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COVE Plans Ocean Monitoring
The Dartmouth-based Centre for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship plans to roll out a system to digitally monitor Halifax harbour with an eye to commercial applications, initially under a partnership with local data company CarteNav Solutions.
Sandpiper Backs Toronto’s Gotcare
Atlantic Canada's Sandpiper Ventures, the female-focused venture capital fund, has made an investment of an undisclosed amount in Toronto’s Gotcare, which is developing an artificial intelligence system for home healthcare services.
Gotcare,
Nxtgen Expands in US, Eyes US$2.5M in Sales
Dartmouth’s Nxtgen Care, which sells technology for tracking the activities of staff and residents in assisted living facilities, is expanding into Florida and Louisiana as CEO David Burke eyes about US$2.5 million in new sales in 2023.
Nxtgen is
ShiftKey Labs to Offer Game Design Crash Course
With the video game industry enjoying increasing prominence in Atlantic Canada, Dalhousie University’s Faculty of Computer Science is getting in on the action with an event from Feb. 3 to 5 that promises to teach novice developers the basics of
COVE Hosts UK Startups
The Dartmouth-based Centre for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship hosted eight United Kingdom-based companies at a pitch event Monday as part of a broader partnership with British government agencies Innovate UK and Innovate UK Edge.
The eight
Halifax Community Fridge Seeks Support
A community fridge in Halifax that is used and stocked anonymously by local citizens is in need of donations due to growing demand.
Founded a year ago by students and recent grads, the fridge is located outside the Glitter Bean Café off Spring
MLS on Track for Rocket Launches this Year
Commercial space flight startup Maritime Launch Services is eyeing suborbital rocket launches from its under-construction facility in Canso, Nova Scotia, this year, as the federal government promises to modernize aerospace regulations to accommodate
Asia’s Liveability Challenge Seeks Oceans Cos
The Singapore-based Liveability Challenge is seeking entrants -- including bluetech companies -- for its competition for technlogy that can battle climate change and/or improve food production.
Founded five years ago to address major challenges,
NovaResp Raises $2M
Halifax medtech startup NovaResp, which is developing an algorithm to help manage sleep apnea, has raised a $2 million funding round led by pre-seed venture capital firm Concrete Ventures as it eyes commercialization in 2024.
Impactful Health Among Halifax Business Award Winners
Three innovation economy players took home silverware Thursday night at the Halifax Business Awards, hosted by the city’s chamber of commerce.
ESG Partners, an environmental, social and corporate governance consulting firm, won New Business of the
Genesis Recognized by UBI Global
Stockholm-based business intelligence company University Business Incubators Global, or UBI, has named Memorial University’s Genesis startup hub as a “top challenger” for its annual list of the top 10 university-affiliated startup incubators
ACOA Lends to ClearDynamic, NovaResp
The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency is lending a total of $1.7 million to three Halifax biotech companies: ClearDynamic, AGADA Biosciences and NovaResp Technologies.
ClearDynamic is taking home the lion’s share of the funding, $948,750, to