Chinova Quadrupling Production

Fredericton-based Chinova Bioworks, which uses mushrooms to make food preservatives and other ingredients, plans to quadruple its production capacity in response to demand from market-segments including non-alcoholic beer.

Founded in 2016 by CEO Natasha Dhayagude and COO David Brown, Chinova “upcycles” castoff mushroom stems collected from farmers into a range of natural white label food

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LED Roadway’s Smart Cities Play

LED Roadway Lighting, a longstanding success story of the East Coast startup ecosystem, is looking to innovate in the world of streetlights for a second time with its new smart cities business.

The Liveable Cities project involves the bulk of LED Roadway Lighting’s employees, as well as a handful of dedicated software developers. For the 16-year-old company, the suite of new hardware and

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Tribe Raising $20M Fund

Halifax-based Tribe Network, which offers national startup support services to BIPOC entrepreneurs, is expanding into venture capital in a move CEO Alfred Burgesson said is aimed at offering founders the chance to work with investors who better understand their specific needs and challenges.

Tribe is raising a $20 million fund called Tribe Ventures that will back pre-seed and

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Pow Wow Pitch Comes to NB

Pow Wow Pitch, the premier pitch competition for Indigenous entrepreneurs in North America, will hold a pitch event at the Natoageneg Traditional Powwow in New Brunswick in July.

The 23rd Natoaganeg Traditional Powwow will be held on the Eel Ground First Nation, overlooking the Miramichi River. On July 15, it will feature a Pow Wow Pitch competition in which participants can pitch their

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Emergence Incubator Responds to Life Sciences Trends in Atlantic Canada

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The PEI BioAlliance’s Emergence bioscience incubator is expanding its programming with new startup mentors across Atlantic Canada in what BioAlliance Executive Director Jason Cleaversmith describes as a response to the sector’s strong growth in recent years.

In November, Emergence received $3.18 million in new funding from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and the

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COVE to Host Demo Day Wednesday

The Dartmouth-based Centre for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship, or COVE, will host its annual Demo Day on Wednesday, with bluetech companies demonstrating their innovations off the facility’s dock.

The event will include 17 exhibiting companies from as far away as British Columbia and Denmark, and COVE said in a statement it expects about 400 private sector and government decision-makers

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