Our Survey Count . . .  So Far

A hearty thanks to all the founders who have completed our survey so far.

We had received 128 responses by Friday. We'd promised to donate $10 for each response we received by that date, so we’ll be writing a cheque for $1,280 to the Canadian Mental Health Association.

We all understand the impact the pandemic has had on mental health, and this contribution from the Atlantic Canadian startup

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ACOA Lends $1.4M to 4 Startups

The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency is lending a total of $1.4 million to four Halifax companies that aim to improve people’s health.

The federal economic development agency issued a statement Thursday saying it is lending the money through the Regional Economic Growth through Innovation, or REGI, program.

Novalte is borrowing $500,000 to enhance its technology, which interacts with smart

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Please Keep Those Surveys Coming In

Atlantic Canadian startup founders are responding well to our survey this year. Many thanks to those of you who have already completed our brief questionnaire. 

If you run an East Coast innovation-driven company, it would be best if you could complete the survey before the weekend. For each survey we receive by the end of the day Friday, we will donate $10 to the Canadian Mental Health

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Guild May Double Staff This Year

Facing huge demand for its product, Bedford, N.S.-based Guild Solutions is planning a restructuring and debt financing in the coming months to hire more staff, possibly doubling its headcount this year.

The company, which makes software for professional associations, now has 25 employees and will bring on five more in the next month. The staff could reach 50 this year if it can find the right

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Unprecedented Interest in #Startupeast

During our campaign for more survey responses, we’ve neglected to mention one big reason to fill in our survey this year.

We’re being watched.

The Atlantic Canadian startup community is being scrutinized like never before, and Entrevestor’s data is instrumental in explaining to investors, support organizations and policy-makers outside the region what’s going on here.

By taking a few minutes

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Farmers’ Truck in California Pilot

The Farmers’ Truck, the Moncton company that helps mobile food markets, is launching a pilot program in California that will help non-profits develop financially sustainable programs to alleviate food insecurity.

The company said over the weekend it had received funding from an anonymous impact investor in California who will back the pilot project. The Moncton company is now looking for three

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Time To Get Those Surveys In

We’re in the home stretch of our campaign to get Atlantic Canadian founders to complete our survey to help us produce the best startup data possible.

The good news: we’ve had a great response and are about halfway to our target. I don’t know if I would call the second half of this statement “bad news” but we still need more surveys.

So if you run a high-growth, innovation-driven company based

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Spring Loaded Launches Back Brace

Spring Loaded Technology, which makes advanced knee braces, has launched a customizable back brace called Lumbrella to help combat the growing problem of back pain.

The Dartmouth company issued a press release late last week saying Lumbrella was designed for changing environments, providing medical-grade spinal decompression and pain relief. It can be adjusted to fit the user and adapts as a

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Great Data on Cape Breton

Founders are responding to our request to fill out our survey, and we had a flood of responses Friday from the burgeoning startup community in Cape Breton. 

We've been getting responses from across the region, but we were surprised by the activity in Cape Breton late last week. Many thanks to all the respondents, please keep them coming. 

What's really great about the surveys we've collected

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Venn Names Godfrey Sauveur as Chair

Venn Innovation has named Tammy Godfrey Sauveur as the first female Chair of its Board of Directors, and named three women to its board.

Godfrey Sauveur, who is Senior Director of People and Transformation at gambling machine maker IGT, succeeds Pablo Asiron, Director of Business Development for Europe at mCloud Technologies Corp., as Chair. Venn also said Ken LeBlanc, the Founder and CEO of

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