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Leach Celebrates New Award and Older Workers
As he mourns his late wife, educator Mary Kilfoil, Ed Leach focuses on their joint commitment to boosting entrepreneurship and employment among older workers. It’s an issue of fairness, but Leach stresses that prolonged working is also better for
Best of Luck, Avery Mullen
We regret to say that Avery Mullen, who has served as our reporter for several years, is no longer with Entrevestor full-time.
We’re subject to the same economic realities as the rest of the news business, and unfortunately we had to give Avery
Wellnify Signs 61-School Pilot Agreement
Two weeks after it won entry to a high-profile American accelerator, Halifax-based Wellnify has announced a partnership agreement with another Nova Scotia company, outdoor gym equipment-maker Outdoor-Fit Exercise Systems.
Under the deal, 61 schools
Aurea Pre-Sells $405K of Revised Product
Two weeks after Dartmouth-based Aurea Technologies opened its Kickstarter campaign for the next generation of its portable wind turbines, the company has raised over 13 times its goal, as CEO Cat Adalay eyes deliveries in January or February.
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10 Companies Join Accelerate
Invest Nova Scotia has announced the 10 companies joining the latest cohort of its Accelerate startup program.
Now in its fourth year, Accelerate offers participating startups four months of business and technical training and $40,000 of funding.
KardioDiagnostix Eyes Clinical Study
KardioDiagnostix, the Halifax maker of AI for analyzing paediatric heart murmurs, has expanded its research and development efforts via an agreement with a clinic in Toronto after gathering data from about 400 patients in Nova Scotia.
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InnovateNB Awards Seek Nominees
The organizers of this year’s InnovateNB Awards are seeking nominations for people and companies.
Nominations are being sought for the InnovateNB awards that recognize individuals and companies that deserve to be celebrated for their contributions
Three BioPort Takeaways
When life sciences entrepreneurs and investors gathered at the Halifax Convention Centre for this year’s BioPort Atlantic conference, they received a day and a half of advice from senior players in the industry, including on managing risk, finding
Myomar Launches Product
Three months after it won Health Canada approval for its urine test to monitor muscle health, Halifax-based Myomar Molecular is going to market in Nova Scotia, with a national launch and capital raise to follow.
In an interview Thursday, CEO
Tracktile Wins Gerry Pond Award
Charlottetown-based Tracktile, which sells software for food and beverage manufacturers, has won this year's Gerry Pond Sales Award.
The Gerry Pond Award is an annual $25,000 cash prize awarded by virtual startup incubator Propel in honour of
Eight Pitch at BioPort
When life sciences entrepreneurs and investors gathered in Halifax Wednesday for the first full day of this year’s BioPort conference, the agenda included two pitch sessions, one for pre-seed companies and one for seed-stage companies.
The pitches
“Ridiculously Ambitious”: Deeptech Shines at Entrevestor Live
A common theme emerged in many of the startups featured at this year’s Entrevestor Live conference Tuesday: their business models are “ridiculously ambitious,” to quote Planetary Technologies CEO Mike Kelland.
He was describing his own company as