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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Ocean Allies Launches Diversity Award

Ocean Allies, a Halifax-based bluetech organization that partners with industry players to advance Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the sector, has announced the creation of a new Ocean Impact Award under a partnership with Invest Nova Scotia.

The Ocean Allies group is a “project-based” nonprofit created to reduce barriers to entry in the oceans economy for underrepresented groups and has

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MLS Launches First Satellite

Nova Scotia is now home to Canada’s first operational commercial spaceport.

Maritime Launch Services, or MLS, completed its first suborbital rocket launch from its new Canso facility on Friday under a collaboration with York University students.

The launch was coordinated by Saudi Arabia’s Al NajmX, with the payload being a high-tech, data-gathering satellite from the same country. The rocket

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Volta Seeks Ecosystem Award Nominees

Halifax startup hub Volta is looking for nominees for its fifth annual Ecosystem Impact Awards, honouring changemakers from the innovation ecosystem across Atlantic Canada.

The nominations will be open until Aug. 9, with the judging committee's top three nominees from each of the five categories being notified subsequently. The winners will be announced Sept. 20.

“Do you know an extraordinary

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