Homeowners may be a little safer and their homes better renovated now that a new series of online learning programs has been created by Nova Scotia-based energy-efficiency company Blue House Energy.
Shawna Henderson, company CEO, has written three programs for workers involved in building and renovating homes. Until now, Henderson said, there has been nothing generic that teaches workers about building science. The term describes the physics…
Continue ReadingLED Roadway Lighting Ltd., a Halifax-based manufacturer of LED-based street lighting and wireless controls, announced today it has raised $9.5 million in equity funding, most of which has come from Founder and CEO Chuck Cartmill.
The company said $1 million of this investment comes from the conversion of debentures held…
Continue ReadingBack in 2011, John Rowe, president and CEO of Island Abbey Foods, received one of the largest offers ever made by the investors of CBC’s Dragons’ Den — $600,000, plus a $400,000 line of credit — to help develop his Honibe Honey Drop.
Charlottetown-based Rowe initially accepted the offer, but turned it down when it became clear that the business he had started with his…
Continue ReadingThe McKenzie Accelerator, based in Moncton, is seeking applicants for its third cohort, which will include five new startups.
The McKenzie Accelerator is a 14-week program which provides business training, affordable workspace, mentoring and funding. At the end of the program, a Demo Day will be scheduled in which the startups will pitch their product idea to potential investors.
The deadline for submitting applications…
Continue ReadingPerhaps the problem is with the word “startup.”
There’s an impressive support system developing for Atlantic Canadian startups, but the problem is that most of the support is focused on the startup phase. There’s less support for maturing tech, biotech and clean-tech companies.
At Entrevestor in the past year, we’ve written about five different accelerators and entrepreneurship courses offered by at least four universities.
There are other…
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