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Spark Stays Digital
The annual Spark Nova Scotia startup competition, which offers winners up to $50,000 of non-dilutive funding, will hold its training seminars online again this year and has moved the registration deadline to August 30.
Entrepreneurs will still be
Jobs: Communications Opening at Dal
In our Job of the Week column today, we’re showcasing an opening posted by Dalhousie University for a Communications Manager for its Founders Skills Initiative, part of the I-INC program.
The Founders Skills Initiative is developing evidence-based
META Buys Hologram Company
META, the Dartmouth-based advanced materials startup that in June became Atlantic Canada’s first publicly traded unicorn thanks to a reverse listing on the NASDAQ, will buy British Columbia’s Nanotech Security Corp. in a $90.8 million, all-cash
Introhive’s Joint Project with BC Consulting Firm
Fredericton- and Miami-based sales software startup Introhive said Thursday it has inked a deal with British Columbian consulting firm Traction on Demand to help identify gaps in companies’ sales data.
Under the deal, Introhive and Traction on
IMV Chief Executive Bows Out
Dartmouth drug discovery company IMV is replacing its CEO.
Former Chief Executive Frederic Ors stepped down Wednesday, with Chief Business Officer Andrew Hall slated to serve as interim CEO until the Board of Directors hires a permanent replacement
Planet Hatch Presents Newcomer Startups
Fredericton entrepreneurship hub Planet Hatch has announced the 12 companies participating in its inaugural Newcomer Startup Accelerator, which targets international students and other new arrivals to Canada.
The accelerator will run until Aug. 26
Deacon Says ‘Privatize Innovacorp’
Colin Deacon, the Halifax startup founder turned senator, says Nova Scotia should privatize its venture capital Crown corporation Innovacorp and instead become a limited partner in a basket of private-sector VC funds.
Deacon co-founded BlueLight
Aeolus Wins Pitch & Pick
Aeolus, the Newfoundland and Labrador-based maker of portable ventilators, has won startup hub Genesis’s Pitch & Pick competition, as well as the event’s Community Choice Award for its coronavirus-inspired technology.
The company is building a
Commercializing Cognitive Testing
For most of academia, the pandemic has been a trial by fire, as researchers grappled with the question of how to do science without ready access to labs. Last spring, Katie McKearney was no exception.
A master’s candidate and psychology
Parados Readies Beta Test
Fredericton’s Parados Cerebral Solutions is preparing for a beta test of its data analytics platform for tracking and preventing head injuries in sports, likely beginning in the fall.
Founded in 2020, Parados is using sensors in mouthguards and
Kraken Closes $10 Million Raise
St. John's-based Kraken Robotics said Monday it has closed a deal, announced last week, to raise $10 million from a consortium of investment bankers, who will then have the option to sell their stock on the TSX Venture exchange.
The $10 million
VC Check-In: Innovacorp Eyes Self-Funding
Nova Scotia venture capital agency Innovacorp's portfolio is performing so well that the provincial Crown corporation is hoping to self-finance its operations going forward without government support, according to Vice-President of Investment Andrew