Construction AI Eyes Partnerships

Construction AI, one of the winners in the recent Sprint competition in Nova Scotia, is negotiating with two major software companies to adopt its technology.

Based in Mosquodoboit Harbour, NS, and Alberta, Construction AI has developed artificial intelligence software that helps the construction industry plan the excavation of a work site.  The pain it addresses is something known only to

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Lobster Forum Set for Truro Tuesday

Ocean to Plate, a one-day forum to discuss innovation in the lobster industry, will take place Tuesday in Truro.

The forum will bring together lobster industry players from all parts of the value chain as well as academics from Atlantic Canada’s universities and colleges, said a statement from organizers Springboard Atlantic and the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency. The goal is to drive new research and development collaborations to support one of Atlantic Canada’s key industries at a time of significant change.

Lobster is one of Atlantic Canada’s most important exports and is primarily

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What’s next in Nova Scotia’s ETC Reform?

The Nova Scotia government delivered half a reform on its equity tax credit last week, and it will be interesting to see what the other half of the reform will entail in a few months.

Don’t get me wrong. Last week’s announcement was a welcome step forward – something I’ve long called for in this column. The government says there are more changes coming, and I suspect they will be announced

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Kognitiv Spark Works With Northern UAVs

Kognitiv Spark of Fredericton has announced a partnership that will help communities in the Canadian North benefit from the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs.

The company issued a press release today saying that it had formed an alliance with LOOKNorth, a Centre of Excellence for Commercialization and Research, specializing in programs for northern communities.

The goal of the

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CarbonCure To Be Added to 11 Plants

Carboncure Technologies of Dartmouth has announced its client Irving Materials, Inc. of Greenfield, Indiana, is adopting the Carboncure technology at 11 of its plants in the coming months.

Irving now uses the technology at four plants, and the expansion brings the total to 15. It is a major expansion of Carboncure’s customer base, given that the system is now used at a total of 126 plants.

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Barrington Edge Grows Portfolio

Halifax-based tech consulting group Barrington Edge has invested in a high-growth U.S. tech company and hopes to use the relationship to improve sales for Atlantic Canadian clients.

Barrington Edge, which grew out of the more established Barrington Consultancy, has developed its relationship with CieloIT, which has been booking annual revenue growth of 300 percent. The Texas company recently

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NS Boosts Equity Tax Credit Limit

Nova Scotia has quintupled the size of its equity tax credits for people investing in young, innovative companies, and signaled that more changes are on the way.

The provincial government announced Friday that its new Innovation Equity Tax Credit will apply to investments in approved companies of up to $250,000, up from $50,000. Investors will receive a credit equal to 35 percent of their

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Funding Spike Led to Higher Sales in NL Startups

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There’s one big lesson from the most recent analysis of our data from Newfoundland and Labrador.

Funding is important.

There’s nothing startling in that statement, but as we look back on our data presentations from 2018, the highlight was the clear correlation between funding and company performance in Canada’s most easterly province.

Our 2017 data shows that equity

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