Supercluster Seeks Project Proposals

Canada’s Ocean Supercluster has issued a call for proposals for its new Ocean Supercluster Resilience program, which will provide up to $15 million for projects that will benefit the ocean economy.

The supercluster – an Atlantic Canadian-based group that supports the Canadian ocean economy – said the new program will support projects that can be completed within 30 months and

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Region’s Startups Kept Hiring in 2020

In his most recent tally of employment by Atlantic Canadian innovators, Patrick Hankinson of Concrete Ventures has concluded that the region’s high-growth companies have continued to add staff through the pandemic.

He posted a blog last week that the startup community in Atlantic Canada produced a net 654 new jobs in 2020, bringing the total to 10,337 jobs – an increase of almost 7 percent.  Of

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Cybersecurity Scholarship Program at UNB

The Canadian Institute for Cybersecurity at the University of New Brunswick has unveiled a new program to increase cybersecurity talent, by offering graduate students scholarships and job opportunities.

The Bell Research Intensive Cyber Knowledge Studies, or BRICKS program, provides students with a Masters of Applied Cybersecurity, scholarship funding, a four-month research internship and,

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Jobs: Startup Zone, Foundation Marketing

Our Jobs of the Week column today showcases an opening for the CEO of Charlottetown’s Startup Zone and a Content Marketing Manager at Foundation Marketing in Halifax.

Foundation is a content marketing agency that collaborates with ambitious B2B brands looking to create and distribute content that inspires action. The agency says it believes that content has the ability to shape culture inside

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BreatheSuite Closes $1.2M Round

St. John’s-based BreatheSuite, whose technology helps people to use inhalers properly, has closed a $1.2 million equity financing round, led by Venture NL, the fund overseen by Pelorus Venture Capital.

The company issued a press release on Thursday announcing its second round, which follows on from a $550,000 round in October 2019, which was also led by Venture NL. The investors in the current

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ScreenScape Acquired by Spectrio

Charlottetown-based ScreenScape Networks,  which makes technology for video displays, has been acquired by Tampa, Fla.-based Spectrio for an undisclosed price.

Founded by CEO Mark Hemphill in 2007, ScreenScape helps businesses and organizations that want to advertise on location-based video monitors. The company, which employs 25 people, offers an easy-to-use, cost-effective product that is well

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