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Innerlogic raises $1.3M
Techstars alum innerlogic, which is developing a software and AI suite to automate employee feedback for enterprise clients, has closed a $1.3 million funding round to support product and business development.
Founders Bryce Tully and Mike Bawol
Kempaiah Joins Entrevestor Live
We’re pleased to report that a new panelist has joined the Entrevestor Live lineup: Zen Electric CEO Ravindra Kempaiah.
On Sept. 17 at Volta, Kempaiah — whose company is developing battery systems for the very small two- and three-wheeled vehicles
Four Healthtech Startups Leveraging Software
Information technology businesses are not just the largest group of startups in Atlantic Canada. They dwarf every other sector, accounting for almost two-thirds of all East Coast startups at the end of 2023. If there is a challenger for the most
Stethophone Adds AI
St. John's-based Sparrow Bioacoustics has launched Version 3 of its stethoscope app, now integrating AI analysis, with the company releasing it first in Ukraine.
The move builds on a pilot program that has involved Ukrainian cardiology clinics
Envisioning a New Atlantic Angel Network
Claudio Rojas, the CEO of NACO Canada, flew into Fredericton on Thursday to discuss solutions to the decline in angel funding in Atlantic Canada.
Rojas was attending the launch of Entrevestor’s 2023 Atlantic Canada Startup Data report at an event
Raymex Lift Plans Regulatory Bid
When Tracy McGillivray and Liam Maaskant set out to design a better mobility aid in the fall of 2019, they split up and conducted their ideation work separately. When they reconvened two weeks later, they discovered they had arrived at nearly the
Our 2023 Data Report Launches Today
The East Coast startup community experienced record numbers of company launches and failures last year while most of the best continued to grow strongly, says Entrevestor’s 2023 Atlantic Canada Startup Data report, which we’re launching today.
Our
TrojAI Expands in Fredericton
Two months after it raised a US$5.75 million or C$7.77 million funding round, Saint John cybersecurity startup TrojAI has roughly tripled its presence in Fredericton with the opening of a new office in the city.
Founded by James Stewart and Stephen
CM Marine Aims for Better Life Jacket
In the 1960s, Cape Breton fisherman Floyd Mackenzie nearly drowned in an accident that ultimately claimed the life of a different crew member.
Mackenzie and his “hired man,” Ernest Brown, were jumping from their fishing boat into a dory. The
Entrevestor Live: Early Bird Price Ends June 30
Innovation aficionados looking to save on tickets for this year's Entrevestor Live startup conference have until June 30 to sign up at our early-bird price of $70.
The half-day conference, to be hosted by startup specialist Permjot Valia, will take
Six Companies Win Spark Competition
Six winners of the annual Spark Nova Scotia competition for rural, coastal and edtech startups were announced during an event Tuesday, beating out 64 other applicants.
The winning companies in each of three regions — Cape Breton, Nova Scotia North
Information Economy Leads Hiring: Halifax Index
The information economy is Halifax’s fastest-growing employer, though the university programs that feed skilled workers into the innovation ecosystem have seen their student bodies decrease, according to the Halifax Partnership economic development