Commlet Widens Market for Wearable Bracelet
The pandemic has forced many companies to pivot. Commlet Technologies’ app and wearable bracelet were developed to track children on school trips, but now the technology is being refined to improve...
View ArticleVroom Crew Expanding in Halifax
With a growing business in greater Halifax, Vroom Crew is looking to long-term growth through a franchising model that could see it branch out to other cities. Vroom Crew is a young company that takes...
View ArticleBlack, Indigenous Applicants Sought for Boost Program
Nova Scotia’s Black Business Initiative and startup hub Volta are seeking applicants for Boost, a new four-month program designed to support the growth and development of Black and Indigenous...
View ArticleWith Sales up 50-75%, iTacit Eyes More Growth
With the introduction of new products and market segments, iTacit is considering raising equity capital for the first time in its almost decade-long history. The Fredericton-based company has evolved...
View ArticleUsing Mobile Apps To Improve People’s Lives
Sponsored Content As a computer science student in Nigeria, Rita Orji says she had little idea how influential her field would become. But as smartphones reshaped the world of IT, she was able to bring...
View ArticleOutcast Partners with SportChek
Dartmouth-based Outcast Foods has partnered with SportChek in a deal that makes the sports retailer Outcast's biggest national retail partner and puts Outcast products in 150 SportChek stores across...
View ArticleEnergia To Offer 2 Cohorts in 2021
Energia Ventures has announced it will now hold two cohorts a year, with the spring program for 2021 now accepting applications The program, which has held five cohorts a year for the past four years,...
View ArticleHalifax’s Manifold Acquired by Snyk
Halifax-based Manifold has been acquired by Snyk, marking the second time in less than a decade that a company led by Jevon MacDonald has exited. Snyk Founder Peter McKay posted a blog Tuesday saying...
View ArticlePlanetary Hydrogen Moves to Halifax
Planetary Hydrogen, a cleantech company that has just moved most operations from Ottawa to Halifax, has declared the lofty ambition of removing a gigaton of carbon from the atmosphere annually by 2035....
View ArticleCHARBOYZ Business is Sizzling
A pandemic is a dodgy time to open a restaurant, but chef Jason Bourgoin knew he needed to leave the oil patch and get back in the kitchen. The result is CHARBOYZ boxed local meats that come with...
View ArticleInnovacorp Names 7 Sprint Winners
Innovacorp has announced seven winners of its latest Sprint competition, and will award $25,000 to each of them. The Nova Scotia early-stage venture capital agency said Friday it selected the winners...
View ArticleFour Eyes Doubled Staff, Sales in 2020
Saint John-based Four Eyes Financial doubled its business in 2020, and its founders see no sign of its growth trajectory flattening this year. Co-founded in 2018 by Lori Weir and Kendall McMenamon,...
View ArticleACOA Lends $1.3M to 3 Companies
The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency is lending $1.3 million to three Dartmouth companies to help them launch or expand their operations. The federal government’s regional development agency issued...
View ArticleROCarbon, NSCC Aid IKEA Dartmouth
A Halifax startup and a team of Nova Scotia Community College students are working together to help IKEA Canada assess what to do with the excess solar power produced at its Dartmouth location. The...
View ArticleThe Rounds Plots US Expansion
The Rounds, the Halifax company that operates social networks for healthcare professionals, is gearing up for a major push into the U.S. The company thrived in 2020 as the pandemic encouraged Canadian...
View ArticleHelp Us Prep for Entrevestor Events
We see the Entrevestor Survey as a community project, with founders providing us with data while we in turn share what we learn with the community. We’re on Day 3 of our campaign to have founders of...
View ArticleOcean Startup Project Preps for Year 2
Having completed its first full year, the Ocean Startup Project is gearing up to increase its work in Year 2 with a mission of producing more ocean-related startups in the region and country. The...
View ArticleEl-Darahali on NRC, BBI, ISANS Boards
Saeed El-Darahali, President and CEO of Dartmouth-based marketing automation company SimplyCast, has added new appointments to the number of boards he sits on. El-Darahali has been appointed to the...
View ArticleOur Databank Shows Fewer New Companies, More Failures in 2020
The Atlantic Canadian startup community in 2020 eked out its weakest growth in at least seven years as the pandemic resulted in fewer new companies and more failures. This is the preliminary picture of...
View ArticleNautel Buys 2 French Companies
Nautel, the Nova Scotia-based maker of radio transmitters, has acquired French technology companies Digidia and Kenta to expand its offerings of products in the broadcast and maritime communications...
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