Bend Beauty Aims To Be Global Brand

A Halifax-based company has created a new skin care line that claims to treat your skin from the inside out. 

Bend Beauty is a high-end skin-care company that produces ingestible supplements that reduce inflammation in the skin and build its resistance against UV radiation.

Customers take a daily dose of the supplements, in liquid or capsule form. The company says this will improve elasticity

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2 Exits That Shaped NB’s Ecosystem

The idea for one of Fredericton’s latest tech startups was dreamed up on a hike in Scotland.

As Duncan McSporran and Ryan Groom, the co-founders of Kognitiv Spark cleared their heads in the outdoors and talked about augmented-reality software that could be used for industrial-worker support. McSporran, then in the military, thought it could have the potential for the armed forces.

“It was

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NS Social Venture Fund Launched

The Social Enterprise Network of Nova Scotia and the national Social Enterprise Ecosystem Project have joined up to launch the province’s first impact investment fund, the Social Enterprise Impact Investment Pilot.

The two groups issued a press release Wednesday saying they worked collaboratively to bring the national funds to Nova Scotia to help people looking to start a social enterprise.

The

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Genome Atlantic Fighting Superbugs

Halifax-based non-profit Genome Atlantic has announced the development of a $1.4 million research project to develop new surveillance tools to help identify and track genes involved in superbugs.

In a statement, Genome Atlantic said that bacteria are becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics, posing an enormous risk to the agri-food industry and to the health of Canadians.

A team of

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Beyond Food Raises $1M Round

Halifax-based Beyond Food Inc. has closed a $1 million funding round to help it launch its system that will convert aging supermarket produce into a powdered food supplement.

The company issued a press release this week saying it raised the money from a range of investors, including several National Hockey League players. The company’s website shows that it plans now to develop its first Zero

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Job of the Week: SDR at Harbr

Our Job of the Week column today showcases a position as a Sales Development Representative at Halifax’s Harbr, which makes software for the construction industry.

Harbr, which has made a commitment to gender parity in its hiring, has developed a Software-as-a-Service project management platform for retail construction. It defines its mission as making it as simple as possible for retailers to

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SolarAssist To Help NS Go Solar

Nova Scotians can now access a free, interactive online tool to help them assess their solar potential and calculate how much they’d save by installing solar panels.

SolarAssist is a new web platform that gives Nova Scotians the tools and information to determine whether their home is a good candidate for solar panels, the developer, sustainability agency R&G Strategic, said in a statement.

The

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