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Phillip Yoon to Lead Tribe Ventures
Tribe Network has hired Phillip Yoon, a finance veteran with experience on both sides of the fundraising table, as its new investment principal.
Yoon, originally from Singapore, holds a Master of Technology Entrepreneurship and Innovation degree
Invest NS Seeks Export Companies
Economic development agency Invest Nova Scotia is looking for applicants to this year's edition of its Export Development Program for young companies looking to develop sales outside of Nova Scotia or Canada.
Successful applicants will receive
MedReddie Raises $782K
In the wake of being accepted into Google’s startup accelerator for female founders, Saint John-based MedReddie has raised a $782,000 pre-seed round as it looks to scale its AI system that streamlines the procurement process for healthcare
Planetary Publishes Research
For the first time, Halifax-based Planetary Technologies can now cite published results from a field trial of its technology, released in the scientific journal Nature.
The article, titled Magnesium hydroxide addition reduces aqueous carbon dioxide
CloudKettle Sold to Bell
Bell Canada’s purchase of Halifax IT service company CloudKettle, announced Tuesday, is far from the first such overture Chief Executive Greg Poirier has received. What made this deal uniquely appealing, he said in an interview, was Bell’s track
InteGolf Readies App
A Cape Breton startup has launched an online platform that helps golf course operators market their unsold tee-times at discounted prices, and is planning to release an app for players later this year.
Sydney-based InteGolf was founded by longtime
EmployNXT, StarLuv Join Founder Lab
Two Atlantic Canadian companies, EmployNXT and StarLuv, are among the 20 joining the 2024 cohort of Calgary-based Movement51’s Founder Lab training program for female founders preparing to raise capital.
Movement51, the non-profit arm of The51
SMU Seeks Access-Ability Applications
Saint Mary’s University is looking for applicants to its Access-Ability program for entrepreneurs with disabilities.
The speaker series, which includes 18 sessions per year, will pay entrepreneurs $50 for their “time, participation and focus,” and
WEL Atlantic Launches Second Fund
The Women’s Equity Lab Atlantic Investment Group, or WEL Atlantic, an angel capital organization launched early last year, has closed its first fund and opened a second, for which it has raised $250,000 from 50 investors.
Fund 1, which had 38
Picketa Launches in 13 States
Fredericton-based Picketa Systems, maker of the LENS hardware and software suite for analyzing plant tissues, has launched its product in 13 American states, mostly in the country’s bread basket region.
Initially designed for use on potato crops,
Triple Hair Raises $4M
A pharmaceutical startup aiming to treat Androgenetic Alopecia, a type of genetic hair loss, has raised a $4 million funding round that included the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation.
Founded in 2013 by Dr. Houfar Sekhavat and pharmacist Peter
Invest NS Seeks Accelerate Applicants
Invest Nova Scotia is seeking applicants for this year's second cohort of its Accelerate startup program.
Accelerate offers companies four months of business and technical training and $40,000 of funding, as well as weekly one-on-one coaching