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Reazent Accepted Into IndieBio

  • May 26, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

Reazent, an agtech company that has moved to Nova Scotia under the Startup Visa program, has been accepted into the IndieBio accelerator in Silicon Valley.

Startups in the prestigious accelerator receive a US$250,000 (C$350,000) equity investment,

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T4G Acquired by National Firm MNP

  • May 25, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

T4G has been purchased for an undisclosed price by national accounting and consulting firm MNP, which wants access to the target company’s expertise in data analytics and machine learning.

Though headquartered in Toronto, T4G is one of the pillars

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Datolite’s Sales Grow Despite COVID-19

  • May 25, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

In the wake of acquiring a division of a data analytics consultancy, New Brunswick legal software firm Datolite Solutions continues to see strong sales despite COVID-19.

Datolite, which used a distributed work model even before the pandemic, has

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Dal, Squiggle Park Join Research Project

  • May 24, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

Dalhousie University and Dartmouth-based educational software startup Squiggle Park are key players in a seven-year, $2.5 million project funded by the federal government to study literacy in a digital society.

The initiative is aimed at “ensuring

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Nonte Links With World’s Top Health Complex

  • May 21, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

Nonte, a new health tech startup spun off from Fredericton’s Populus Global Solutions, has a single early adopter for its medical research platform, and it’s the largest medical complex in the world.

Nonte has been beta-testing its platform, which

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Volta Seeks Applicants for Recovery

  • May 21, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

Halifax innovation hub Volta will offer a free, six-week course in June and July to help entrepreneurs make plans to navigate COVID-19 and the associated economic crisis.

The program, titled Volta Academy: Recovery, will include instruction from

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Health Canada Clears Appili COVID Trial

  • May 21, 2020
  • Carol Moreira

Halifax-based biopharmaceutical company Appili Therapeutics has announced that Health Canada has approved its Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating Favipiravir as a prophylactic agent against COVID-19 outbreaks.

This will be the first clinical study to

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HP, BoomersPlus Offer Consulting

  • May 20, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

The Halifax Partnership economic development organization has announced a collaboration with BoomersPlus to offer online consulting services to entrepreneurs struggling to navigate the pandemic.

BoomersPlus matches retired professionals who are at

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How Collective Impact Shapes ONSIDE’s Mission

  • May 20, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

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ONSIDE, a new not-for-profit organization supporting innovation-based companies in Nova Scotia, knew from the outside that it was not working with a blank slate as it plotted ways to work collaboratively to improve the innovation

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Survey Shows Optimism, Runway Concern

  • May 19, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

A new survey of Atlantic Canadian startups shows that CEOs remain optimistic about their prospects for 2020, but also reveals that most have less than nine months of runway.

Halifax-based venture capital firm Concrete Ventures conducted the survey

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Feds Loosen CEBA Eligibility

  • May 19, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

The federal government has expanded eligibility for its small-business loan program, allowing more SMEs to borrow money to help them through the COVID-19 emergency.

At his daily briefing on Tuesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said more

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IMV Extends Runway with $25M Raise

  • May 18, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

Dartmouth-based drug discovery company IMV Inc. has enough cash to finance its operations until mid-2021 now that it has closed a $25.1 million private placement of shares and warrants.

The company, whose shares are listed on the TSX in Toronto and

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