Nucliq Biologics Partners with Medavie Blue Cross

St. John’s-based Nucliq Biologics, a specialist in gut microbiome science, has partnered with Medavie Blue Cross to provide its Gut Health program. 

The program will combine registered dietician consultations with Nucliq’s Gutcheck or Gutcheck VIVO test kits in one program called Gut Health. It will be available to plan members through Medavie Blue Cross’s digital health services platform,

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COVE Unveils At-Sea Testing Program

COVE, the Dartmouth-based marine technology hub, has launched a new at-sea testing capability designed to support the development of underwater sensing and defence-related marine technologies.

The containerized system will allow researchers and companies to conduct trials of next-generation towed-array devices without using Royal Canadian Navy vessels. According to a press release on Thursday,

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Versos AI Closes $1.85M Round

Saint John-based Versos AI has closed a $1.85 million equity round that will help to develop its platform, which the company says will ensure ethical and legal use of video in training artificial intelligence.

Founded three years ago by tech veteran Chris Keevill, Versos says it is building the world’s most advanced video intelligence platform, purpose-built for rights-cleared video training

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Bisson, Pound Join Propel Board

Atlantic Canadian virtual tech accelerator Propel has added two new members to its board of directors, appointing Christine Pound and Barry Bisson.

“We are very pleased to welcome Christine and Barry to the Propel board,” said Interim CEO Elaine McKinnon in a press release. This is a particularly exciting time as we bring our expanded programming, new subject matter experts and AI-focused

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Launching Our 2025 Startup Data Survey

We’re calling on all East Coast startups to complete our latest quick-and-confidential Atlantic Canadian startup survey, which is the backbone of our coming 2025 Entrevestor Atlantic Canada Startup Data report.

The startup report provides a benchmark used by governments and support organizations for the entire innovation sector in the region. Entrevestor is completely independent, absolutely

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Ocean Supercluster Unveils 4 Projects worth $13M

Canada’s Ocean Supercluster on Monday announced four new projects totaling $13 million, each involving companies or organizations based in the St. John’s region.

Based in Atlantic Canada, the Ocean Supercluster is a private-public organization established by the federal government and it is charged with developing the country’s ocean economy. Its goal is to quintuple the size of Canada’s ocean

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Sperri Donates 120K Meals to Food Banks

Halifax-based Sperri , which makes plant-based meal replacements, has donated 120,000 meals to food banks across Canada. The company said on LinkedIn that it has recently rebranded and decided to donate the meals rather than allow them to go unused past their expiry dates.

“To date, we have partnered locally with Feed Nova Scotia and nationally with the Toronto Vegetarian Food Bank, Food Banks

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ONSIDE Offers Free Courses for Under-Represented Founders

Halifax-based ONSIDE, which assists rural and under-represented entrepreneurs, is offering several free sales-focused events, including one this week:

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Feds Commit $29M to New Defence Hub

The federal government has committed $29.4 million to Canada’s first Maritime Defence Innovation Secure Hub (DISH), which will be developed at COVE in Dartmouth.

The federal government has announced it will spend $29.4 million to establish the hub that will be focused on resilience and collaboration with the Canadian innovation ecosystem and like-minded partners.

“Today’s investment connects

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