Tenera Signs Shannex Deal

With its foothold in the long-term care industry established, Halifax senior care startup Tenera Care is looking to diversify into other market segments — a push being led by an announcement Wednesday that Tenera will partner with retirement home company Shannex.

Under the deal, Shannex will pilot Tenera’s technology in an arrangement backed by the CAN Health Network, which acts as a national

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Startup Data Survey: Now Is The Time

At Entrevestor, we're in the process of preparing our annual Startup Data Report, which offers the most detailed snapshot available of the state of the Atlantic Canadian Startup Community.

If you are a startup founder in Atlantic Canada, please fill out our survey. Startup support organizations and industry groups use our data to learn how to better allocate resources and support the innovation

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Curv Raises $5.1M on Pivot

Halifax- and Toronto-based Curv Health has raised a $5.1 million seed round led by Toronto’s iGan Partners and Halifax's Build Ventures to develop a full-stack telehealth system for employers and insurance companies.

The telehealth project represents a new direction for Curv, which originally aimed to use machine-learning to analyze video of people in motion, then develop fitness routines to

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Appili Inks US$10M Defense Deal

Halifax drug discovery company Appili Therapeutics has inked a US$10 million (C$12.67 million) deal with the United States Department of Defence to test a vaccine against tularemia — a highly contagious infection that can be deadly when introduced into the lungs and is well-suited to use as a bioweapon.

The vaccine technology grew out of research and development work by the National Research

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Dal Launches Health Sprint

The Dal Innovates Sandboxes — groups at Dalhousie University designed to facilitate multidisciplinary collaboration — have announced a Health Innovation Sprint event to encourage innovation in the healthcare field.

The sprint will last just over two weeks, with six work sessions, and require participants to identify a problem in healthcare and then develop a technological solution.

The sprint

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Tribe’s Black Entrepreneurship Program

Tribe Network has opened applications and nominations for its Black Entrepreneurship Program, which provides support for Black entrepreneurs and business owners in Atlantic Canada.

Founded in 2021 by CEO Alfred Burgesson, Tribe Network, has developed a platform that allows entrepreneurs from BIPOC – Black, Indigenous and People of Colour – communities to accelerate their growth by linking with

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Lab2Market Oceans Seeks Applicants

Applicants are being sought for the third oceans cohort of the Lab2Market technology accelerator, which helps researchers commercialize their work.

Hosted by Dalhousie, Ryerson, Memorial and University of Manitoba, Lab2Market provides training and support to teams looking to start businesses based on research from Canadian universities. The oceans stream of Lab2Market is hosted by Memorial

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