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Precision Medicine Conference To Focus on Cancer
The inaugural Atlantic Precision Medicine Conference will be held in Halifax next week with an agenda focused on delivering the right cancer treatment to the right patient at the right time.
Precision medicine, aka personalized medicine, takes into
Invest NS Recovers $551K of Stolen Money
Invest Nova Scotia has recovered almost all the $573,000 stolen from it in a phishing scam this past spring, the economic development agency said Friday.
In July, the economic development agency said an imposter posing as a venture capital
Tribe Seeks Applicants to BUILD and its Pitch Contest
Tribe Network, the Halifax-based startup support organization for BIPOC founders, is seeking participants for several of its programs.
The 15-week BSP BUILD program is a virtual offering that provides expert coaching in key disciplines like
NS Hospice Team Wins for Grief Library
A new idea that supports rural Nova Scotians has won the International Palliative Care Innovator of 2024 award in Montreal.
The Grief Library allows patients and their loved ones to borrow books on grief and grieving free of charge. Books are
ACOA Funds 7 Dartmouth Innovators
The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) is lending a total of more than $6 million to seven small and medium-sized businesses to help them scale up and modernize their operations.
The following companies are receiving loans through the
Propel’s Traction and Growth Names 8 Companies
Virtual Accelerator Propel has announced the eight companies that make up its Fall 2024 Traction and Growth cohort.
Traction and Growth is for later-stage founders who have proven recurring revenue and appear poised to become high-growth companies.
L2M Validate Welcomes 19 Teams
Dalhousie University and the University of New Brunswick have accepted 19 teams into their Fall 2024 Lab2Market Validate cohort, which helps researchers assess the commercial viability of their work.
One of several Lab2Market programs, the 16-week
Free RevGen Sales Event Set for Nov. 12-13
RevGen Atlantic 24 is being offered free to founders wanting to boost their sales strategies.
Organizers say RevGen Atlantic 24' will equip the region's founders with proven strategies for boosting customer adoption and scaling revenue. The event
Climative CEO Morton Wins Clean50 and Clean16
Winston Morton, CEO of Fredericton-based Climative, a maker of AI-powered low-carbon plans for buildings, has been recognized as one of Canada's Clean50 for 2025.
Morton has also been named one of Canada's Clean16, distinguishing him as the top
Summer Institute Celebrates 11th Cohort
Now in its 11th year, University of New Brunswick's Summer Institute program is graduating four new companies. The Institute teaches sales, marketing, and customer validation skills to companies making positive social and environmental impacts.
Ocean Startup Project Names Participants
The Ocean Startup Project has selected 16 early-stage companies for the 2024 Ocean Startup Challenge cohort. Each will receive up to $25,000 in non-dilutive funding, along with support to scale their ocean-focused businesses.
Funded mainly by the
Deal Will Help AIR Expand Nationally
The Halifax-based Atlantic Institute for Resilience has partnered with the CAN Health Network in an agreement that allows AIR to collaborate with health organizations across Canada.
AIR was founded in 2014 by psychiatrist Jackie Kinley, the