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Atlantic Tech Summit Set for Next Week

  • Nov 09, 2022
  • Carol Moreira

The fourth annual Atlantic Technology Summit takes place next week in Halifax with highlights including a fireside chat between Dragons’ Den investor Michele Romanow and CBC host Nora Young.

Taking place next Wednesday, Nov.16, online and at the

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Shoelace’s Seed Round Has $3M First Close

  • Nov 08, 2022
  • Peter Moreira

Halifax edtech company Shoelace Learning, which specializes in the gamification of learning, has announced the $3 million first close of its seed round, which it hopes will soon reach $4.5 million.

The company plans to use the money to add three

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Innovacorp Invested $2.1M in 2021-22

  • Nov 07, 2022
  • Peter Moreira

Innovacorp has revealed it invested a total of $2.1 million in nine companies in what was likely its final complete fiscal year, and admits the totals were lower than expected.

The Nova Scotia government’s venture capital agency recently released

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Sustane Wins Mobius Award

  • Nov 07, 2022
  • Peter Moreira

Halifax-based Sustane Technologies has won the Innovator of the Year category at the 2022 Mobius Awards for Environmental Excellence, presented last week by Divert Nova Scotia.

The company has developed technology that transforms curbside garbage

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Adaptiiv Closed A Round in 2021-22

  • Nov 06, 2022
  • Peter Moreira

Halifax-based Adaptiiv Medical Technologies has revealed it closed a Series A funding round worth “less than $10 million” in the past year and a half, and is planning on a Series B raise next year.

Adaptiiv CEO Alex Dunphy revealed the funding

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Oceantech: Atlantic Canada Shines in Startup Genome Report

  • Nov 04, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

Startup Genome, the Silicon Valley group that ranks innovation ecosystems, has released its first ever blue economy report. And Canada, particularly the Atlantic provinces, made a strong showing.

The Global Startup Ecosystem Report, Blue Economy

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Drinkable Wins $55K BIC Prize

  • Nov 03, 2022
  • Peter Moreira

Drinkable Water Solutions on Thursday took home the $55,000 prize in the annual BioInnovation Challenge, which will help finance the commercialization of its consumer-friendly water-testing device.  

Halifax-based Drinkable has developed a device

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Nominations Open for InnovateNB

  • Nov 03, 2022
  • Peter Moreira

Nominations will remain open for another week for the inaugural InnovateNB Awards, which will recognize leaders in innovation and entrepreneurship in New Brunswick.

The nominations – the forms for which can be found here – are open until Nov. 10,

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Volta Announces AI Cohort

  • Nov 03, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

Halifax startup hub Volta has announced the five companies participating in its second Volta AI cohort for artificial intelligence startups focused on supply chains.

The program is the result of a partnership with Scale AI, the federally backed

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Oceantech: Startup Challenge Names Winners

  • Nov 02, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

The Ocean Startup Project has announced the 30 idea- and early-stage bluetech startups from across Canada to win this year’s Ocean Startup Challenge.

Each year, the startup competition awards development capital, as well as training and mentorship

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OSC Expands Diversity Project

  • Nov 01, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

Canada's Ocean Supercluster has announced an extension and expansion of its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion-focused Ocean Allies project.

Ocean Allies 1.0 aimed to improve the inclusiveness of the blue economy in Atlantic Canada through training,

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Oceantech: Kraken Receives NATO Purchase Order

  • Oct 31, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

St. John’s-based Kraken Robotics said Monday it has received a $1.1 million purchase order for its AquaPix synthetic aperture sonar systems from two NATO navies.

Delivery of the systems is scheduled for the first half of next year. The AquaPix is

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