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SimplyCast Aims for 100 Interns
SimplyCast, the Dartmouth-based marketing automation company, is aiming to hire 100 interns in 2021 to help post-secondary students thrive during the pandemic.
The company said in a statement on Tuesday that it will start by taking on as many as 30
Oliver POS Teams up with Nexcess
St. John’s-based Oliver POS has partnered with Nexcess, a major web-hosting company specializing in ecommerce, to help distribute its technology to more ecommerce merchants.
Oliver has developed a Software-as-a-Service product that enhances
Mitacs, NBIF Launch Intern Program
Mitacs and the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation, or NBIF, have announced a joint initiative that will pay $860,000 toward research internships at New Brunswick companies.
The two organizations announced Monday that NBIF is contributing $160,000
Pegasus Biotech Joins Emergence
Charlottetown-based contract research organization Pegasus Biotech is the latest bioscience company to join Emergence, the P.E.I.-based national bioscience business incubator.
Founded last year, Pegasus offers services that help to develop vaccines
Mysa Launching Third Product
St. John’s-based Mysa has pre-launched a new control for air conditioners, the third product in its suite of smart home temperature controls, and is reporting great demand in the pre-orders.
The company – whose corporate name is Empowered Homes –
Supercluster Funds Three Projects
Canada’s Ocean Supercluster on Friday announced funding for three projects with a total value of $6.6 million led by innovation-driven groups based in St. John's.
The Atlantic Canadian group dedicated to funding ocean-related R&D projects in marine
Saint John’s New Startup Facility
The Block One Incubator has opened in Saint John, providing the Port City with a facility offering programs and working space for growing startups.
Five companies are now working at the 2,735-square-foot facility at 40 King Street, in the former
MCE a Finalist at GCEC Awards
For the second year in a row, the Memorial Centre for Entrepreneurship, or MCE, has been named a finalist in the Outstanding Emerging Centre category of the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers awards.
The GCEC held its annual conference
Airesun Signs $150M Contract
Airesun Global, a Cape Breton company that makes industrial oils, cleaners and lubricants out of seed oil, has signed two contracts worth a total of almost $160 million.
The Sydney-area company held a press conference Tuesday announcing it had
Berhane Wins GSE Award
Robel Berhane, Co-founder and CFO of Halifax-based Clean Catch Baits, has been named Global Student Entrepreneur for Atlantic Canada in the recent Global Student Entrepreneur Awards.
Clean Catch is developing biodegradable, PVC-free soft bait
LED Wins Export Canada Award
Halifax-based LED Roadway Lighting Ltd., which manufactures smart and low-energy street lighting, has been named a cleantech Export Star by Export Development Canada, or EDC.
Each year, EDC highlights the achievements of leading cleantech companies
NS Ecosystem Evolved in 2019
The important activity in the Nova Scotia startup community in 2019 was in the development of the ecosystem rather than the performance of companies.
Certainly, many companies had highlights, which we’ve already cited. ABK Biomedical raised $40
