Dal Rated #85 in Impact Rankings
Dalhousie University has been recognized by Times Higher Education magazine for its work on the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals. The publication’s University Impact Rankings rated...
View ArticleCall for Short-Term Ocean Projects
Canada’s Ocean Supercluster is seeking applications from across Canada for short-term, innovative projects that will help stimulate economic activity. Under the Accelerated Ocean Solutions Program, the...
View ArticleAppili To Test COVID-19 Drug
Appili Therapeutics said Monday it will sponsor the first clinical trial in Canada evaluating Fujifilm Toyama Chemical’s drug Favipiravir for the prevention of COVID-19. The Halifax company dedicated...
View ArticlePropel CEO Bisson To Retire in Fall
Propel CEO Barry Bisson has announced he will retire in the fall of this year, so the Atlantic Canadian tech accelerator has begun its search for his replacement. The pan-regional organization issued a...
View ArticleCanada51 To Back Women Founders
The Atlantic Women’s Venture Fund and its Alberta counterpart are forming a new organization that they hope will become a nationwide vehicle for supporting female-led businesses. The new group Canada51...
View ArticleCDL Growth Includes Oceans Cohort
Despite COVID-19 necessitating logistical changes, 2020 is shaping up to be a landmark year for the Atlantic division of science and technology accelerator CDL (Creative Destruction Lab). The cohort...
View ArticleSimplyCast Wins National Award
Dartmouth-based SimplyCast, a multi-channel marketing company, has been awarded the Canie Award for Global Entrepreneurship for the Atlantic Region by the Innovators & Entrepreneurs Foundation. a...
View ArticleACOA Earmarks $110M for SMEs
The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, or ACOA, will be distributing $110 million of federal funding to small and medium-sized companies that do not qualify for other forms of emergency bailouts....
View ArticleVolta Cohort Backs 5 Startups
Five startups each won $25,000 worth of investment in a remote version of the Volta Cohort pitching competition on Wednesday night. The winners were chosen from a field of about 30 initial applicants,...
View ArticleInnovacorp Offers Story Arc Series
The Cape Breton office of Innovacorp is offering a series of virtual meetings featuring leaders in communications and strategy free of charge in order to help entrepreneurs understand the importance of...
View ArticleSydney Duo Wins Startup Weekend
Two Cape Breton University nursing students have placed first in the Canadian division of the Techstars Startup Weekend. Held via video-conference on April 24 and dubbed “Unite to Fight COVID-19,” the...
View ArticleIMV Extends Runway with $25M Raise
Dartmouth-based drug discovery company IMV Inc. has enough cash to finance its operations until mid-2021 now that it has closed a $25.1 million private placement of shares and warrants. The company,...
View ArticleFeds Loosen CEBA Eligibility
The federal government has expanded eligibility for its small-business loan program, allowing more SMEs to borrow money to help them through the COVID-19 emergency. At his daily briefing on Tuesday,...
View ArticleSurvey Shows Optimism, Runway Concern
A new survey of Atlantic Canadian startups shows that CEOs remain optimistic about their prospects for 2020, but also reveals that most have less than nine months of runway. Halifax-based venture...
View ArticleHow Collective Impact Shapes ONSIDE’s Mission
Sponsored Content ONSIDE, a new not-for-profit organization supporting innovation-based companies in Nova Scotia, knew from the outside that it was not working with a blank slate as it plotted ways to...
View ArticleHP, BoomersPlus Offer Consulting
The Halifax Partnership economic development organization has announced a collaboration with BoomersPlus to offer online consulting services to entrepreneurs struggling to navigate the pandemic....
View ArticleHealth Canada Clears Appili COVID Trial
Halifax-based biopharmaceutical company Appili Therapeutics has announced that Health Canada has approved its Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating Favipiravir as a prophylactic agent against COVID-19...
View ArticleVolta Seeks Applicants for Recovery
Halifax innovation hub Volta will offer a free, six-week course in June and July to help entrepreneurs make plans to navigate COVID-19 and the associated economic crisis. The program, titled Volta...
View ArticleNonte Links With World’s Top Health Complex
Nonte, a new health tech startup spun off from Fredericton’s Populus Global Solutions, has a single early adopter for its medical research platform, and it’s the largest medical complex in the world....
View ArticleUPDATE: NBIF Leads Reopening Process
Startup support organizations in Atlantic Canada are beginning to open their doors along with the rest of society, with the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation bringing half its staff into its new...
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