Energia Demo Day on Dec. 16
Energia Ventures will hold a virtual demo day on Dec. 16, featuring the five companies from three countries that are completing its latest three-month cohort. The program, which began Sept. 30, is part...
View ArticlePioneering Cluster Employment
A Halifax human resources firm is pioneering a new service for clients that it calls “cluster employment”, which it hopes will improve working conditions for part-time or gig workers. Placemaking 4G...
View ArticleNL Led Region in Revenue Growth
Even if Verafin did not exist, the Newfoundland and Labrador startup community would have had a really good year in 2019. Of course, Verafin does exist, and it did raise $515 million in equity and debt...
View ArticleGaining 10,000 Clients with no VC
From his base in Truro, N.S., Brad Tousenard has built his IT company Delicious Brains into a global enterprise over seven years with about 10,000 clients in 140 countries and sales increasing each...
View ArticleClearRisk Named Community Champion
St. John’s-based ClearRisk, which provides risk-management software, has won the 2020 RBC Business Resilience Awards in Newfoundland and Labrador in the Community Champion category. Competing against a...
View ArticleCyber Accelerator To Launch Next Year
CyberNB Inc. will launch a new accelerator for cybersecurity companies early next year, offering up to 20 companies a year programming, mentorship, and a six-figure funding opportunity. The New...
View ArticleNACO Summit Set for Thursday
The National Angel Capital Organization, or NACO, will hold its virtual Atlantic Summit on Thursday, and aims to attract not only Atlantic Canadian viewers but also national attendees. Amber Mac,...
View ArticleFund for Researchers Coming to NB
After helping Nova Scotian researchers become entrepreneurs for 15 years, the Early-Stage Commercialization Fund is moving into New Brunswick. The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation, or NBIF,...
View ArticleBeauceron Makes Strides During Pandemic
Fredericton-based Beauceron Security has seen its annual recurring revenue increase by 60 percent in 2020, buoyed by more aggressive cyber-criminals and the specialized security needs of companies...
View ArticleDynaGen Bought by Cattron
Dartmouth-based DynaGen Technologies Inc., which manufactures rugged control panels for industrial engines, has been acquired by the American company Cattron for an undisclosed sum. Dynagen put out a...
View ArticleCheckmate Offered to Retailers for 6 months
Authentic Business Initiatives, whose Checkmate Experience app helps shoppers enjoy a better retail experience, has launched its minimum viable product and is inviting Nova Scotian retailers to try it...
View ArticleDispension Enters MedTech Accelerator
Dispension Industries, which makes opioid-dispensing equipment to help prevent overdoses, has been accepted into the first cohort of Telus L-Spark MedTech Accelerator. L-Spark, an Ottawa-based...
View ArticleVenture Grade AGM Set for Wednesday
Venture Grade, a university venture capital program, is inviting the public to join its digital AGM to learn what companies the nationally recognized group has invested in, who has invested in them,...
View ArticleRutter To Lead $3.1M Ocean Project
Rutter, the St. John’s-based maker of equipment for the defence and marine industries, will lead a $3.1 million Ocean Supercluster project to bring Internet of Things, or IoT, technology to marine...
View ArticleAccelerator for Women on PEI
Women with early-growth businesses on PEI are invited to apply to Accelerate HER PEI, a 12-week program to be delivered virtually and in-person by the PEI Business Women’s Association (PEIBWA) and...
View ArticleTrevor Hennigar Joins Rimot as COO
Trevor Hennigar, the former President of Hawthorne Capital, has joined Halifax-based Rimot.io as Chief Operating Officer, assisting not just in day-to-day operations but also strategy and fundraising....
View ArticleNACO Recognizes Dobbin, Pond
The National Capital Angel Organization has presented its Angel of the Year award to Mark Dobbin, the Founder and President of St. John’s-based Killick Capital, and given Gerry Pond a Lifetime...
View ArticleApplicants Sought for Spring, Greenshoots
Innovacorp and its partners are seeking applications for two programs that fund innovation-driven companies in Nova Scotia – the Sprint competition and GreenShoots. Sprint is a funding program that...
View ArticleMabel Searching for Beta-Testers
Having completed its rebranding exercise, Sydney-based Mabel Systems has developed the prototype of its inventory tracking system for food industries. Formerly called Tracker Inventory Systems, the...
View ArticleHalifax Innovation District in Global Network
Halifax Innovation District has joined a network of similar groups convened by the Global Institute on Innovation Districts, or GIID. Innovation Districts are defined as highly productive and densely...
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