Frenter Signs Deal With Heavy Equipment Marketplace

California- and Halifax-based Frenter has signed a deal to incorporate its maintenance and analytics software for heavy equipment into Austin, Texas-based Boom and Bucket’s equipment rental marketplace.

The system will offer users estimates of equipments’ value based on its usage and maintenance history, tracked by Frenter, whose users in turn will be able to list their equipment on Boom and

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Shoelace Eyes Textbooks, Canadian Market

Halifax reading game startup Shoelace Learning is aiming to leverage its traction in the United States to win more deals in Canada, as CEO Julia Rivard Dexter looks to consolidate on pandemic-era growth amid a saturated educational technology market.

Rivard Dexter said in an interview Thursday that Shoelace expanded rapidly during the lockdowns, as educators turned to digital solutions. With

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Genesis to Hold Pitch Competition April 9

Genesis, the Newfoundland and Labrador startup hub, will hold a pitch competition showcasing six companies from the latest cohort of its eight-week Evolution accelerator on April 9.

Chosen by Genesis out of the broader Evolution cohort, the seven companies in the Evolution Pitch Showcase will deliver four-minute presentations, followed by two-minute question and answer sessions, all of which

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Supercluster Calls for Transport, Seafood Proposals

Canada’s Ocean Supercluster is seeking project proposals related to transportation in the maritime sector, as well as sustainable seafood.

The federal organization, which partners with the private sector to fund research and development work, is looking for proposals to improve the efficiency or resiliency of transportation in the marine industry, or contribute to its decarbonization. Its call

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Tribe, SMU Announce Scholarships for Black, Indigenous Students

Halifax-based Tribe Network, the industry group that supports racialized entrepreneurs in Atlantic Canada, has announced a new scholarship program under a collaboration with Saint Mary’s University to help Black and Indigenous students break into the fields of commerce, computer science and data analytics.

The initiative will include two streams, one for undergraduates and one for graduates.

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Acuicy Joins Techstars Sustainability

Acuicy, the Halifax-based maker of business intelligence software for emissions reduction, is the only Atlantic Canadian company among 11 chosen to participate in this spring’s edition of Techstars Sustainability Paris, a cleantech accelerator from the globally-recognized startup house.

The accelerator began March 11 and will culminate in a demo day June 6. Since its creation two years ago, 60

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Symbodi Recognized by Fast Company

Fredericton-based Symbodi is the only Canadian company to make this year’s list of the 10 Most Innovative Companies in Wellness and Personal Care, as ranked by prestigious American business magazine Fast Company.

Incorporated in 2018 by Founder Curtis Kennedy, Synmbodi is best-known as the maker of the Vertiball, a portable back massager that requires no electricity and can be affixed to most

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Atlantic BioCorp Will Fund Production Facility with Woodward Cup Prize

Atlantic BioCorp Founder Dante Enewold plans to use the $25,000 he won in last week's Woodward Cup pitch competition to build a production facility for his process that converts crab shells into chitosan.

Held Wednesday by the Memorial Centre for Entrepreneurship in St. John’s, the Woodward Cup is named in honour of the late Newfoundland and Labrador logistics magnate Mel Woodward. The annual

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