Interactive Novel Wins School Covid Care Contest

Schools have a new tool to help them handle the pandemic now that Eyeread has named interactive novel Ready R Naught the winner of a contest to create School Covid Care Packages.  

In a collaboration with NSCAD University, Eyeread, a digital literacy company, asked teams of NSCAD students to develop digital care packages that would help children aged 11 to 13 understand and feel part of limiting

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Collaborating To Build a Smart City

Saint John Energy, the municipal utility that sells electricity to residents of greater Saint John, is partnering with several innovation-driven companies in the region with the goal of improving service and profitability.

In November, the company announced it is working with the Liveable Cities division of Halifax-based LED Roadway Lighting on a project that would install sensors in LED

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SeaChange Eyes Production by June

SeaChange Biochemistry, which extracts specialty chemicals from seaweed, is planning to begin production at its new facility in Clark’s Harbour, NS, by June.

Having won or placed prominently in a range of pitching competitions in the last two years, SeaChange got a further financial boost last week when it received a $250,000 loan from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency.

The loan, issued

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Clean Leadership Applicants Sought

Dartmouth-based Clean Foundation is seeking host and student applicants for its Clean Leadership Summer Internship Program, a sustainability-focused youth employment program in Nova Scotia.

The group has partnered with provincial employers to provide nine- and 15-week summer internships in the clean economy. They are interested in projects that improve energy efficiency, define the future

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Job of the Week: Dash Hudson

Our Job of the Week column this week features an opening for a Customer Success Associate at Dash Hudson in Halifax.

Dash Hudson is a visual marketing Software-as-a-Service company that helps its clients increase engagement on their social media. Its software, called Vision, is a one-stop spot for clients to manage, source and engage with the traffic of their photos and videos.

The Job of the

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After Sandpiper, Graham Joins Imaginal

Eight months after being named Investment Principal of Sandpiper Ventures, Danielle Graham has taken two new jobs, becoming a partner of both the Halifax-based business advisory group Imaginal Ventures and the U.S. venture capital group Aligne Capital.

Graham and the Atlantic Canadian female-led investment group parted ways recently, and Sandpiper has brought in Stefanie Corbett, Director of

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Entrevestor’s Top 10 Stories of 2020

Thursday night, Propel held its virtual Christmas party, at which the regional accelerator posted a video by me ranking the top 10 stories we've covered in 2020. 

Limiting the number of stories to 10 was difficult. For example, the accelerated launch of projects by Canada's Ocean Supercluster could have made it, but we thought there were 10 stories that fit the bill even better. You can argue

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SnapAP Announces Funding Close

Moncton-based SnapAP, which makes payment software, has closed a “significant portion” of a funding round that it hopes will reach US$2 million (C$2.6 million). The money has come largely from angels in Israel.

The company, whose full name is Snap Accounts Payable Corporation, has spent most of 2020 setting the stage for rapid sales growth next year by ensuring its solution has the functionality

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Scale Up Atlantic Canada Returns

The TME program at the University of New Brunswick is looking for scaling companies to participate in the next cohort of Scale Up Atlantic Canada.

Two years ago, the Fredericton university teamed up with Boston-based Babson College – long recognized for its entrepreneurial program – to create its new offering. The accelerator will be led by Babson professor Daniel Isenberg, who will use his

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