Deal Will Help AIR Expand Nationally

The Halifax-based Atlantic Institute for Resilience has partnered with the CAN Health Network in an agreement that allows AIR to collaborate with health organizations across Canada.

AIR was founded in 2014 by psychiatrist Jackie Kinley, the institute’s president and CEO. She aimed to develop programs to boost resilience among workers.

Resilience is the capacity to not only endure but to grow

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ACOA Funds 9 Startups with $4M

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.

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Athlete Aid Focuses on Young Athletes

With the help of AI, two student entrepreneurs plan to help coaches and parents of injured junior athletes assess whether it is safe to let a player back in the game.

Isaac Hierlihy and Morgan MacKinnon, both 19, and second-year university students (Hierlihy at St. Francis Xavier and MacKinnon at Saint Mary’s), are building a company called Athlete Aid, which includes an AI-supported triage

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Charlotte Murray Joining Farmers’ Truck

After seven years coaching founders at virtual accelerator Propel, Charlotte Murray is joining Moncton social enterprise The Farmers’ Truck where she will work to improve food security across the continent.

The Farmers’ Truck provides fresh, accessible food in communities across North America through the use of mobile market trucks and through funding and supply partnerships with communities.

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Eigen Raises $2.6M

Fredericton-based Eigen Innovations, which sells an artificial intelligence system to perform quality control checks on production lines via thermal cameras, has raised a $2.6 million funding round.

The company said in a statement it has seen growth in demand for thermal imaging tech, and the raise comes after CEO Erin Barrett said at Entrevestor Live last month that the key to making Eigen

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DependBuild in TechStars

Dependbuild, the St. John's maker of cloud software that helps municipalities and infrastructure developers assess risks to construction projects, has been accepted into TechStars accelerator in Ohio State University in Columbus.

The accelerator for nascent companies offers a three-month program, USD$120,000, mentoring and access to an extensive network.

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