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NB Cyber Cluster Reflects on IBM Job Losses

  • Jul 18, 2023
  • Peter Moreira

The Fredericton cybersecurity community has been shaken this summer by more than 100 layoffs at IBM, though officials in the sector believe it is strong enough to withstand the blow.

The Fredericton Gleaner first reported earlier this month that

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Volta Seeks Bluetech Companies to Pitch

  • Jul 18, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Halifax startup hub Volta is looking for applicants to pitch at its Virtual Ocean Tech Pitch Competition on Aug. 23.

The competition will see bluetech founders deliver short pitches and then receive feedback from a panel of of industry experts. The

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CDL Oceans Deadline Approaches

  • Jul 17, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Dalhousie University’s CDL Atlantic, part of the internationally noted Creative Destruction Lab network of startup accelerators, is still looking for this fall’s Oceans cohort. The deadline to apply is July 28, with programming beginning in October.

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Kognitiv Spark Joins Amazon Defence Accelerator

  • Jul 17, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Fredericton-based augmented reality startup Kognitiv Spark is one of 13 companies selected for this year’s cohort of Amazon’s European Defence Accelerator.

Kognitiv Spark is the only Canadian company to make the cut and one of only three from North

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Invest NS Announces Early Stage Commercialization Fund

  • Jul 16, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Invest Nova Scotia has announced the latest recipients of money from its Early Stage Commercialization Fund for university research, rolling over a program from the days of Innovacorp. Also bundled with the announcement are recipients from fall

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Atlantic Canada Represented by 2 Groups at Startupfest

  • Jul 16, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Atlantic Canada made a strong showing this year at Startupfest in Montreal — one of the world’s largest startup conferences.

With Startupfest running from last Wednesday to Friday and now in its 13th year, the East Coast contingent fell into two

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CarbonCure’s New Backers are “Force Multipliers”: Niven

  • Jul 13, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Halifax clean concrete startup CarbonCure will use the largest venture capital raise in Nova Scotia history to more quickly execute on its product roadmap and double down on its business development activities in Latin America, Europe, the Middle

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Quoded, Yana Win at MTME: Next 2023

  • Jul 13, 2023
  • Peter Moreira

Jameel Mohammed took home the $1,500 top prize at the Masters of Technology Management and Entrepreneurshiip demo day on Thursday for his chat-based mobile app called Quoded.

Receiving $1,000, the second prize went to Yana, founded by Gashtiyar

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Atlantic VC Is Defying Market Trends

  • Jul 12, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

In the wake of Halifax clean concrete startup CarbonCure closing the largest venture capital round in Nova Scotia history, Atlantic Canada’s VC numbers have surpassed the first half totals for 2022 and are near striking distance of the sum for all

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CarbonCure Closes US$80M Round

  • Jul 12, 2023
  • Peter Moreira

Dartmouth-based green construction technology company CarbonCure Technologies has closed a US$80 million (C$105.7 million) venture capital round – the largest VC round ever in Nova Scotia.

The global leader in carbon dioxide removal technologies

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Summer Institute Celebrates 10th Cohort

  • Jul 11, 2023
  • Carol Moreira

Five companies on Tuesday graduated from The Summer Institute program at University of New Brunswick during the program's annual Demo Day.

The Summer Institute teaches sales, marketing, and customer validation skills to companies with positive

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Five Teams Graduate from Energia

  • Jul 11, 2023
  • Peter Moreira

Energia Ventures, the accelerator affiliated with the University of New Brunswick, held its most recent demo day on Tuesday, with five founders presenting their businesses.

It was the ninth demo day for Energia, which is an accelerator for energy,

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