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Outcast and Happy Planet Upcycle Smoothies
Dartmouth-based Outcast Foods, which makes powdered food products from rejected produce, has partnered with British Columbia smoothie producer Happy Planet Foods to combat food waste in a product range that uses upcycled fresh fruit and vegetables.
Ulnooweg, Ignite strike Partnership
Ignite Atlantic, Nova Scotia’s rural innovation organization, and the Indigenous entrepreneurship group Ulnooweg Development Group have formed a partnership to allow greater support for their members.
The partnership between Ulnooweg and Ignite is
DNS Membership Tops 200
Digital Nova Scotia, the association for the information technology sector in the province, has actually grown during the pandemic, and now boasts more than 200 members.
Since assuming the role of CEO last June, Wayne Sumarah has had to guide the
PDC Mourns Heather Boyd-Kinnie
Members of the startup community were saddened to learn of the sudden passing of Heather Boyd-Kinnie, the Funding Manager and Program Coordinator of the Pond-Deshpande Centre at the University of New Brunswick.
Boyd-Kinnie passed away at her home
Scale-Up Hub Atlanta Launched
The Scale-Up Hub program, which began in New England three years ago, is expanding to include the South-Eastern U.S. with the launch of Scale-Up Hub Atlanta.
The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and the four provincial governments on Monday
UNB: A Pillar of the Cybersecurity Community
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Sandy Bird still recalls the support Q1 Labs got from the University of New Brunswick long before it became one of the greatest Atlantic Canadian tech successes ever.
Bird was a co-founder of the Fredericton cybersecurity
Entrevestor Offering Media Relations for Startups
Entrevestor principal Peter Moreira, in partnership with startup hub Volta, is offering a virtual presentation of his popular Media Relations for Startups talk.
Dealing with the media can be daunting, confusing but ultimately rewarding for
CEO Hall Buys MindSea
MindSea Development has been acquired by Reuben Hall, who has served as the CEO of the Halifax-based mobile apps developer for the last two years.
Hall is buying the company for an undisclosed price from Bill Wilson, who founded MindSea in 2007 and
Region Raised $90M in VC in 2020
Atlantic Canada in 2020 recorded its weakest venture capital performance in at least five years and its best year ever in private equity, says the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association.
The national organization released its 2020
NS Aims to Boost Computer Science
The Province of Nova Scotia is spending $16.8 million to allow four Nova Scotia universities to expand and improve their computer science programs.
In a statement, the province said COVID-19 has accelerated digital adaptation and that producing
2K Agrees To Buy HB Studios
HB Studios, a Lunenburg, NS, gaming studio with a staff of about 80, has agreed to be acquired by New York-based Take-Two Interactive Software for an undisclosed price.
Take-Two, which is listed on the Nasdaq with a valuation of almost US$20
Female Founders Sought for Pitch Event
Halifax-based Innovation hub Volta is inviting applications for its Women Taking over the World with Tech pitch competition.
The contest is for founders identifying as female working within the Atlantic Canadian tech ecosystem and offers feedback