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RENK Ups Modest Tree Stake

  • Aug 24, 2021
  • Avery Mullen

Augsburg, Germany-based RENK, a subsidiary of automotive giant Volkswagen Group, will expand its stake in Modest Tree as the Halifax maker of augmented reality software looks to expand its product offering.

Modest Tree’s software allows the use of

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Davison Becomes Stash CEO

  • Aug 24, 2021
  • Avery Mullen

Fredericton-based Stash Energy, which builds energy storage technology for heat pumps, has announced its new CEO: Jamie Davison.

Founded in 2015, Stash uses heating registers -- systems that use opening and closing slats to control the movement of

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Angels Defy Pandemic As Funding Tops $100M

  • Aug 23, 2021
  • Avery Mullen

Canadian angel investors defied economic headwinds and fears from industry leaders to book $102.9 million worth of deals in 2020, a report by the National Angel Capital Organization with input from Entrevestor has found.

The Changing Landscape,

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Frenter Acquires Rentbridge

  • Aug 22, 2021
  • Avery Mullen

Halifax-based equipment rental marketplace Frenter has acquired Alberta’s Rentbridge and now its 15-year-old Founder and CEO Zach Laberge is working on a $450,000 pre-seed funding round.

Labege said in an interview his company paid for Rentbridge

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LeBlanc To Chair Entrevestor Live

  • Aug 22, 2021
  • Peter Moreira

We’ve got great news: Nicole LeBlanc has kindly agreed to be the chair and host of Entrevestor Live, our virtual event taking place on Oct. 6.

Entrevestor Live will be a celebration of success in the Atlantic Canadian startup community, with some

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Founders Entering Political Fray

  • Aug 19, 2021
  • Avery Mullen

When Nova Scotia Premier-Elect Tim Houston’s campaign made news for his past in the business world, it was his time as a corporate consultant in The Bahamas that drew headlines. But it is the nearly two years he spent running software startup Znanja

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Skerry Joins SMU

  • Aug 18, 2021
  • Avery Mullen

Leah Skerry, whose career has ranged from co-founding the edtech startup Eyeread to training as a performance artist, will become the latest of three entrepreneurs-in-residence at Saint Mary's University. 

Skerry will work under the banner of SMU’s

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Bluetech Funding Lags

  • Aug 17, 2021
  • Avery Mullen

Atlantic Canada’s ocean technology sector is growing faster than ever, but Entrevestor’s 2020 Startup Data Survey shows possible trouble ahead on the funding front.

Although just a few years old, the segment has already achieved a degree of

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Presenting Entrevestor Live

  • Aug 16, 2021
  • Peter Moreira

We’re thrilled to announce that on Oct. 6 we’ll host Entrevestor Live, a virtual conference that showcases some of the greatest success stories in the Atlantic Canadian startup community.

Presented in collaboration with our Founding Partner BDC

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Design2BUILD Applications Open

  • Aug 15, 2021
  • Avery Mullen

Dalhousie University’s Emera ideaHUB incubator has opened applications for this year’s Design2BUILD accelerator -- an eight-month program meant to help deep tech startups develop and manufacture their products.

Companies in the program will have

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CILAR Offers Grants to Black Founders

  • Aug 15, 2021
  • Carol Moreira

The Coalition of Innovation Leaders Against Racism (CILAR) has developed a national grant program for Black-led businesses to help them through the remainder of the pandemic.

Funded by Facebook Canada, in partnership with Pitch Better Canada and

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Celebrating our 10th Anniversary

  • Aug 12, 2021
  • Peter Moreira

Ten years ago today, an unnoticed article was posted on an unknown website with a simple message: Welcome to Entrevestor.

Yes, today is the 10th Anniversary of the launch of Entrevestor, and we’ve spent a nostalgic week thinking back to the early

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