Ethical Swag Certified a B Corp
Sydney-based Ethical Swag, which distributes sustainable promotional products, has become the first company in Cape Breton to become a Certified B Corporation. The company has joined the global B Corp...
View ArticleAtlanTick Launches Beads to Repel Ticks
Tick deterrent maker AtlanTick has expanded its product offering to include a set of wearable lava bead accessories that absorb tick spray and release it over the course of several days. The latest...
View ArticleHYKE Probes Consumers’ Subconscious
Traditional customer analytics techniques are due for an update, according to HYKE Technologies CEO Sid Eskand, whose company promises to tap into consumers’ subconscious minds. St. John’s-based HYKE...
View ArticleModest Tree Secures Certification
Virtual reality company Modest Tree, which creates software for training simulations, has received an automotive industry security certification that qualifies it to handle sensitive corporate secrets....
View ArticleIgnite Explore Opens for Students
Ignite Fredericton, the economic development agency for the New Brunswick capital, has opened applications for the fall cohort of its Ignite Explore program for youth. Created in 2019, Explore is...
View ArticleSpark NS Launches Thursday
The annual Spark Nova Scotia startup competition will be launched on Thursday, beginning the process that will result in $375,000 in prizes being awarded to entrepreneurs outside the Halifax area. This...
View ArticleVolta Names Martha Casey CEO
Removing the word “interim” from her title, Martha Casey has been named the new Chief Executive Officer of the Halifax innovation hub Volta. When Volta parted ways with CEO Jesse Rodgers in late March,...
View ArticleMore Women Heading Startup Groups
More and more women are moving into positions of authority in the Atlantic Canadian startup community, as highlighted by a range of announcements in the past year. Several women have held prime spots...
View ArticleJob of the Week: DashHudson
Our Job of the Week column today showcases an opening for a DevOps Engineer at Halifax-based Dash Hudson. Dash Hudson is a visual marketing Software-as-a-Service company that helps its clients increase...
View ArticleNFL Teams Aided by New Avrij App
Avrij Analytics, which uses athletes’ social media activity to assess their personality traits and mental health, has rolled out a new app to help National Football League teams track their players'...
View ArticleKydder Group: PR for Startups
Sponsored Halifax public relations consultant Michael Kydd has opened his own PR firm, the Kydder Group, which is targeting small and medium-sized businesses, including startups. The Kydder Group...
View ArticleFDA Okays Appili Trial Expansion
The Food and Drug Administration in the U.S. has cleared Halifax-based Appili Therapeutics to expand its Phase 2 clinical trial of a drug that could help to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in long-term...
View ArticleSummer Summit Goes National
Charlottetown incubator Startup Zone has used COVID-19 as an opportunity to rebrand its Summer Startup Summit as a national event. The conference has historically been a gathering place for PEI...
View ArticleThree Startups Join Venn Garage
Venn Innovation, the Moncton-based startup hub, has accepted three companies into its Venn Garage incubator program via its first Open Pitch Competition, in which 13 New Brunswick businesses competed...
View ArticleTechImpact Unveils IT Upgrade Program
TechImpact, the regional information technology group based in Fredericton, has launched a new $1.2 million program to help established New Brunswick companies improve their digital capabilities. The...
View ArticleGreenShoots Funds Ag, Bio, Cleantech
Dartmouth-based bioscience centre the Nova Scotia Innovation Hub,along with Innovacorp and the Ontario-based Bioenterprise Corporation have announced a partnership to allow agriculture, biotech and...
View ArticleNxtgen Grows in US Care Homes
Dartmouth’s Nxtgen Care, which tracks the movements of staff and residents in assisted living facilities, is ramping up its U.S. expansion as it reshuffles its installation schedule to focus on...
View ArticleNL-based InspectAR Acquired by Cadence
InspectAR Augmented Interfaces Inc., a St. John’s tech company less than two years old, has been acquired by Silicon Valley-based Cadence Design Systems for an undisclosed price. The Newfoundland...
View ArticleCommunity Lauds InspectAR Exit
On the surface, the St. John’s tech community showed more excitement about the exit of InspectAR Augmented Interfaces Inc. than the company’s nine-member team. The news broke on Thursday that the...
View Article3D Planeta Launches 2Metre App
A team from Fredericton geomapping startup 3D Planeta has launched a Software-as-a-Service business to help stores and restaurants manage social distancing during COVID-19. The 2metre app allows...
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