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Propel ICT’s Build Program Schedule
Propel ICT, the regional accelerator, has released a tentative schedule for the Build Program in its coming cohort.
Build is the program for scaling companies, those with revenues and looking to grow their businesses. The next 12-week program will
Digital NS Partners With WCT
Digital Nova Scotia and Women in Communications and Technology are pleased to announce a partnership agreement.
Under the partnership, the two non-profit organizations will collaborate on a number of initiatives, including their respective awards
BlueLight, 3M Form US Partnership
BlueLight Analytics Inc., a Halifax company that helps ensure the proper curing of dental fillings, has partnered with industrial giant 3M Corp. to greatly expand the startup’s sales power in the U.S.
The two companies announced the partnership on
Fundica Roadshow in Halifax April 6
The Fundica Roadshow, now in its fifth year, has launched its $1 million pitching competition, and will have a session in Halifax on April 6.
The Halifax pitching event will be held at the Innovacorp Enterprise Centre. You can apply to pitch here.
Don’t Get Nagged! Fill in our Survey
There’s something I hate about this time of the year – even more than shoveling.
I have to pester people about filling in our survey. So this post is a not-so-subtle request to fill our survey in before I start contacting people and asking them
East Coast SME Optimism Rebounds
The Business Development Bank of Canada is seeing growing optimism among Canada’s small- and medium-sized businesses, with particular strength in the national technology sector and across Atlantic Canada.
The BDC, the business-focused financial
Cybersecurity Institute Opens at UNB
The University of New Brunswick on Monday opened the Canadian Institute for Cybersecurity, a hub for research, training and industry collaboration that has been backed by more than $4.5 million in funding .
The institute, which has signed on IBM as
Startup Halifax Event on Finances
Startup Canada Halifax will hold a seminar titled “What Startups Need To Know about Financial Information” at 4 pm on Jan. 24 at Volta Labs in Halifax.
The event is free and you can register here.
John Hamblin, the head of Startup Canada Halifax,
Job of the Week: Sentinel Alert’s CTO
In our Job of the Week column today, we’re highlighting an opening for Chief Technology Officer at Sentinel Alert of St. John’s. The successful candidate could choose to work in St. John’s or Halifax.
Sentinel produces software that can detect
PEI Eyes BioCommons Expansion
With its life sciences segment pretty well doubling in size every four years, Prince Edward Island is on a mission to develop new infrastructure that can sustain that growth.
The PEI BioAlliance, a partnership between the various players in the
Genesis Centre Marks 20 Years
The Genesis Centre in Newfoundland and Labrador turns 20 this year, a milestone that’s being celebrated with events that include MaRS on the Rock, a new partnership between the Genesis Centre and Toronto’s MaRS Discovery District.
MOTR, which
Build, Innovacorp Back Dash Hudson
Bolstered by signing major new clients, Halifax-based Dash Hudson has quietly closed a new funding round of more than $2 million to further accelerate its growth.
Dash Hudson, which provides data analytics for corporate clients using Instagram,
