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Novonix Near to Winning US$150M Grant
Australia’s Novonix Ltd. — the parent company of Novonix Battery Testing Solutions, which emerged from research conducted at Dalhousie University by Jeff Dahn — is on track to win a mammoth US$150 million or C$206 million grant from the United
Entrevestor Live: Return to Networking Tomorrow
Entrevestor Live tomorrow will offer not only a great program of content, but also a chance for the startup community to return to networking.
Entrevestor Live is a three-hour conference that allows some of Atlantic Canada’s best founders and their
Matt Cooper Becomes Volta CEO
Halifax startup hub Volta has made interim CEO Matt Cooper’s posting permanent, as the former entrepreneur eyes expanded support for more mature startups, increased collaboration with other ecosystem support organizations and a more data-driven
InnovateCare Announces Keynote Speakers
InnovateCare, a Dartmouth-based conference that discusses medical care and support for seniors through an innovation-focused lens, has announced this year’s keynote speakers.
Slated to be held Oct. 26 at the DoubleTree hotel on Wyse Road,
Passiv Raises C$3 Million
Fredericton-based Passiv has closed a US$2.2 million or roughly C$3 million seed funding round following the fintech startup's graduation from the prestigious Silicon Valley accelerator Y Combinator.
Passiv plans to spend the money developing its
Hear from Top Companies’ Investors
At Entrevestor Live on Thursday, we’re teaming up some of the region’s top founders and their investors to tell about their companies’ stories together.
Entrevestor Live is a half-day conference at Volta that showcases some of the greatest
Why CareerBeacon Bought Ruutly
CareerBeacon’s purchase of Toronto’s Ruutly, the Moncton recruitment company’s second acquisition this year, was aimed at consolidating pieces of technology that work better as a software suite than as individual tools, according to the heads of
4 Takeaways from Navigate’s “Reverse Pitch Event”
Entrepreneurs and investors converged on Sydney this week for Bring It Together, Navigate Startup House’s inaugural “reverse pitch event.”
Founders who have already raised capital delivered the pitches they used during recent funding rounds, and
Digital NS Announces Tech Forward Awards Finalists
Industry group Digital Nova Scotia has announced the finalists for its Tech Forward Awards, honouring players in the province’s information technology community.
The event will be held Nov. 17 at the Halifax Marriot Harbourfront at 5:30 p.m.
CareerBeacon Buys Ruutly
Moncton-based online recruitment company CareerBeacon has bought Toronto’s Ruutly, which allows employers to create interactive job ads.
Co-founders Yves Boudreau and Benoit Bourque started what's now CareerBeacon in 2014 to make backend software
Fraser To Head NPC Ventures
Malcolm Fraser, the last CEO of Innovacorp, has taken a new position as Managing Director of NPC Ventures, the new venture capital arm of Charlottetown-based Natural Products Canada.
NPC Ventures aims to be a $50 million fund that invests in
Here’s why you should attend Entrevestor Live
Entrevestor Live is the best opportunity you’ll find to hear how to build a successful company in Atlantic Canada.
In just three hours, you can hear from 10 East Coast companies that have raised a total of $200 million, and they’ve done it by