Sona Develops Test for Coronavirus

Dartmouth-based Sona Nanotech is developing a rapid screening test for the Coronavirus, a fatal disease that has spread around the world.

Sona is using its nanotechnology in the development of a rapid screening test for the novel Coronavirus, known as nCoV19, the company said in a statement.

The virus was first detected in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China in December. There have since been more

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Ethical Swag Grows via Partnerships

Away from the glitz of this week’s Academy Award ceremonies, one story that didn’t get covered by the global media was a budding partnership that shows how quickly a young Cape Breton company is growing.

Tara Milburn, the Founder and CEO of Sydney-based Ethical Swag, was in Los Angeles and meeting with Red Carpet Green Dress, a global organization that advocates sustainable design in the fashion

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Harbr Signs Deal with Killam

Construction AI startup Harbr will see its technology used on projects owned by rental housing giant Killam Apartment REIT, as part of a pilot deal announced in January.

The news comes as Harbr ramps up its business-to-business marketing efforts and restructures to place a greater emphasis on its sales force.

The Harbr app allows for more efficient communication between construction project

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2 Days Left To Complete Survey

There’s still time to complete our survey, so please do it today if you head a qualifying startup.

I’ve been calling and contacting startups to prod them, and the comment I keep hearing is: ‘I’ve been meaning to get around to it but it slipped my mind.’

Please just take two minutes right now to complete the survey. It helps the Atlantic Canadian startup ecosystem and the effort to help

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UNB Teaches Founders Self-Care

A new course that helps entrepreneurs cope with the stresses of forming their own businesses has got off to a promising start at the University of New Brunswick.

Organizers hope that Entrepreneurial Resilience, which is a full-credit course, will help students avoid falling prey to common problems like sleeplessness, poor exercise and eating habits, and social withdrawal.  

“Sleep is number

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Jobs: Propel Seeks EIR in Halifax

Propel, the regional tech accelerator, is looking for an Entrepreneur-in-Residence in Halifax, and that opening headlines our Job of the Week column today.

The pan-regional organization offers a virtual accelerator called Incite – Phase 1 helps entrepreneurs find their product-market fit; and Phase 2 helps them to scale and gain international markets. As well as the online curriculum, Propel has

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Verafin Named to 2020 Narwhal List

St. John’s-based Verafin has been named to the 2020 Narwhal List, becoming only the second Atlantic Canadian company to be named to the log of Canadian companies that raise a lot of capital quickly.

Verafin made the list on the strength of its $515 million equity-and-debt round announced in September, the biggest round of development capital ever closed by an Atlantic Canadian company. Halifax’s

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Densitas Breast Density Tool In PEI

Halifax-based Densitas, whose software helps assess the density of breasts during mammograms, has announced that Prince Edward Island has become the second province, after Nova Scotia, to integrate its software across its screening program.

The Densitas software -- named Densitas densityai --  provides an automated mechanism for quantifying and recording breast tissue density, a risk factor for

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Trip Ninja Partners with A1 Travel

Trip Ninja has struck a partnership with Britain’s A1 Travel Deals under which the Halifax company’s FareStruture technology will be integrated with Globehunters.com, a subsidiary of A1 Travel serving the U.K.

Trip Ninja is a software-as-a-service company that has built a travel planning and booking platform to help travellers book the cheapest routes for multi-city travel. FareStructure

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