Crisis Sparks Manufacturing Collaboration
The news these days is full of stories of local manufacturers pivoting to produce medical supplies needed for the fight against COVID-19. The untold story in Atlantic Canada is the extent of the...
View ArticleFredericton’s Buy Local Campaign
A group of Fredericton business and economic agencies have come together to let citizens know what local businesses are open and how to do business with them. The #SupportFredLocal partnership wants to...
View ArticlePeer Ledger, Allies Enhance Medical Supply Chains
Halifax-based blockchain company Peer Ledger has teamed up with two international partners to produce a platform that will hasten the delivery of medical supplies and needed goods during the COVID-19...
View ArticleAvery Mullen Joins Us This Summer
We’d like to welcome Avery Mullen to the Entrevestor team for the next four months. Our regular readers will recognize Avery’s byline as he’s been our intern for the past two years, and now he’s joined...
View ArticleOnline Market for NS Crafters
Peter and Sarah Eastwood, local potters and creative entrepreneurs, have launched a new online marketplace to help Nova Scotian crafters and makers sell their creations amid the COVID-19 crisis. 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 week, we have updates on webinars from: Venn Innovation, which...
View ArticleMcGrath Launches 90Second Health
As founders continue to grapple with the implications of COVID-19, a nascent Halifax psychology startup is changing its launch plans to help the public cope with the lockdown. The startup 90Second...
View ArticleWebinar Thursday on Sales Leads
LeadSift CEO Tukan Das is hosting a webinar Thursday for salespeople looking for ideas about how to continue generating business during the pandemic. Das, whose company sells software to help identify...
View ArticlePlanet Hatch’s Sales Accelerator
Fredericton entrepreneurship hub Planet Hatch is moving its second annual Sales Accelerator Program online in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. During the six-week program, participating startups will...
View ArticleDigitalNS Opens Diversity Awards
Digital Nova Scotia, the province’s technology industry association, is seeking nominees for its 2020 Digital Diversity Awards. The awards honour people and companies that are “driving innovation...
View ArticleHomeEXCEPT Launching New Version
Halifax’s HomeEXCEPT, which sells remote-monitoring equipment to help with senior care, is launching a version of its product that can be installed without the help of a technician. CEO John Robertson...
View ArticlePotential Motors Raises $2.5M
Fredericton-based Potential Motors, a software company that uses Artificial Intelligence to boost vehicle safety and performance, has closed a $2.5 million funding round, with which it plans to...
View ArticleONSIDE Formed To Carry On the Work of MIT REAP
Sponsored Content The origins of ONSIDE, one of the newest components of the Nova Scotia startup ecosystem, date back four years to when a group of business, government and academic leaders joined an...
View ArticleDOT’s Underwater Sensor Platforms
A Halifax-area company is aiming to build a ready-to-use underwater platform with a suite of “lab-on-a-chip” sensors for marine research. Dartmouth Ocean Technologies, or DOT, is the creation of...
View ArticleTranquility Aids Healthcare Workers
Mental health startup Tranquility Online is collaborating with a Halifax charity, Partners For Care, to provide free services to healthcare workers in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Founded in...
View ArticleJobs: Two at Ashored Innovations
Dartmouth-based oceantech company Ashored Innovations continues to grow and is hiring a Director of Engineering and a Software Engineer – two postings that headline our Jobs of the Week column. Ashored...
View ArticleUPDATE: Tell Us Your Reopening Plans
As facilities across Atlantic Canada begin the slow process of reopening, we want to keep the community informed about what steps are being taken. Since the COVID-19 crisis erupted, we've posted the...
View ArticlePropel Holds Virtual Demo Day
Propel, the Atlantic Canadian tech accelerator, held its annual Demo Day on Friday, during which nine founders from the latest Incite II cohort presented their companies. As may be expected during the...
View ArticleOliver POS Wins Gerry Pond Award
St. John’s-based retail software company Oliver POS has won Propel’s Gerry Pond Sales Award for 2020. Created last year to honour the chairman of Saint John technology company Mariner Partners, the...
View ArticleCDL-Recovery Fights Covid-19
Science and technology accelerator Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) is launching a new program focused on bolstering efforts to fight COVID-19. CDL Recovery will be a joint project with Montreal-based...
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