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Dal’s Link to a $165M Beer Deal in Toronto
An Ontario brewing company has changed hands for the second time in a deal that highlights the early strength of Atlantic Canada’s startup support ecosystem.
Halifax mixed drink startup Sage Mixology participated in the first ever cohort of
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
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
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
COVE, Thales Name Digital Dockyard Winners
The Dartmouth-based Centre for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship and Thales Canada have announced the winners of their Digital Dockyard naval innovation challenge: St. John’s-based CORSphere and Toronto’s Datifex.
CORSphere sells marine fleet
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
QuickFacts Closes a $1.13M Round
Halifax-based fintech company QuickFacts, which helps insurance brokers compare quotes from insurers, has closed a $1.13 million funding round as it starts to expand in Western Canada.
The company has been on a roll in the past few months as it won
Halifax Partnership, Volta Team Up on Cleantech
Halifax Partnership and Volta announced Friday a joint program to support Nova Scotian cleantech companies at all stages of growth.
This partnership will give selected startups access to the Volta residency program and tailored support to help them
Lab2Market Oceans Seeks Applicants
Memorial University and the Ocean Startup Project are calling for applications to their Lab2Market Oceans accelerator.
The program, part of a national group of accelerators, is aimed at helping academic researchers in the oceans space commercialize
CoLab’s Ford Deal Yields Productivity Gains
CoLab Software, the St. John’s maker of collaboration software for 3D modelling, is seeing early success from its sales deal with automotive giant Ford.
The carmaker uses CoLab’s system in its Ford Pro department, which makes fleet management
Cascadia Launches Fertilizer Product
Just in time for World Oceans Day, Sidney, B.C.-based Cascadia Seaweed is launching its first agricultural product — a kelp-based fertilizer dubbed ReFeed Seaweed Extract and released under a partnership with innovation hub ReFeed Canada.
The
Introhive Names Saeideh Fard CFO
Five months after it hired a new chief executive, Fredericton- and Miami-based artificial intelligence star Introhive also has a new chief financial officer.
Freshly minted CFO Saeideh Fard is a software-as-a-service veteran who most recently