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A Look at 2022 Funding So Far

  • Sep 13, 2022
  • Peter Moreira

With almost nine months in the books, 2022 is proving to be a pretty good year for funding by innovation companies in Atlantic Canada, on track for a quarter-billion dollars in equity capital.

With the announcement of a $5.1 million funding round

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Mariner, NSBI Reach $1M Payroll Rebate Deal

  • Sep 13, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

Nova Scotia Business Inc., the provincial business development agency, has signed off on a payroll rebate program for Gerry Pond’s Mariner Partners worth nearly $1 million over five years.

Mariner is the 270-person firm founded by former NBTel CEO

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Unprecedented Change in East Coast Ecosystem

  • Sep 12, 2022
  • Peter Moreira

Here’s something to ponder as we enter the busiest part of the year: we’ve never seen so much uncertainty in the Atlantic Canadian startup ecosystem as we’re seeing right now.

The ecosystem as we know it today has only been around for a little more

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L2M Oceans Unveils Cohort

  • Sep 12, 2022
  • Peter Moreira

Lab2Market’s third oceans cohort commenced Monday, boasting the program’s highest ever level of gender diversity.

Forty percent of the students attending the seven-week accelerator for research commercialization identify as female, compared to 23

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Introducing Entrevestor Live Headliners

  • Sep 11, 2022
  • Peter Moreira

We’re delighted to announce that our Entrevestor Live conference next month will be headlined by three of the hottest companies in Atlantic Canada – Milk Moovement, Shoelace Learning, and Sonrai Security.

We launched Entrevestor Live last year to

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Halifax’s Bright Raises $1.45M

  • Sep 11, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

Halifax’s Bright has raised a $1.45 million round of funding led by Halifax’s Tidal Venture Partners, building on traction from the spring and summer, CEO David Howe said in an interview.

Along with Tidal, Halifax’s Concrete Ventures and provincial

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AVF To Feature 22 Showcase Companies

  • Sep 08, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

The Atlantic Venture Forum, or AVF, has announced 22 showcase companies that will be highlighted at the event.

The AVF will be held Sept. 13 and 14 at the Halifax Marriot Harbourfront Hotel, marking the first in-person iteration of the event since

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Ready2Launch Demo Day Sept. 22

  • Sep 08, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

Dalhousie University will hold a demo day for the third cohort of its Ready2Launch accelerator September 22.

The three-month program for technology-based ventures was held virtually this year and wrapped up Aug. 26. It was open to undergraduate,

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B4Checkin and Maestro PMS to Integrate Products

  • Sep 07, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

Halifax payment processing specialist B4Checkin's TransForm technology will be incorporated into Ontario-based Maestro PMS’s property management software for hotels.

B4Checkin, which does business as b4, sells browser-based software to process

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Rally Integrates OpenAI

  • Sep 06, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

Rally, the St. John’s maker of process automation software for law firms, is incorporating technology from San Francisco artificial intelligence non-profit OpenAI into its software platform to help lawyers draft contracts.

Spellbook is Rally’s new

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Entrevestor Live Set for Oct. 20

  • Sep 05, 2022
  • Peter Moreira

We’re delighted to announce that our second annual Entrevestor Live event will be held on the afternoon of Oct. 20, and it will be hybrid so you can attend live or online.

Showcasing some of the most successful startups in the region, we launched

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Ocean Tracking Network Receives $38.5M

  • Sep 05, 2022
  • Carol Moreira

A Halifax-based network that tracks ocean health has received almost $39 million in funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation. The money will help with tracking important aquatic species impacted by climate change.

The Ocean Tracking

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