Supercluster Projects Focus on AR, VR

Canada’s Ocean Supercluster on Thursday announced four new research projects worth $3.5 million, with a special focus on the use of mixed-reality technologies like augmented reality, or AR, and virtual reality.

The Atlantic Canada-based group, which supports innovation, sustainability and equity in Canada’s ocean economy, issued a series of press releases announcing the news. More than half the

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Cooper Joins Volta as CIO

When Matt Cooper first discovered startup incubator Volta in the middle of the last decade, it was not as the leader of a prospective resident company, but as a service provider.

Cooper was a co-founder of Swept – which was then a cleaning company that used its own in-house communications and logistics software to operate more efficiently than its competitors.

In the ensuing years, Swept would

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Dal Names Second R2L Cohort

Dalhousie University has announced the second cohort of its Ready2Launch summer accelerator, which comprises 12 teams from universities across Atlantic Canada.

Known as R2L, the three-month program is designed for teams that are committed to building research-driven ventures. It is part of the Dal Innovates suite of programs that helps deliver innovation and entrepreneurial skills to students.

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We Remain Committed to Entrevestor

We would like to take the opportunity to reaffirm our commitment to Entrevestor, and to providing the Atlantic Canadian startup community with news and data.

On Tuesday, we marked World Oceans Day with our first post in our new oceans-themed page Entrevestor Oceantech. Meanwhile, over the weekend, we told friends on social media we have sold our house in Nova Scotia and will be spending more

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Launching Global Oceans Coverage

Today, on World Oceans Day, we’re launching our first global coverage of the oceantech space.

On our new Oceantech page, we’ve published an article on the explosion in bluetech accelerators around the world, which marks the first time Entrevestor has covered a global development in the startup space. Global bluetech will now become a regular feature in our coverage, and we’re hoping to develop

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Blue Accelerators Around the World

One of the biggest changes in the ocean innovation space in the last five years is the explosion of bluetech accelerators around the world.

Five years ago, an entrepreneur with an ocean-focused venture would have had only a few accelerators to work with, such as PortXL in Rotterdam or Braid Theory, which works out of the AltaSea facility in Los Angeles.

Today, there are bluetech accelerators

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