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Dal Names Second R2L Cohort

  • Jun 08, 2021
  • Peter Moreira

Dalhousie University has announced the second cohort of its Ready2Launch summer accelerator, which comprises 12 teams from universities across Atlantic Canada.

Known as R2L, the three-month program is designed for teams that are committed to

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Green Power Readies Joint Project

  • Jun 08, 2021
  • Avery Mullen

Dartmouth’s Green Power Labs, which makes predictive analytics software for electrical grids and solar power plants, is launching a joint project with Calgary- and Houston-based MR Control Systems International.

Founded in 2004, Green Power’s

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We Remain Committed to Entrevestor

  • Jun 08, 2021
  • Peter and Carol Moreira

We would like to take the opportunity to reaffirm our commitment to Entrevestor, and to providing the Atlantic Canadian startup community with news and data.

On Tuesday, we marked World Oceans Day with our first post in our new oceans-themed page

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Launching Global Oceans Coverage

  • Jun 08, 2021
  • Peter Moreira

Today, on World Oceans Day, we’re launching our first global coverage of the oceantech space.

On our new Oceantech page, we’ve published an article on the explosion in bluetech accelerators around the world, which marks the first time Entrevestor

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Blue Accelerators Around the World

  • Jun 07, 2021
  • Peter Moreira

One of the biggest changes in the ocean innovation space in the last five years is the explosion of bluetech accelerators around the world.

Five years ago, an entrepreneur with an ocean-focused venture would have had only a few accelerators to work

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Talkatoo Bags VMX Win

  • Jun 07, 2021
  • Avery Mullen

Halifax’s Talkatoo, which sells transcription software for veterinarians, has won a major pitch competition hosted by the North American Veterinary Community, or NAVC, industry group.

Talkatoo beat out 19 competitors at the fourth annual VMX Pet

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Aurea Launching Shine on Kickstarter

  • Jun 06, 2021
  • Avery Mullen

Halifax’s Aurea Technologies is launching a Kickstarter campaign on Tuesday to fund its first consumer product, a portable wind turbine called Shine.

The turbine is a portable power generator designed for campers and hikers who need to charge their

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Ililli: A Social Network for ‘Talk’

  • Jun 06, 2021
  • Peter Moreira

A team in Halifax has completed the soft launch of a new social media network focused on "talk", and hopes it will become the next big thing in online interactions. 

Watzan, a Halifax-based content curation platform for the pharmaceutical industry,

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RIDDL Unveils $1.3M Raise

  • Jun 03, 2021
  • Avery Mullen

Software startup RIDDL has closed a $1.3 million funding round with investors that include Gerry Pond’s East Valley Ventures, the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation, and at least one angel.

The Nova Scotia and New Brunswick company is aiming to

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Anessa Closes Funding Round

  • Jun 03, 2021
  • Avery Mullen

Fredericton-based Anessa Biogas Software has finished a capital raise from a roster of investors that includes Halifax’s Concrete Ventures, Toronto’s GreenSky Capital, the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation and Saint John’s East Valley Ventures.

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Smart Skin Closes $10.7M Round

  • Jun 03, 2021
  • Peter Moreira

Fredericton-based Smart Skin Technologies has closed a $10.7 million round of funding led by BDC Capital, and intends to double its staff with the new financing.

BDC Capital’s Industrial Innovation Venture Fund led the round, which was joined by

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Remote Staff Essential for Renderator

  • Jun 02, 2021
  • Avery Mullen

Though remote work has become commonplace in the innovation economy in the past year, a distributed team had already become essential for the business model of one Halifax startup before the pandemic.

Founded in 2016 by Mario Comando and Alessia

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