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TruLeaf Plans Farms Across Canada
A Nova Scotian agritech company that first began at the Perennia Innovation Centre is now looking forward building farms across the country with their advanced crop growing systems.
TruLeaf Sustainable Agriculture’s systems are now in use at their
Job of the Week: Dash Hudson
Dash Hudson is continuing to expand its staff, and today we’re highlighting an opening at the social media analytics company for an account executive.
Halifax-based Dash Hudson has created a “visual intelligence platform” that helps its corporate
Teaching Tech to First Nations Children
All children need to learn computer science, but minority groups often have fewer opportunities to do so. A new five-week program in New Brunswick is helping boost knowledge among First Nations’ elementary and middle-school children.
The program,
UNB Opens Marine 3D Printing Centre
The University of New Brunswick on Thursday launched Canada’s first research centre for 3D metal printing for the marine and defence industries.
The Fredericton university said in a statement the new Marine Additive Manufacturing Centre of
Swept Accepted into 500 Startups
Swept, the Halifax company that makes janitorial software, has been accepted into 500 Startups, the second Atlantic Canadian startup to be accepted into the prestigious program this year.
The Silicon Valley-based program on Wednesday announced the
WellTrack Hits $400,000 in ARR
WellTrack, the Fredericton company that provides mental health software for university students, has reached $400,000 in annual recurring revenues and sees a clear path to $1 million this summer.
Founder and CEO Darren Piercey revealed the
12 Companies To Present at AVF
The Atlantic Venture Forum has announced the 12 companies that will present at the 2017 conference, which this year will include a special stream for life sciences and health technology companies.
As well as providing a range of speakers, the AVF
Labfundr Raises Money for Research
Labfundr, a Halifax startup that has developed a crowdfunding site for scientific research, has launched its first campaign, which will help develop a databank of blood samples for Canadian children and teens.
Founded by scientific researcher Eric
Region Eyes Oceans Supercluster
Atlantic Canada is making a push to establish a “pan-Atlantic oceans cluster” with the hope of tapping the $950-million supercluster program announced in the last federal budget.
There’s been some scuttlebutt in economic development circles lately
Rodgers To Head CDL-Atlantic
Jesse Rodgers, the head of Volta Labs, has been named the regional leader of the Creative Destruction Lab Atlantic, the new Halifax-based accelerator that was officially announced Thursday.
CDL, which began at University of Toronto in 2012, is
DGI Executes Two-Pronged Strategy
Halifax-based DGI Clinical takes a two-pronged approach to boosting healthcare: the group gives patients a voice and allows pharmaceutical companies to better understand their clinical trial data.
DGI Clinical has developed systems that allow
EduCode’s Pilot in Coding Education
The French school system in New Brunswick is launching a pilot project that will teach computer coding to junior high school students, even when their teachers have no experience in computer science.
The initiative will use a new product from
