TechImpact Launches CollabHub

Atlantic Canadian technology industry group TechImpact has launched a new platform to match New Brunswick-based technology service companies with customers in the province and globally.

Dubbed CollabHub, the service is bilingual. Companies can sign up to be included in a directory, which potential customers around the world can then browse. It also also includes a careers page to help individual

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Innovacorp Accelerate’s 2nd Cohort

Nova Scotia venture capital Crown corporation Innovacorp has announced 14 participants for the second cohort of its revamped, virtual Accelerate program.

The participating companies, all of which have sales of less than $1 million and equity investment of less than $250,000, will each receive $25,000 in grants. They will also have access to coaching, monthly workshops and market research from

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Jobs: COPOL & Barrington Edge

An opening at COPOL International in North Sydney and two at Barrington Edge in Halifax headline our Jobs of the Week column today.

Barrington Edge helps entrepreneurs and innovators to launch new businesses, enter new markets, commercialize breakthrough ideas, or simply think “bigger” about future opportunities. It is looking for a Senior Business Analyst and a Senior Solutions Architect.

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Ocean Enterprises Surging: Nadeau

Atlantic Canada’s cluster of service and data-related oceans companies is comparable in size to the largest American clusters, such as Massachusetts, and its growth has accelerated since the opening of COVE, a study by the Dartmouth-based bluetech hub has found.

COVE on Thursday released the report titled the Canadian Ocean Enterprise Report 2020, which it authored along with Washington, DC’s

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NB Data Event Set for Today

We hope founders and startup enthusiasts in New Brunswick will tune in this morning when we present a New Brunswick-focused version of our 2020 Atlantic Canada Startup Data.

The one-hour event is organized by Planet Hatch in Fredericton.

Each year, we tally up the total number of startups, and assess their employees, funding and revenue, providing a vivid picture of how the community has

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Entrevestor Live Recap

Putting paid to the notion of Atlantic Canada as a marginal player in the world of startups, Entrevestor Live on Wednesday showcased some of the region’s highest-flying young companies.

A multi-billion-dollar, sector-pioneering materials business headquartered in the region, a labour crunch giving rise to ballooning tech salaries and a surge in venture capital valuations that could leave the

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Ocean Startup Project Names Cohort

Dartmouth-based carbon sequestration specialist Planetary Hydrogen has won as much as $200,000 from the Ocean Startup Challenge competition, along with 39 other bluetech companies that bagged a combined $1.4 million in smaller prizes.

The Ocean Startup Challenge is run by the Ocean Supercluster-backed Ocean Startup Project, helmed by lawyer and ocean technology specialist Donald Grant. This

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META’s Latest Acquisition Inks Deal

Dartmouth-based advanced materials specialist META has closed a deal to buy British Columbia’s Nanotech Security Corp. for $90.8 million, as the maker of security holograms for bank notes and government ID cards announced it has inked a manufacturing deal worth up to $52.7 million over five years.

META announced it would buy Nanotech in August, two months after a reverse listing on the NASDAQ

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XOCEAN Raises $11.7M

Irish marine robotics company XOCEAN, which maintains a branch office in Dartmouth, has raised €8 million or C$11.7 million in a funding round that valued the startup at about €100 million or C$ 146.2 million.

Founded in 2017 and based in Louth, near the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, XOCEAN uses robots to gather operational data for offshore industrial projects,

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Blueprint Winners Named

Atlantic Canadian companies are among the 100 winners of the Blueprint: Backing BIPOC Businesses awards, run by the DMZ, an award-winning startup incubator at Toronto’s Ryerson University, and funded by American Express.

The 15-week program offers participants intensive mentorship and coaching and $10,000 in grant money.

Blueprint is a response to barriers faced by BIPOC business owners.

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