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BioNova Names BIC Semi-Finalists

BioNova has named eight semi-finalists for the 2019 BioInnovation Challenge, or BIC, which will take place at its BioPort conference on Nov. 5 and 6 at Pier 21 in Halifax.

Now in its ninth year, BIC is the main pitching competition for early-stage life sciences companies in Atlantic Canada. The prize for the winner this year will be $25,000 in seed funding and a $30,000 advisory services package

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Volta Launches New LEAP Program

Halifax startup hub Volta is launching a new program headed by venture capital veteran Toon Nagtegaal to help Atlantic Canadian companies prepare for accelerators – even the best in the world.

The organization said last week it had received a $663,750 grant from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency to support Volta LEAP, the program beginning this autumn. It aims to help about 15 to 20

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Sensory Friendly Finder Launched

Saint John-based Sensory Friendly Solutions has launched an app that helps people who experience sensory overload find sensory friendly events, places, products and services.

The Sensory Friendly Finder is designed to become a comprehensive listing of sensory friendly businesses.  

“In a world that is increasingly busy, noisy, and often overwhelming, more and more people are looking for ways to

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Innovacorp Programs: Deadlines Near

Innovacorp is offering mentoring and tens of thousands in non-dilutive financing to Nova Scotian startups through four programs, whose entry deadlines are rapidly approaching.

The Nova Scotia government’s venture capital group has opened applications for its four main programs for helping early-stage companies – Sprint, Accelerate, Startup-Yard and the Blue Green Challenge. Here are the details:

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MUN, Acadia Centres Land $1.9M

The entrepreneurship programs at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Acadia University in Wolfville are receiving grants totaling almost $1.9 million from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and provincial governments.

ACOA, the federal government’s East Coast economic development agency, said in a statement It would provide a grant of $1 million over the next three years to the

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TablePlus Sets Up in Halifax

Having caught the attention of some of the world’s largest corporations, two Vietnamese entrepreneurs have now chosen Nova Scotia as their company’s new home.

Henry Pham and Joe Nguyen are the creators of TablePlus, a computer program that helps data scientists and software developers interact with large information databases.

Their product is used by staff at several Fortune 500 companies,

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PurelyHR Launches Performance

Dieppe, NB-based PurelyHR has launched an employee-evaluation product called Performance, the latest module within its human resources management platform used by small and medium-sized businesses all over the world.

PurelyHR, the public brand for Ironflow Technologies, has developed a Software-as-a-Service product that helps SMEs with a range of human resources tasks. Performance is the

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