Tribe Network has hired Phillip Yoon, a finance veteran with experience on both sides of the fundraising table, as its new investment principal.

Yoon, originally from Singapore, holds a Master of Technology Entrepreneurship and Innovation degree from Saint Mary’s University and has worked for alternative asset managers and computational finance companies in Switzerland and Hong Kong, as well as

Economic development agency Invest Nova Scotia is looking for applicants to this year's edition of its Export Development Program for young companies looking to develop sales outside of Nova Scotia or Canada.

Successful applicants will receive $15,000 of funding to spend on either hiring a consultant to help develop their export strategy, or else attending an international trade show.

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In the wake of being accepted into Google’s startup accelerator for female founders, Saint John-based MedReddie has raised a $782,000 pre-seed round as it looks to scale its AI system that streamlines the procurement process for healthcare providers.

In a statement, the company described the round as oversubscribed and said it included BDC’s Thrive Lab, the Firehood industry group and angel

For the first time, Halifax-based Planetary Technologies can now cite published results from a field trial of its technology, released in the scientific journal Nature.

The article, titled Magnesium hydroxide addition reduces aqueous carbon dioxide in wastewater discharged to the ocean, includes results from a small-scale trial conducted in Hayle, on Britain’s south coast. Its findings offer a

Bell Canada’s purchase of Halifax IT service company CloudKettle, announced Tuesday, is far from the first such overture Chief Executive Greg Poirier has received. What made this deal uniquely appealing, he said in an interview, was Bell’s track record of not interfering with management of the companies it acquires.

CloudKettle was founded in 2015 and sells consulting services on topics

A Cape Breton startup has launched an online platform that helps golf course operators market their unsold tee-times at discounted prices, and is planning to release an app for players later this year.

Sydney-based InteGolf was founded by longtime IT entrepreneur Todd Chant, who previously ran a service company that specialized in working with golf courses. The platform’s Premium Tee Time

Two Atlantic Canadian companies, EmployNXT and StarLuv, are among the 20 joining the 2024 cohort of Calgary-based Movement51’s Founder Lab training program for female founders preparing to raise capital.

Movement51, the non-profit arm of The51 venture capital shop, aims the Founder Lab program at entrepreneurs planning to raise up to $1.5 million within about six to eight months. The 11-week

Saint Mary’s University is looking for applicants to its Access-Ability program for entrepreneurs with disabilities.

The speaker series, which includes 18 sessions per year, will pay entrepreneurs $50 for their “time, participation and focus,” and cover topics related to both business- and personal-development, as well as asynchronous online content.

To be eligible to participate, applicants

The Women’s Equity Lab Atlantic Investment Group, or WEL Atlantic, an angel capital organization launched early last year, has closed its first fund and opened a second, for which it has raised $250,000 from 50 investors.

Fund 1, which had 38 investors, spent a total of $190,000 to back four companies: New Brunswick’s Uresta, which makes a device to prevent bladder leakage, and Halifax-based

Fredericton-based Picketa Systems, maker of the LENS hardware and software suite for analyzing plant tissues, has launched its product in 13 American states, mostly in the country’s bread basket region.

Initially designed for use on potato crops, with support for corn added recently, LENS has been in use by farmers since last year. In a statement, the company said the addition was motivated by