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Thanks for Sending in Surveys

  • Mar 14, 2022
  • Peter Moreira

Thank you to all the founders and CEOs – all 120 of ‘em -- who took the time to fill in our survey in the past two weeks.

Because of your assistance, we’re announcing today that we’ll donate $1200 to the Canadian Mental Health Association -- $10

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Innovasea Rolls Out Sensor Suite in Newfoundland

  • Mar 13, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

Innovasea, the Halifax- and Boston-based company that monitors conditions in aquaculture pens, is rolling out a full suite of monitoring equipment at an aquaculture site in Placentia Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, as part of a $27 million Ocean

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Ocean Startup Project Calls for Sustainable Ideas

  • Mar 13, 2022
  • Carol Moreira

The Ocean Startup Project, a national organization focused on boosting bluetech, is looking for participants for its Ocean Idea Challenge, a competition that connects aspiring entrepreneurs with potential co-founders and encourages them to identify

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Pond-Deshpande Becomes Revenue-Driven

  • Mar 13, 2022
  • Carol Moreira

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As it celebrates its 10th anniversary, the Pond-Deshpande Centre (PDC) at the University of New Brunswick is completing its transition to a new business model, which allows it to maintain its focus on pressing social issues.

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Kognitiv Spark Raises $4.7M

  • Mar 10, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

Kognitiv Spark, the Fredericton maker of augmented reality software, has raised $4.7 million from London-based Foresight Group and the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation as it aims to expand its push into the British and American markets.

Lead

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18 Join Innovacorp Accelerate

  • Mar 10, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

Innovacorp, Nova Scotia’s venture capital Crown corporation, has announced 18 companies joining its five Innovacorp Accelerate streams: bluetech, healthtech, agtech, cleantech and software.

The participating companies, which have sales of less than

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Novonix Borrows $1M For Burnside Facility

  • Mar 09, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

Novonix Battery Testing Solutions, which emerged from research conducted at Dalhousie University by Jeff Dahn, is receiving a $1 million loan from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency to buy specialized equipment for its production facility in

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Innovacorp Invested $9.7M in 20-21

  • Mar 09, 2022
  • Peter Moreira

Innovacorp made a total of $9.7 million in venture capital investments in its 2021 fiscal year, as the Nova Scotia government’s early-stage venture capital agency ramped up investment.

The provincial Crown corporation, whose fiscal year ends March

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Outcast Eyes U.S. Expansion

  • Mar 08, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

With production at its new Burlington, Ontario, facility underway and a newly hired Chief Financial Officer, a United States expansion is next on the horizon for  Halifax’s Outcast Foods.

Founded by Darren Burke and TJ Galiardi in 2017, Outcast

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Let’s Donate $1500 to Mental Health?

  • Mar 08, 2022
  • Peter Moreira

Congrats to Atlantic Canadian startup founders! You've helped to ensure our fundraising for the Canadian Mental Health Association will surpass $1,000 this year. 

But it's not enough. 

As of Tuesday night, we had received 100 responses to our

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Celebrating International Women’s Day

  • Mar 07, 2022
  • Carol Moreira

Atlantic Canada's innovation community is home to a host of impressive women, some founders and some working in support organizations. 

In honour of International Women's Day, we're showcasing five dynamic women who are helping to advance

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The Boom Box for Tired-A$$ Women

  • Mar 07, 2022
  • Carol Moreira

Carolyn Crewe, Halifax-based founder of Duckish Natural Skin Care, has teamed up with other female business owners to create a Boom Box, aka “a wellness box for Tired A$$ Women in hopes of inspiring women to take a break”.

The box, available as a

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