Kognitiv Spark Joins Amazon Defence Accelerator

Fredericton-based augmented reality startup Kognitiv Spark is one of 13 companies selected for this year’s cohort of Amazon’s European Defence Accelerator.

Kognitiv Spark is the only Canadian company to make the cut and one of only three from North America. The four-week European Defence Accelerator is run by Amazon Web Services, the e-commerce giant’s cloud computing arm, in collaboration with

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Invest NS Announces Early Stage Commercialization Fund

Invest Nova Scotia has announced the latest recipients of money from its Early Stage Commercialization Fund for university research, rolling over a program from the days of Innovacorp. Also bundled with the announcement are recipients from fall 2022.

The fund offers startups up to $50,000 for assessing their products’ market potential, developing go-to-market strategies and other planning,

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Atlantic Canada Represented by 2 Groups at Startupfest

Atlantic Canada made a strong showing this year at Startupfest in Montreal — one of the world’s largest startup conferences.

With Startupfest running from last Wednesday to Friday and now in its 13th year, the East Coast contingent fell into two groups. The first was a generalized startup contingent organized by recently created industry group Startup Atlantic, and the other was as part of an

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CarbonCure’s New Backers are “Force Multipliers”: Niven

Halifax clean concrete startup CarbonCure will use the largest venture capital raise in Nova Scotia history to more quickly execute on its product roadmap and double down on its business development activities in Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and Southeast Asia.

Chief Executive Robert Niven said via email Thursday that CarbonCure has sold hundreds of its systems for sequestering carbon

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Quoded, Yana Win at MTME: Next 2023

Jameel Mohammed took home the $1,500 top prize at the Masters of Technology Management and Entrepreneurshiip demo day on Thursday for his chat-based mobile app called Quoded.

Receiving $1,000, the second prize went to Yana, founded by Gashtiyar Fatullah and Aryan Star. It is developing hardware to improve the efficiency in constructing modular buildings.

Five other teams also graduated from the

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CarbonCure Closes US$80M Round

Dartmouth-based green construction technology company CarbonCure Technologies has closed a US$80 million (C$105.7 million) venture capital round – the largest VC round ever in Nova Scotia.

The global leader in carbon dioxide removal technologies for the concrete industry released a statement Tuesday saying the round was led by Swiss impact investor Blue Earth Capital, a new investor in the

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Summer Institute Celebrates 10th Cohort

Five companies on Tuesday graduated from The Summer Institute program at University of New Brunswick during the program's annual Demo Day.

The Summer Institute teaches sales, marketing, and customer validation skills to companies with positive social and environmental impacts.  The graduating companies, all Atlantic Canadian, were the 10th cohort to complete the program which began in 2014 and

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Five Teams Graduate from Energia

Energia Ventures, the accelerator affiliated with the University of New Brunswick, held its most recent demo day on Tuesday, with five founders presenting their businesses.

It was the ninth demo day for Energia, which is an accelerator for energy, cleantech, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence companies. The cohort featured three companies from Atlantic Canada, as well as one from Toronto

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MUN’s School of Ocean Technology Seeks New Head

Memorial University’s Fisheries and Marine Institute is searching for a new head of its School of Ocean Technology. 

The incoming boss will replace Interim Head Joe Singleton and oversee the development of undergraduate and graduate degree programs, as well as upskilling initiatives for industry. Created in 2007, the School of Ocean Technology also organizes applied research and development

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