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BioAccelerator Seeks Tenants

  • Sep 17, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

The Prince Edward Island BioAlliance is seeking innovation-driven companies to lease space in its new BioAccelerator facility, which is slated to be completed in 2025 and will offer biomanufacturing facilities and office space.

In a statement, the

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Emera IdeaHUB Holds Pitch Day

  • Sep 15, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Dalhousie University held its inaugural Pitch Day for graduates of its Dal Innovates and Emera ideaHUB accelerators Thursday, with HerBiome Skincare and XO Technology winning for Launch and ideaBUILD, respectively.

In total, 19 startups competed

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InnovateNB Awards Announce 30 Finalists

  • Sep 14, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

The organizers of the second annual InnovateNB Awards, which will be presented at a celebratory event in Fredericton Oct. 12, have announced their finalists.

The list includes contenders across nine different categories, ranging from Diversity and

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Remembering Dr. Mary Kilfoil (1956-2023)

  • Sep 14, 2023
  • Peter Moreira

We were shocked and saddened to learn this week that Dr. Mary Kilfoil, one of the pioneers of the Atlantic Canada startup community, had passed away peacefully at home last week.

A woman of great kindness and generosity, Kilfoil is best known in

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Seven Startups Present at BioPort

  • Sep 13, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

This year’s BioPort life sciences summit in Halifax came complete not just with a selection of presentations from pre-seed and seed-stage startups, but also an announcement: provincial industry group and conference organizer BioNova is now Life

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Featured Guests at Entrevestor Live

  • Sep 13, 2023
  • Peter Moreira

Some of the most successful Atlantic Canadian startup founders in the region's history will headline the 2023 edition of Entrevestor Live, our three-hour conference that showcases the biggest and best of the region’s high-growth companies.

This

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Acuicy AI Trials Under Way, Pre-Seed in the Works

  • Sep 12, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Acuicy, the Halifax-based maker of business intelligence software for emissions reduction, is demoing its technology with double-digit numbers of enterprise clients on the back of completing its minimum viable product last spring.

Chief executive

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BlueNode, Port of Halifax are Finalists for Global Sustainability Award

  • Sep 12, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Nova Scotia supply chain analytics specialists BlueNode and the Port of Halifax are finalists for the International Association of Ports and Harbors’ Sustainability Awards, to be presented at the World Ports Conference in Abu Dhabi on Nov. 1.

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Reazent Becomes Nutrien Inclusion Competition Finalist

  • Sep 11, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Halifax-based Reazent, the maker of organic alternatives to conventional fertilizer products, has beat out hundreds of other competitors internationally to become one of four finalists in Saskatoon agtech giant Nutrien’s Radicle Inclusion Challenge.

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Ocean Supercluster, Innovate U.K. Seek Projects

  • Sep 11, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Canada’s Ocean Supercluster has announced a joint call for proposals with British government organization Innovate U.K. under its newly created Canada-UK: Collaborative Ocean Innovation Solutions Program.

The two groups are looking for private

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Genesis, Invest NS Seek Accelerator Applicants

  • Sep 10, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Two East Coast innovation hubs are looking for applicants to their startup support programs.

Invest Nova Scotia has put out a call for entrepreneurs interested in its GreenShoots funding and mentorship program, which offers agtech, biotech

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SMU Revamps BComm

  • Sep 10, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Saint Mary's University in Halifax has launched a new version of its Bachelor of Commerce curriculum.

SMU’s Sobey School of Business, led by interim dean Mark Raymond, bills its revamped BComm program as offering a high level of customization and

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