Profitual, Volta to Collaborate

Fredericton-based financial intelligence startup Profitual has announced a partnership agreement with Halifax startup hub Volta.

Profitual, founded by former New Brunswick Innovation Foundation investors Raymond Fitzpatrick and Daniel Hoyles, promises to use artificial intelligence to probe small and medium-sized enterprises’ financial records and generate models, revenue projections and other

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Ignite To Offer Startup Ideation Program

Fredericton entrepreneurship hub Ignite is looking for applicants to its Business Builder Bootcamp for ideation-stage startups, which will run from Friday, Sept. 22 to Sunday, Sept. 24.

The program promises to help founders determine whether their startup ideas are viable, as well as develop business models. The course material is based off the WKI ideation framework from Ottawa startup coach

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3D BioFibR and B.C.’s OkaSciences Bundle Bioprinting Materials

Halifax-based 3D BioFibR has signed a collaboration deal with Kelowna, British Columbia-based OkaSciences.

Founded in 2019, OkaSciences sells materials for bioprinting — the process of 3D printing tissue, which has applications in healthcare and pharmaceutical research. OkaSciences will sell its bioprinting ink bundled with 3D BioFibR’s collagen-derived μCollaFibR additive, pronounced

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Digital NS Seeks Applicants to Gender-Diverse ICT Skills Program

Industry group Digital Nova Scotia is seeking applicants to a 12-week online training program for women and gender-diverse people who want to enter the tech industry, but who need an introduction to industry practices, culture and the broader IT industry.

Called Digital Skills for Women+ and funded partly by the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, the free program comprises six three-hour live

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IdeaHUB Demo Day Sept. 12

Dalhousie University’s Emera ideaHUB startup support shop will hold its annual demo day for graduates of its ideaBUILD accelerator, a 10-month program meant to help deeptech startups develop and manufacture their products, on September 12.

The event will be held at the ideaHUB’s Queen Street headquarters in Dalhousie’s downtown Halifax engineering school from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., and include

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Electric Vehicle Tech: Four Startups We’re Watching

When Halifax’s Zen Electric said in March it had raised about $2.62 million from backers that included Nigerian utility giant North South Power, it was the latest in a series of high-profile announcements from an emerging East Coast innovation cluster — one centred on battery and electric vehicle technology.

For much of its history, the Atlantic Canadian startup ecosystem has been shaped by

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Propel Announces Four Traction and Growth Grads

Online startup accelerator Propel, which is now in its 20th year, has announced four graduate companies from its continuous intake Traction and Growth program.

Traction and Growth is meant for startups that have already completed Propel’s more basic Vision and Validation accelerator for very early-stage companies. To be eligible, entrepreneurs must have at least $1,000 of monthly revenue and be

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Talkatoo Launches Transcription Verification

Talkatoo, the Halifax-based maker of specialty transcription software for veterinarians, has launched a new verification service that adds a layer of human scrutiny for better accuracy.

The company’s main product allows veterinarians to dictate their case notes into their phones, rather than writing them by hand, with the artificial intelligence system being specifically trained to contend with

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