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Avalon Releases Holographic Prototype
St. John’s-based Avalon Holographics has released its first-generation prototype display – a 29-inch development system that represents a significant milestone for the five-year-old company.
Avalon’s long-term goal is to use hologaphics –
MICC’s Rotational Saving App
When Jonah Chininga moved to Canada in 2014, he was surprised by how difficult it was to find his financial footing. But this challenge would eventually lead to the creation of a new fintech company MICC Financial.
Arriving from Zimbabwe to study
Milk Moovement Opens US Office
St. John’s supply chain management startup Milk Moovement is opening an office in Minneapolis to capitalize on the lucrative Midwestern dairy industry.
CEO Robert Forsythe said in an interview that Milk Moovement signed its first American client in
Curv, Eyeread Make Google for Startups
Two Atlantic Canadian companies have been accepted into the inaugural Canadian cohort of Google for Startups Canada -- a three-month virtual accelerator targeting businesses in the seed and series A funding stages.
ProcedureFlow Named Pandemic Tech Winner
Saint John-based ProcedureFlow, a knowledge management product, has been named a 2020 Pandemic Tech Innovation Award winner by U.S.-based Technology Marketing Corporation, or TMC, a business-to-business and integrated marketing media company.
Black Innovation Fellowship Assists Founders
As entrepreneurs from minority groups continue to be under-represented in the Atlantic Canadian startup community, Ryerson University’s DMZ accelerator is ramping up a new program aimed at supporting Black founders in Ontario.
The Black Innovation
Alston Launches CMO Accelerator
David Alston, one of the leading lights at Radian6 a decade ago, is launching a new accelerator for chief marketing officers at Atlantic Canadian startups, hoping to improve the marketing leadership in the region.
Marketswell Solutions will launch
Planet Hatch Opens The Nest
Fredericton entrepreneurship hub Planet Hatch is opening a new co-working and resource-sharing facility in downtown Fredericton -- the result of a deal with concert and event venue The Cap.
Based out of The Cap’s 362 Queen Street location, The
Indiegogo Boosts HomeEXCEPT’s Presence
Halifax’s HomeEXCEPT has launched an Indiegogo campaign that CEO John Robertson said in an interview is meant to serve not just as a funding source, but as an international marketing vehicle.
HomeEXCEPT was first launched in September and completed
ACOA Backs Dispension Opioid Kiosks
Dispension Industries, which makes opioid dispensing equipment to help prevent overdoses, has bagged a $500,000 loan from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and will install five of its machines in cities across Canada.
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LeadSift Cracks $1M in Revenue
Halifax marketing data vendor LeadSift has cracked $1 million in annual revenue four years after a pivot that CEO Tukan Das previously described as key to the survival of the company.
LeadSift uses data analytics to help small and medium-sized
Outcast, Sobeys Cut Food Waste
Dartmouth-based Outcast Foods is working with Sobeys to minimize food waste in its Debert, Nova Scotia distribution center and various Nova Scotia stores.
Outcast Foods uses a process that dries unsellable fruits and vegetables, preserving