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Gerry Pond Award to be Presented Next Week
Virtual startup incubator Propel ICT will present its annual Gerry Pond Sales Award in Moncton on Sept. 17, recognizing its program members that have excelled at selling their product.
The Gerry Pond Award is an annual, $25,000 cash prize in
BioPort to Feature VC Panel, Startup Pitches
This year’s BioPort Atlantic life sciences conference will include a venture capital panel discussion, as well as a pair of pitch sessions featuring pre-seed and seed-stage startups from the region.
When BioPort attendees gather at the Halifax
UNB Announces Harvard Accelerator Partnership
The University of New Brunswick’s J. Herbert Smith Centre, the Fredericton university's entrepreneurship hub, has announced a partnership with Harvard University to bring the Ivy League institution’s prestigious public and planetary
Kraken Announces Software Partnership
Kraken Robotics, the Newfoundland maker of marine robotics systems that has raised close to $38 million from public markets this year, has signed a major new product partnership.
The company, which specializes in next-generation sonar systems and
Volta Seeks Investment Day Applicants
Halifax startup hub Volta is looking for applicants to the fall edition of its Investment Day event, which it hosts in collaboration with accelerator Creative Destruction Lab Atlantic.
The event will be held at Volta’s new offices in downtown
Genesis Seeks Evolution Applicants
Genesis, the Newfoundland and Labrador entrepreneurship hub, is looking for applicants to the fall, 2024 cohort of its 10-week Evolution startup program.
Genesis bills Evolution as a “pre-incubator” course meant to prepare young companies for
Innovation Challenge To Be Held in Fredericton
In October, entrepreneurs, researchers and students will gather in Fredericton for the city’s Boost Ideation Camp, an innovation challenge aimed at finding solutions to problems related to population growth.
Backed by the University of New
We’re off till Sept. 3
We just want to let everyone know we're taking our annual late-summer holiday this week.
Usually we take off the last week of August, so we'll be back with fresh news on Atlantic Canadian startups on Sept. 3.
Meanwhile, we'll be at the beach with
Less than 4 Weeks Till Entrevestor Live
There are only three-and-a-half weeks left to register for Entrevestor Live, our annual event showcasing the best and the brightest in the Atlantic Canadian innovation community.
To be held Sept. 17 at Volta, this half-day conference highlights the
B-Line Launches AI Assistant
B-Line Technologies, the Halifax maker of smart building technology, has launched a new AI assistant product to act as a building management hub and help operators find information quickly.
In an interview at the company’s offices in Halifax’s
Dragon Breath Wins Volta Pitch Competition
Dragon Breath, a marketplace created by CEO Darsh Sinha for video game players to trade gaming equipment and in-game valuables, took first prize at Halifax startup hub Volta’s latest Virtual Pitch Competition this week.
The event offered budding
Spellbook Launches Associate
Spellbook, the St. John’s legal software-maker that earlier this year raised US$20 million, announced Thursday it will expand its AI offerings with a new, agent-based product.
Artificial intelligence agents are tools that can be assigned tasks,