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Four Supercluster Projects Unveiled

  • Nov 19, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

Further ramping up its activity, Canada’s Ocean Supercluster on Thursday announced it is backing four more projects that aim to grow Canada’s marine economy, benefit the environment and encourage diversity.

The oceantech initiative backed by the

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Rural Innovators Advanced in 2019

  • Nov 18, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

One of the bright spots of the Atlantic Canadian startup community in 2019 was the strong showing by rural innovators, especially in Nova Scotia.

A stalwart of the startup community once told Entrevestor, “Innovation tends to be an urban

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Introhive in Deloitte Fast 50 Again

  • Nov 18, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

Introhive, which makes B2B sales intelligence software, has been named to the 2020 Deloitte Fast 50 Technology Awards for the second time in as many years.

The company, which is based in Fredericton and Washington, D.C., announced today that it was

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10 Companies Join Scale-Up Hub

  • Nov 17, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

Nova Scotia Business Inc. on Tuesday named 10 Atlantic Canadian companies to the Scale-Up Hub: Cambridge, which helps scaling companies find clients in the New England market.

For the past two years, the Scale-Up Hub has helped participating

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SimplyCast Aims for 100 Interns

  • Nov 17, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

SimplyCast, the Dartmouth-based marketing automation company, is aiming to hire 100 interns in 2021 to help post-secondary students thrive during the pandemic.

The company said in a statement on Tuesday that it will start by taking on as many as 30

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Oliver POS Teams up with Nexcess

  • Nov 17, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

St. John’s-based Oliver POS has partnered with Nexcess, a major web-hosting company specializing in ecommerce, to help distribute its technology to more ecommerce merchants.

Oliver has developed a Software-as-a-Service product that enhances

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Mitacs, NBIF Launch Intern Program

  • Nov 17, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

Mitacs and the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation, or NBIF, have announced a joint initiative that will pay $860,000 toward research internships at New Brunswick companies.

The two organizations announced Monday that NBIF is contributing $160,000

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Pegasus Biotech Joins Emergence

  • Nov 16, 2020
  • Carol Moreira

Charlottetown-based contract research organization Pegasus Biotech is the latest bioscience company to join Emergence, the P.E.I.-based national bioscience business incubator.

Founded last year, Pegasus offers services that help to develop vaccines

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Mysa Launching Third Product

  • Nov 15, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

St. John’s-based Mysa has pre-launched a new control for air conditioners, the third product in its suite of smart home temperature controls, and is reporting great demand in the pre-orders.

The company – whose corporate name is Empowered Homes –

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Supercluster Funds Three Projects

  • Nov 15, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

Canada’s Ocean Supercluster on Friday announced funding for three projects with a total value of $6.6 million led by innovation-driven groups based in St. John's.

The Atlantic Canadian group dedicated to funding ocean-related R&D projects in marine

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Saint John’s New Startup Facility

  • Nov 12, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

The Block One Incubator has opened in Saint John, providing the Port City with a facility offering programs and working space for growing startups.

Five companies are now working at the 2,735-square-foot facility at 40 King Street, in the former

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MCE a Finalist at GCEC Awards

  • Nov 12, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

For the second year in a row, the Memorial Centre for Entrepreneurship, or MCE, has been named a finalist in the Outstanding Emerging Centre category of the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers awards.

The GCEC held its annual conference

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