Managing Stress & Funding

A free webinar offering practical tips to manage remote working as well as advice on financial supports will take place on April 30 at 10 ADT. Participants will also be offered a free premium account to the Tranquility virtual mental health platform.

Guest experts include Lisa Schnare, Director of Sales Development at Influitive; Corinne Pohlmann, Senior VP, National Affairs and Partnerships at 

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3D Virtual Tours Animating Landmarks

With Nova Scotia's landmark buildings empty of people, Halifax startup Smarter Spaces has begun scanning and creating 3D virtual tours of heritage buildings, cultural sites and educational facilities.

The company is working to animate sites for house-bound audiences and to create tools that help organizations promote themselves online. The venture has already created a 3D tour of the Maud Lewis

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EChart, Former Staff Settle Lawsuit

Fredericton-based eChart Healthcare has settled a lawsuit filed last week by three former employees.

CEO Amanda Betts said in an email on Saturday night that the parties had reached an agreement on the matter, and expect to complete the paperwork involved in the case this week.

Last week, the Fredericton Gleaner reported that three former employees, Bradley Logan, Lisa Kinney and Gilles

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Commercial Rent Assistance for Small Businesses

On Friday, Prime Minster Justin Trudeau announced details of the federal rent assistance program for small businesses that was first unveiled last week.

In a statement, the federal government said it has reached an agreement in principle with all provinces and territories to implement the Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance (CECRA) for small businesses impacted by COVID-19. The program

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Propel Unveils Continuous Intake

Propel, the Atlantic Canadian tech accelerator, is abandoning the traditional cohort model to offer continuous intake to the companies it supports.

The regional organization, which moved to a virtual model in 2018, issued a statement Thursday saying that startups can now begin the program when they need it most instead of waiting for the next cohort to start.

The statement said Propel launched

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Swarmio Delays Listing, Taps Innovacorp

Swarmio, a decentralized eSports platform with an automated tournament management system, has put its plans to seek a stock market listing on hold due to the COVID-19 crisis but is finding the pandemic creating business opportunities in new and existing markets.

The company, which has bases in Halifax, Sydney and the Toronto area, announced earlier this year that it would seek a listing on the

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Energia Seeks Entrants for Cohort 3

Fredericton-based accelerator Energia Ventures is seeking applications for its third cohort from companies in the smart-grid, energy, cleantech, and cybersecurity sectors.

The program will run from Sept. 14 to Dec. 9, culminating in the demo day in which participants will pitch their businesses and display their products. As well as mentoring, programming and business support, participants will

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Adaptiiv Closes $3.4M Round

Adaptiiv Medical Technologies, the Halifax company that uses 3D printing to improve radiation treatment for cancer patients, has closed a round of $3.4 million, more than twice its target.

The company issued a press release Wednesday saying it had initially set out to raise $1.5 million but the round was over-subscribed due to strong interest from investors.

Founded in 2016, Adaptiiv has now

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Avalon Aims To Change Visualization

Avalon Holographics is one of those exciting startups that require a leap of imagination to fully grasp what its technology could do in the short-term, let alone years from now.

The St. John’s company wants to use hologaphics – three-dimensional images produced by disruptions in light beams – to revolutionize the way people use visual displays like computer screens, TV monitors or even

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