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Avalon Releases Holographic Prototype

  • Aug 26, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

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 –

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MICC’s Rotational Saving App

  • Aug 25, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

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

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Milk Moovement Opens US Office

  • Aug 24, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

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

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Curv, Eyeread Make Google for Startups

  • Aug 23, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

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.

Halifax-based Eyeread and Curv

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ProcedureFlow Named Pandemic Tech Winner

  • Aug 23, 2020
  • Carol Moreira

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.

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Black Innovation Fellowship Assists Founders

  • Aug 20, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

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

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Alston Launches CMO Accelerator

  • Aug 20, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

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

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Planet Hatch Opens The Nest

  • Aug 19, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

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

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Indiegogo Boosts HomeEXCEPT’s Presence

  • Aug 18, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

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

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ACOA Backs Dispension Opioid Kiosks

  • Aug 17, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

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.

Founded by President

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LeadSift Cracks $1M in Revenue

  • Aug 16, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

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

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Outcast, Sobeys Cut Food Waste

  • Aug 16, 2020
  • Carol Moreira

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

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