian startups and scaleups. We're asking founders and CEOs...
View ArticleOutcast Foods and Farms Lessen Waste
Dartmouth-based Outcast Foods is partnering with Nova Scotia farms to mitigate the massive food waste due to COVID-19’s decimation of the food service industry. Outcast will turn fresh produce into...
View ArticleInnovacorp, NBIF Back 5 Propel Grads
Five graduates of the Propel Incite accelerator have received $50,000 each in pre-seed funding from Innovacorp and the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation. The three organizations issued a statement...
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