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Dal Innovates in Global Finals
Dal Innovates, the multi-tiered innovation program at Dalhousie University, is a global finalist for the Triple E Awards, which recognize the most entrepreneurial universities in the world.
Dal is one of 24 university entrepreneurship programs that
NS Health Launches Collaboration Space
Nova Scotia Health’s Innovation Hub is dipping its toe into the startup support ecosystem with a new co-working space for healthtech and medtech startups, along with a Network of Innovators that will offer funding and training services.
The
Dal Launches $850K Study into MPOX
Dalhousie University researchers are launching an $850,000 project to increase regional and international health security by monitoring emerging pox viruses in Nova Scotia populations.
In response to recent outbreaks of the MPOX virus (formerly
Virtual Hallway Launches on PEI
Virtual Hallway, a Halifax-based platform that lets physicians and nurse practitioners schedule consultations with specialists and streamlines communication and record-keeping processes, has rolled out its technology on Prince Edward Island under a
Two NS Teams to Pitch at AGE-WELL’s National Impact Challenge
Two Halifax teams -- Aging Proactively and Axtion Independence Mobility -- will pitch at industry group AGE-WELL’s National Impact Challenge 2023 in Toronto on Thursday, with a chance to win $25,000 each.
Nominated in the community category of
Chinova Quadrupling Production
Fredericton-based Chinova Bioworks, which uses mushrooms to make food preservatives and other ingredients, plans to quadruple its production capacity in response to demand from market-segments including non-alcoholic beer.
Founded in 2016 by CEO
Luxembourg Startup to Open NB Office
Luxembourg engineering software startup ASETS-LUX is opening a five-person office in New Brunswick with the help of an as-yet undisclosed equity investment from the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation.
Asets-Lux -- which graduated from the second
LED Roadway’s Smart Cities Play
LED Roadway Lighting, a longstanding success story of the East Coast startup ecosystem, is looking to innovate in the world of streetlights for a second time with its new smart cities business.
The Liveable Cities project involves the bulk of LED
Dal’s Link to a $165M Beer Deal in Toronto
An Ontario brewing company has changed hands for the second time in a deal that highlights the early strength of Atlantic Canada’s startup support ecosystem.
Halifax mixed drink startup Sage Mixology participated in the first ever cohort of
Tribe Raising $20M Fund
Halifax-based Tribe Network, which offers national startup support services to BIPOC entrepreneurs, is expanding into venture capital in a move CEO Alfred Burgesson said is aimed at offering founders the chance to work with investors who better
Pow Wow Pitch Comes to NB
Pow Wow Pitch, the premier pitch competition for Indigenous entrepreneurs in North America, will hold a pitch event at the Natoageneg Traditional Powwow in New Brunswick in July.
The 23rd Natoaganeg Traditional Powwow will be held on the Eel Ground
Emergence Incubator Responds to Life Sciences Trends in Atlantic Canada
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The PEI BioAlliance’s Emergence bioscience incubator is expanding its programming with new startup mentors across Atlantic Canada in what BioAlliance Executive Director Jason Cleaversmith describes as a response to the