Appili Starts Trading on TSXV

Shares of Halifax drug discovery company Appili Therapeutics Inc. begin trading on the TSX Venture exchange today.

The company, whose long-term goal is to produce drugs that can combat antibiotic-resistant viruses, issued a statement Monday evening saying  the Toronto Stock Exchange had accepted its application for an initial public offering.

Appili is not raising new funds in the listing as it

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Propel Seeks Incite Applicants

Propel, the Atlantic Canadian tech support organization, has opened applications for the next cohort of Incite Phase 2, the virtual accelerator for scaling companies.

Incite is Propel’s accelerator for early-stage tech startups across the region, and Phase 2 is a program of up to nine months that focuses on building a repeatable sales engine. It is customized and adapted to fit each individual

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Metamaterial Tech To Go Public

Metamaterial Technologies Inc. is going public.

News of the Dartmouth-based company’s plan to go public broke Friday night when publicly listed Continental Precious Minerals Inc. issued a statement saying the two companies would merge and list on the Canadian Securities Exchange.

MTI, which makes products that can alter the properties of light, is one of a parade of Atlantic Canadian

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Resqunit Sets Up In Halifax

Resqunit Canada Inc., the North American subsidiary of Norwegian oceantech company Resqunit A/S, is setting up in Halifax as a base for its growth in Canada and the U.S.

The parent company has developed a floatation device that can be attached to lobster traps and other equipment to ensure these traps are not lost on the ocean floor. Resqunit has already sold 5,000 units of the product and will

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Rise Gains B-Corp Certification

As Fredericton-based Rise prepares to monetize its online platform, it will do so with a newly acquired environmental certification.

Rise runs a website that offers home-building and renovation advice for environmentally conscious consumers. It has now been certified as a “B Corporation” by Pennsylvania-based nonprofit B Lab.

B Corporations are required to pass a stringent certification process

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Proof Heads to Pitch@Palace Finals

Proof, whose SaaS platform helps governments make better decisions, can add another trophy to the cabinet, having won the Pitch@Palace event in Toronto last month.

The company, which is a resident of Volta in Halifax, has quietly been building a list of national programs that it has entered and excelled in.  The latest was the Canadian leg of Pitch@Palace, an international competition championed

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