RPS Signs Chilean Distribution Deal

Charlottetown’s RPS Biologiques has signed an exclusive distribution deal with pharmaceutical and life sciences specialist Agrovet Chile to distribute RPS’s treatment for sea lice on farmed salmon.

In a press release, RPS said it expects the Agrovet deal to generate at least $8 million worth of sales over the next three years, adding that Chile is the world's second-largest provider of farmed

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Need Talent? Try an Arts Grad

A year ago, Emma Faulkner was worried her 12,000-word thesis on women’s rights and education in 18th Century England might not be the educational milestone that tech startups were looking for in a potential employee.

She was wrapping up her Masters of Arts in Literature at Dalhousie University, and about to make her way into the “real world” – a place with an endless appetite for programmers and

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Ocean Startup Challenge Opens

Applications have opened for the third Ocean Startup Challenge, which will offer idea- and early-stage bluetech startups up to $40,000 each, as well as specialized training, mentorship, networking, and events. 

Organized by the Ocean Startup Project, the Ocean Startup Challenge is a program that provides funding and mentorship to early-stage oceantech startups. Each year, it awards development

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Dal innovates Wins Global Award

Dalhousie University has won international recognition for its work facilitating the transition of student and researcher innovations into commercially viable products and services.  

Its Dal Innovates program is one of two winners of the Deshpande Symposium Award for Technology Commercialization, awarded at the Deshpande Symposium on Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Higher Education in Ohio.

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Meta To Buy Optodot IP for US$45.8M

Dartmouth-based Meta Materials Inc., which specializes in producing synthetic materials, is acquiring the assets and intellectual property of Devens, Mass.-based Optodot Corp., which signals a move into next-generation battery materials.

Meta, which is listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange in New York, issued a statement on Friday saying it has agreed to buy the Optodot assets, which include 67

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Archibald Reveals Swell Exit

Swell Advantage, the Halifax company that made software for marinas, quietly exited in the last year and a half with the sale to the American company Oasis Marinas Management.

Iaian Archibald said in an interview last week that he and Co-Founder Craig Sheppard sold their business to Annapolis, Md.-based Oasis in November, 2020. He was employed by the new owner for a period of time and recently

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Wagner Looks Back at CarbonCure Tenure

Jennifer Wagner posted on social media last week that she is stepping away from Dartmouth-based CarbonCure Technologies, where she has served as President for several years.

We asked Wagner a few questions about her tenure at CarbonCure and what the future holds for one of the region’s leading cleantech entrepreneurs:

Q: Why are you moving on now?

JW: I’ve been with the company right from the

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