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Total Mom Pitch Seeks Entrepreneurs
Toronto-based Total Mom Pitch is offering entrepreneurs who are mothers a chance to win prize money and support from established female mentors.
This is the second time the Total Mom Pitch has been held, and this year it is expanding from Toronto
Introhive Wins Martech Breakthrough Award
Introhive, a leading maker of B2B sales intelligence software, has won the CRM Software Innovation Award at the third annual MarTech Breakthrough Awards program.
The MarTech Breakthrough Awards are a global competition that recognizes the top
Data Report Reveals Funding Concerns Despite Strong Growth
The Atlantic Canadian startup community set records for new companies, employment, and funding in 2019, but also experienced a worrying downturn in smaller financing deals.
Those are the highlights of our 2019 Atlantic Canada Startup Data report,
Clean Catch Wins AquaHacking
Halifax-based Clean Catch Baits, which plans to have its environmentally friendly fishing lures on the market next spring, has won $23,000 in the first AquaHacking Challenge held in Atlantic Canada.
The company, which formed at Saint Mary’s
Prospre Wins Summer Showdown
St. John’s-based Prospre, whose app helps people plan nutritious meals, has won Propel’s Startup Summer Showdown, claiming the grand prize of $10,000 and in-kind services.
The company, which received the $15,000 second prize in Memorial
Kinduct Acquired by mCube
Halifax-based sportstech company Kinduct has exited.
The company announced today it has been sold to mCube, a Silicon Valley company that produces the world’s smallest sensors, for an undisclosed price. Kinduct, whose platform provides customized
Meta Gains Nasdaq Listing in Merger
Metamaterial Inc. has agreed to merge with an American company that will provide it with a listing on the Nasdaq stock exchange and at least US$10 million (C$13.3 million) in new financing.
The Dartmouth company, which makes products from manmade
OSC’s Indigenous Career Project
Canada’s Ocean Supercluster and several First Nations community partners have launched a new program to help Indigenous workers find job placements in the ocean economy.
The Supercluster on Monday announced the launch of the Indigenous Career Pivot
GoodLeaf’s Guelph Farm Fully Operational
A 4,000-square-metre indoor vertical farm operated by Nova Scotia and Ontario-based GoodLeaf Farms is now fully operational in Guelph, Ontario.
The farm is fully automated and equipped to grow microgreens and baby greens 365 days a year without the
REDspace Celebrates 20 Years
Though the pandemic has made REDspace’s 20th year a strange time, CEO Mike Johnston believes his company is well positioned to thrive as the economy improves.
The Bedford, NS, software development company, which celebrated its 20th anniversary last
Join Our Data Presentation Thursday
There are just a few days left to sign up for the virtual presentation of our 2019 Atlantic Canada Startup Data report, which will take place at noon on Thursday.
We've teamed up with Volta for this presentation. We had been planning to do an
ESCF Open for Fall Submissions
Researchers engaged in IT, life sciences, cleantech, oceantech, and other technologies are invited to apply to Innovacorp’s Early Stage Commercialization Fund, which provides up to $50,000 per project for post-secondary researchers to move their