The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency on Friday announced non-dilutive funding totalling $4 million for  nine Halifax startups to help them scale.

The federal regional development agency revealed the funding under ACOA’s Regional Economic Growth through Innovation program at a reception at Volta on Friday. All of the contributions were loans, except for a $50,000 grant for Shoelace Learning.

The largest payment went to Milk Moovement, which provides real-time digital information to all levels of the dairy supply chain through its cloud-based software. It received $1.47 million to help increase automation and implement process improvements to reduce its client onboarding time.

The other recipients were:

MIMOSA Diagnostics Inc., $500,000

MIMOSA has developed a handheld tissue-imaging device capable of detecting skin injuries before they are visible to the naked eye.

UpBeing Inc., $494,000

This behavioural health data analytics company has developed a wellbeing tracking and insights application that helps individuals improve their health and wellbeing.

Peer Ledger Inc., $450,000

Peer Ledger Inc. has developed “Digital Product Passport” software that helps participants in circular economies. Businesses can track their supply chains and make transparent key attributes of their commercial products.

Swiftsure Innovations Inc., $325,000

Swiftsure has developed a medical device to simultaneously flush and suction the mouth, enabling an essential last step in oral care for patients on life support. It allows nurses to rinse organic debris from the oral cavity, which wasn’t possible with previous tools.

Easy Platter (Krava Inc.), 210,000

Easy Platter has developed software that helps chefs to arrange to cook healthy meals in people’s homes. After a customer books a chef, sets the number of meals, and specifies their nutrition goals, the chef arrives to cook, stock meals, and clean up.

Rafflebox Technologies Inc., $200,000

Rafflebox is an online platform that enables charitable groups to run and manage online raffles and lotteries for fundraising.

Talkatoo Inc., $166,000

This company builds AI productivity software for veterinarians, helping them to save time on medical records and documentation.

SUMS Capital (Startup Metrics Inc.), $150,000

SUMS aims to encourage the private investor community, leading to more investment in early-stage companies through better investor relations.

Shoelace Learning (Eyeread Inc.), $50,000 grant.

Shoelace has created an online learning platform that teaches and assesses students through digital games.

The press release is available here and a full description of the companies and funding packages can be found here.