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3D BioFibR Borrows $200K for Automation

  • Mar 18, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

Halifax advanced materials startup 3D BioFibR has borrowed $200,000 from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency to fund improvements to its process automation.

The company has developed technology for manufacturing biofibres — naturally occurring

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Volta Leap Deadline is April 13

  • Mar 17, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

Halifax startup hub Volta has opened applications for its free LEAP program, which aims to prepare entrepreneurs to submit an application to a startup accelerator, such as Creative Destruction Lab or Techstars.

Created in 2019 and headed-up by

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Wittaya Opening Singapore Office

  • Mar 16, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

With galloping revenue growth, Toronto-based aquaculture software maker Wittaya Aqua is planning to open its first international office in Singapore this spring and is working on a $3 million raise.

The company, which has an employee based at the

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Venn Garage Adds Five Companies

  • Mar 15, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

Venn Innovation, the New Brunswick startup hub, has added five early-stage startups to its Venn Garage incubator via its latest open pitch day — up from two companies from the previous, November pitch competition.

Beginning last year and so-far

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Saint John Energy to Pilot Norwegian Power Tech

  • Mar 15, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

Saint John Energy, New Brunswick’s second-largest utility after NB Power, has inked a deal to pilot a suite of smart water heating and energy forecasting technology developed by a Norwegian consortium.

The technology was developed by Hokksund,

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Ready2Launch Readies for Launch

  • Mar 15, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

Dalhousie University has opened applications for the third cohort of its Ready2Launch accelerator for Atlantic Canadian university students and recent graduates looking to commercialize their academic research.

The three-month program for

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PEI BioAlliance Opens Manufacturing Incubator for 6 Companies

  • Mar 14, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

As the PEI BioAlliance industry group looks to expand the province’s biotech manufacturing capacity, it has opened a new $6.5 million Biomanufacturing Incubator with room for six companies in the BioCommons Research Park in Charlottetown.

The

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Thanks for Sending in Surveys

  • Mar 14, 2022
  • Peter Moreira

Thank you to all the founders and CEOs – all 120 of ‘em -- who took the time to fill in our survey in the past two weeks.

Because of your assistance, we’re announcing today that we’ll donate $1200 to the Canadian Mental Health Association -- $10

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Innovasea Rolls Out Sensor Suite in Newfoundland

  • Mar 13, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

Innovasea, the Halifax- and Boston-based company that monitors conditions in aquaculture pens, is rolling out a full suite of monitoring equipment at an aquaculture site in Placentia Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, as part of a $27 million Ocean

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Ocean Startup Project Calls for Sustainable Ideas

  • Mar 13, 2022
  • Carol Moreira

The Ocean Startup Project, a national organization focused on boosting bluetech, is looking for participants for its Ocean Idea Challenge, a competition that connects aspiring entrepreneurs with potential co-founders and encourages them to identify

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Pond-Deshpande Becomes Revenue-Driven

  • Mar 13, 2022
  • Carol Moreira

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As it celebrates its 10th anniversary, the Pond-Deshpande Centre (PDC) at the University of New Brunswick is completing its transition to a new business model, which allows it to maintain its focus on pressing social issues.

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Kognitiv Spark Raises $4.7M

  • Mar 10, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

Kognitiv Spark, the Fredericton maker of augmented reality software, has raised $4.7 million from London-based Foresight Group and the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation as it aims to expand its push into the British and American markets.

Lead

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