Qimple Lands $500,000 from ACOA
Qimple, the Moncton startup that works to improve hiring for companies and applicants, has received a conditional loan of almost $500,000 from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency’s Business Development Program.
ACOA said in a statement the “conditionally repayable contribution” will help the company undertake business development and marketing activities to promote and innovate their product.
“We are absolutely thrilled to have ACOA’s support,” said Qimple Founder and CEO Yves Boudreau in a statement. “The funding is allowing us to significantly increase our business development and marketing activities, so we can continue to grow and be a successful Atlantic Canadian company."
In 2015, the company completed the 500 Startups five-month accelerator program in San Francisco – the first company from Atlantic Canada accepted into the program.
Ozinga Installs CarbonCure CO2 Recycling Technology
CarbonCure Technologies, the Halifax company whose technology makes environmentally friendly concrete, has announced a partnership with Ozinga of Chicago.
Ozinga recently installed the CarbonCure technology at its downtown Chicago ready-mix concrete plant, the companies said in a statement. The CarbonCure technology recycles carbon dioxide gas generated by an ethanol plant in neighbouring Wisconsin and injects it into Ozinga's concrete in order to improve the concrete's compressive strength and significantly reduce its carbon footprint.
The statement said the Ozinga family has a history of service and entrepreneurship, and the adoption of the CarbonCure technology represents a natural evolution for the company. It is the latest in a string of concrete makers across Canada and the U.S. that have adopted the CarbonCure technology in the past three years.
Charlottetown’s Startup Zone Partners with Ladies Learning Code
Startup Zone, the Charlottetown entrepreneurship centre, has formed a partnership with the newly founded Ladies Learning Code PEI Chapter.
Founded in Toronto, Ladies Learning Code is a national organization dedicated to increasing tech education accessibility to more women and youth. It has since spread across the country to 29 cities.
“After being a part of the Ladies Learning Code team in Toronto for the past couple of years, I am beyond excited to bring this amazing organization home to P.E.I.,” said Emily Coffin, the Ladies Learning Code PEI Chapter Lead. “I left the province almost seven years ago due to a lack of opportunities in the tech field. Since then, I’m happy to see that the tech community here on the Island has flourished.”
The official Ladies Learning Code PEI Chapter launch will take place at the Startup Zone on Sept. 24 during the National Learn to Code Day. Tickets and additional information can be found here.
“The Startup Zone is all about fostering successful companies from PEI. We see our partnership with … Ladies Learnings Code on PEI as a great way to encourage more women or men to think about coding and tech,” said Christina MacLeod, Executive Director of the Startup Zone.
