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3D BioFibR Launches First Two Products

  • Jun 30, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Halifax life sciences startup 3D BioFibR, which is developing advanced materials derived from collagen, has launched its first two products.

One offering, dubbed μCollaFibR and pronounced “micro-colla-fibre”, is an additive for the ink used to 3D

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4 Community Ocean Projects Recognized

  • Jun 29, 2023
  • Emma Zhao

Four Canadian teams have won a collective $22,500 in the first-ever Ocean Communities Climate Challenge, a program designed to help businesses improve ocean sustainability.

The Challenge was presented by the Ocean Startup Project, a national

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Feds Fund SIPP, COAST with $3M

  • Jun 29, 2023
  • Emma Zhao

Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada is donating $3 million to help grow B.C.'s ocean and marine technology sectors and foster Indigenous entrepreneurship and expertise in emerging industries.

The federal government’s economic development

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Gray Wolf Hunts Crypto Crime Ring

  • Jun 29, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

The cryptocurrency world’s first public look at the sophisticated hacking operation in its midst, which Fredericton crypto-sleuthing startup Gray Wolf Analytics is playing a key role in investigating, came via a Twitter thread from an anonymous

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Galaxia Receives $1.7M from Canadian Space Agency

  • Jun 29, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Halifax space startup Galaxia Mission Systems is receiving $1.7 million from the Canadian Space Agency to launch the first two in a “constellation” of satellites equipped with its edge computing technology.

Galaxia, founded in 2020 by Dalhousie

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Hodgson Wins Global Entrepreneurship Award

  • Jun 27, 2023
  • Peter Moreira

David Hodgson, CEO and Co-founder of Halifax-based Hollo Medical, has won the 2023 Global Student Entrepreneur Awards, or GSEA, beating out almost 1,100 entrepreneurs from all over the world.

Hodgson claimed the US$50,000 (C$66,000) first prize at

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Swarmio Seeks Creditor Protection

  • Jun 27, 2023
  • Peter Moreira

Gaming software company Swarmio Media Holdings,  which has received about $5.7 million in funding from government agencies, has filed for creditor protection.

The IT company, which has had operations in Sydney and Halifax and is listed on the

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Virtual Lunch and Learn set for Thursday

  • Jun 27, 2023
  • Emma Zhao

Lunch and Learn, a virtual connector event for women entrepreneurs, will take place on Thursday. Hosted by ONSIDE, a community accelerator program in Nova Scotia, the event aims to help entrepreneurs of underrepresented groups network.

The

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Spellbook Launches Access Program for Law Schools

  • Jun 27, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

St. John’s legal software startup Spellbook is launching a program to make its artificial intelligence system for contract drafting free to law students as the company looks to dramatically scale up its operation and consolidate triple-digit

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Digital NS Seeks Award Nominees

  • Jun 26, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Industry group Digital Nova Scotia is seeking nominations for this year’s Tech Forward Awards, which honour social and business pioneers in the technology sector.

With winners in eight categories, the awards ceremony will be held Nov. 9 at the

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Dal Lands $15M for Ocean Acidity Study

  • Jun 25, 2023
  • Emma Zhao

Dalhousie University’s Ocean Alk-align research program, which is studying how to make the world’s oceans more alkaline, has received almost $15 million from the Carbon to Sea Initiative.

Katja Fennel, an oceanographer with Dalhousie, will lead a

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NATO Accelerator Readies Innovation Challenges

  • Jun 22, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

NATO's new Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic, for which Halifax is bidding to be the North American host city, is seeking applicants for a trio of innovation challenges for sensor and surveillance tech, secure communications and

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