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Virtual Hallway Launches on PEI
Virtual Hallway, a Halifax-based platform that lets physicians and nurse practitioners schedule consultations with specialists and streamlines communication and record-keeping processes, has rolled out its technology on Prince Edward Island under a
Two NS Teams to Pitch at AGE-WELL’s National Impact Challenge
Two Halifax teams -- Aging Proactively and Axtion Independence Mobility -- will pitch at industry group AGE-WELL’s National Impact Challenge 2023 in Toronto on Thursday, with a chance to win $25,000 each.
Nominated in the community category of
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
Luxembourg Startup to Open NB Office
Luxembourg engineering software startup ASETS-LUX is opening a five-person office in New Brunswick with the help of an as-yet undisclosed equity investment from the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation.
Asets-Lux -- which graduated from the second
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
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