Five Claim DNS Diversity Awards
Digital Nova Scotia has recognized five individuals or organizations with Digital Diversity awards for their contributions to diversity and inclusion in Nova Scotia’s tech sector. Digital Nova Scotia,...
View ArticleLunch & Learn in PEI This Monday
We’ll be in Charlottetown on Monday to appear in a live lunch-and-learn event that will include Island Capital Partners Director of Operations Stefanie Corbett and CarbonCure Technologies President...
View ArticleAppili Signs Manufacturing Deal
Halifax-based Appili Therapeutics Inc. has signed a manufacturing agreement for one of its drug candidates that could become a vaccine used to combat biological warfare. The company, which is...
View ArticleDunphy Joins East Valley Ventures
East Valley Ventures, the Saint John-based investment group, has named serial tech entrepreneur Brian Dunphy as an Executive-in-Residence. Dunphy, who will continue his position as General Manager of...
View ArticleNew Startups Set Record in 2019
One of the highlights of our 2019 Atlantic Canada Startup Data report was the total number of new companies launched in the region. We tallied up 164 new companies last year. Not only was that the...
View ArticleReelData Wins at MassChallenge
Halifax’s ReelData AI has won a US$50,000 cash prize as one of the leading companies in the latest cohort of the prestigious MassChallenge accelerator in Boston. MassChallenge, which receives thousands...
View ArticleCBGF Invests in Halifax’s LifeRaft
LifeRaft, a Halifax security intelligence company, has closed a round of funding from the Canadian Business Growth Fund, or CBGF, believed to be worth more than $3 million. LifeRaft, which said CBGF...
View ArticleFeds give Dal’s Lab2Market $1.3M
The federal government said Wednesday it has contributed $1.3 million to the Lab2Market program at Dalhousie University, and the program is now looking for participants for its next cohort. The Dal...
View ArticleCBGF Invests in Halifax’s LifeRaft
LifeRaft, a Halifax security intelligence company, has closed a round of funding from the Canadian Business Growth Fund, or CBGF, believed to be worth more than $3 million. LifeRaft, which said CBGF...
View ArticleBioNova Youth Finalists Named
BioNova, Nova Scotia’s life sciences association, has named six student finalists for its BIC Junior youth pitch competition, which will take place at the virtual BioPort conference on November 3. The...
View ArticleTrip Ninja Focuses on Traditional Travel Agents
Halifax travel-planning software company Trip Ninja has pivoted to focus on brick-and-mortar travel agents and finished a major redesign of its platform. Trip Ninja was originally conceived as a way...
View ArticleWe’re on the Huddle Podcast
Catch Propel CEO Kathryn Lockhart and me chatting with host Mark Leger on the Huddle podcast, which is now available. I interviewed Lockhart last month, and she revealed an ambition to make Atlantic...
View ArticleACOA Backs Seddi with $477K
Seddi, which is dedicated to the digital design of textiles and garments, has received a $477,075 loan from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency to help build up its commercialization team in...
View ArticleVolta Cohort Set for Nov 25
Sixteen early-stage startups – most of them based outside Metro Halifax – will pitch for as much as $25,000 each in equity funding at the next Volta Cohort Pitch Event on Nov. 25. And for the first...
View ArticleData Presentation for NL Nov. 25
On Nov. 25, I will be presenting Entrevestor’s 2019 Startup Data analysis with a special focus on Newfoundland and Labrador as part of Research Week at Memorial University. The presentation will be a...
View ArticleInnovation District’s Food Project
The Halifax Innovation District and the professional services firm Davis Pier have launched the new Food Security Innovation initiative to seek innovative ways to improve access to food in Halifax. The...
View ArticleBig Deals on PEI in 2019
The thing that stood out in Prince Edward Island’s startup community in 2019 was the big deals, especially in the Island’s vaunted life sciences sector. Led by the PEI BioAlliance, life sciences has...
View ArticleSwiftsure Innovations Wins BIC2020
Swiftsure Innovations captured the $55,000 prize at the 10th annual BioInnovation Challenge pitch competition on Wednesday. Swiftsure, which was selected from three finalists in a virtual event, will...
View ArticleWe Need More Flexible Tax Credits
The wheels are in motion to create an Atlantic Canadian angel funding group, but its effectiveness will be restricted by the lack of a pan-regional investment tax credit. We’ve written before about the...
View ArticleJob of the Week: Dash Hudson
Our Job of the Week column this week features an opening for a Senior Full Stack Developer at Dash Hudson in Halifax. Dash Hudson is a visual marketing Software-as-a-Service company that helps its...
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