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NL Led Region in Revenue Growth
Even if Verafin did not exist, the Newfoundland and Labrador startup community would have had a really good year in 2019.
Of course, Verafin does exist, and it did raise $515 million in equity and debt in September 2019. Wrapping up our look at
Pioneering Cluster Employment
A Halifax human resources firm is pioneering a new service for clients that it calls “cluster employment”, which it hopes will improve working conditions for part-time or gig workers.
Placemaking 4G has launched the service that’s helping workers
Energia Demo Day on Dec. 16
Energia Ventures will hold a virtual demo day on Dec. 16, featuring the five companies from three countries that are completing its latest three-month cohort.
The program, which began Sept. 30, is part of University of New Brunswick’s J. Herbert
One Winner from Verafin: NL Government
There’s no shortage of winners from Verafin’s pending sale to Nasdaq, and one of the big ones is the government of Newfoundland and Labrador. The provincial government may haul in $100 million from the deal at a time when it could really use the
A Look at Recent NB Startup Data
It would have been difficult for New Brunswick in 2019 to outdo its performance of 2018, especially in terms of funding.
The province in 2018 generated $84.7 million in equity funding, including three investment rounds worth more than $10 million
Kraken Sense Eyes Move to NS
As it proceeds through the prestigious IndieBio accelerator, Kraken Sense is also working on moving its headquarters from Mississauga, Ont., to Sydney, Cape Breton.
Kraken has developed a culture-based test that tells food producers and water
SimplyCast Aids Contact Tracing
SimplyCast, a Dartmouth-based automated marketing company, has launched a new solution to help businesses offer contact tracing services during the pandemic.
The company issued a statement last week saying the new mobile solution will help small
3Q VC Funding Rises on East Coast
Atlantic Canadian startups are on track to raise more than $100 million in equity financing this year now that the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association said the region attracted $79 million in venture capital in the first three
CyberNB Signs Deal with Ukraine
CyberNB, the New Brunswick group that promotes cybersecurity, has signed a multi-year agreement with Ukraine, which will help its partners bid for work in the country.
CyberNB is a non-profit that coordinates industry, government, and academia to
Job Posting: Venture Manager at CDL
Our Job of the Week column today features an opening for a Venture Manager at the Creative Destruction Lab Atlantic in Halifax, and the deadline to apply is end-of-day Monday.
The CDL Atlantic, housed at the Rowe School of Business at Dalhousie
Five Winners at Volta Cohort
Five early-stage startups -- three of them from outside Nova Scotia -- received $25,000 each in equity funding from the Volta Cohort Pitch Event on Wednesday.
This marks the seventh time that Volta Cohort has staged a pitching event to provide seed
Big Tech Boosts CarbonCure
CarbonCure Technologies believes it can accelerate its plans to reduce carbon in the atmosphere because of an unexpected entrant this year into the fight against climate change – Big Tech.
The world’s biggest technology companies in 2020 launched