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Ignite Gains ACOA Funding and Launches MERGE

  • Jan 26, 2025
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  • Jan 26, 2025
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  • Jan 24, 2025

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Ignite Gains ACOA Funding and Launches MERGE

  • Jan 26, 2025
  • Carol Moreira

The MERGE Program at Fredericton startup hub Planet Hatch has received $294,250 in support from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA).

MERGE has been set up by the Fredericton area economic development agency IGNITE and Planet Hatch to

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Student Pitch Contest Seeking Applicants

  • Jan 26, 2025
  • Carol Moreira

For the fifth year in a row, the Arthur L. Irving Entrepreneurship Centre at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax is hosting The Arena pitching contest for students.

The pitching contest brings together 64 student entrepreneurs from across Canada to

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Please Complete Our Survey

  • Jan 24, 2025
  • Peter Moreira

January is winding down and we’re asking startup CEOs who haven’t filled in our short, confidential survey to please do so soon.

We understand how busy everyone is so we hate to keep asking. But we also hear from a lot of founders that they

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BoeingTo Contribute $10.3M to Solace

  • Jan 23, 2025
  • Peter Moreira

Boeing, one of the world’s largest aircraft manufacturers, has committed $10.3 million to help Mount Pearl, NL-based Solace Power to expand its capacity for making wireless charging products.

The Seattle-based manufacturing giant released a

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Bright Breaks Content Taken Up by Air Canada

  • Jan 23, 2025
  • Carol Moreira

Halifax-based Bright Breaks, a provider of workplace wellness solutions, has announced that its short breaks will be featured on the Air Canada in-flight entertainment system starting February 1.

The announcement allows the startup to bring its

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BIBLIOnomics Secures Scale AI Funding

  • Jan 22, 2025
  • Peter Moreira

BIBLIOnomics, the Halifax startup that helps clients develop relationships with gifts of books, is one of the first companies in the country to land $35,000 in funding from the federal Scale AI program.

The boost from the federal government’s

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Propel Unveils Winter Cohort

  • Jan 21, 2025
  • Carol Moreira

Regional virtual accelerator Propel has announced 13 companies taking part in its winter Validation cohort.

Validation is the first step on the Propel path, allowing participants to validate business ideas with customers using lean startup

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Boundless Discovery Signs Multi-Year Deal

  • Jan 20, 2025
  • Carol Moreira

Halifax-based AI startup Boundless Discovery has partnered with American technology company Palantir Technologies to develop its flagship product on Palantir’s platform.

Boundless Discovery specializes in rapid modeling of complex situations using

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UNB’s Axis Accelerator Gains ACOA Funding

  • Jan 20, 2025
  • Carol Moreira

The Axis Accelerator at the University of New Brunswick in Saint John is receiving a second round of funding through the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA).

With ACOA’s new funding of $248,211, the accelerator plans to boost its sales and

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TheraPBios Opens $400K Round

  • Jan 19, 2025
  • Peter Moreira

Having completed a $600,000 round of funding last year, Windsor, NS-based supplement-maker TheraPBios PHARMA is now launching a drive to raise a further $400,000 to finance its drive into the Ontario market.

The fundraising exercises are part of

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Ocean Supercluster Unveils Innovation Projects

  • Jan 16, 2025
  • Carol Moreira

Halifax-based Marine Thinking will lead two research projects with a total value of almost $5 million, Canada's Ocean Supercluster announced on Thursday. 

The two projects to be led by the Halifax company were part of a package of three new ocean

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Retellio Closes $1.3M VC Round

  • Jan 15, 2025
  • Peter Moreira

Retellio, the St. John’s company that uses AI to create personalized podcasts for the staff of large businesses, has closed a $1.3 million venture capital round, to help finance its scaling plans.

St. John’s-based Pelorus Venture Capital led the

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