Ocean Startup Project Launches Cleantech Competition

National industry group the Ocean Startup Project is seeking applicants to its new cleantech competition, held under a partnership with the municipalities of Port Alberni, BC, Rimouski, QC and Yarmouth, NS.

The Ocean Communities Climate Challenge will connect entrants for collaborative projects aimed at monitoring and predicting ocean conditions, making port communities carbon neutral, fostering

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Canada’s Growing Network of Bluetech Accelerators

In preparing our latest Canadian oceantech report, one thing that has been striking is the swift evolution of a national network of accelerators for early-stage oceantech startups.

Five years ago, any Canadian bluetech entrepreneur looking for a program would have had to learn the ropes in a general accelerator. Today, we can count at least nine dedicated bluetech accelerators, located in four

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Smart Energy Event Seeks Pitchers

Halifax-based conference organizer Jameson Group is looking for cleantech startups to compete in a pitch challenge at its 19th annual Smart Energy Event, attended by a roster of about 400 national delegates from the smart energy industry.

Winning applicants will have the chance to invite up to 20 guests to hear their 15-minute pitches, as well as have a shorter, five-minute pitch hosted on the

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Woodward Cup To Be Held in St. John’s

The St. John’s-based Memorial Centre for Entrepreneurship, or MCE, will hand out $40,000 in prize money to companies founded by Memorial University students during its Mel Woodward Cup pitch competition, to be held today, March 23.

The event, to be held at Memorial’s Signal Hill Campus from 4 to 6 p.m. NST will be a pitching competition for student entrepreneurs who are serious about developing

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JEDI Launches E-Commerce Site

New Brunswick's Joint Economic Development Initiative, or JEDI, the Indigenous economic development organization, has launched a directory of First Nations businesses, along with its own e-commerce shop.

Indigeshop, as JEDI has dubbed its e-commerce storefront, will give Indigenous companies, including startups, a centralized place to sell their products.

“This site provides a space for

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