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Women’s Fund Fights Racism

  • Jun 29, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

The Atlantic Women’s Venture Fund will serve as the East Coast representative for the newly formed Coalition of Innovation Leaders Against Racism, a national group that announced its formation Monday.

The coalition’s mandate is to advance the

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What Awaits #Startupeast in the 2nd Half?

  • Jun 29, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

It seems ironic that the term “2020” is a synonym for perfect vision. As we reach the halfway point of the year 2020, I couldn’t imagine a foggier view of things.

As the Atlantic Canadian startup community looks to the second half of the year,

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Data Shows Blacks, First Nations Under-Represented in Startups

  • Jun 28, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

When Ross Simmonds wrote an opinion piece for Entrevestor this month, he called for data on inclusivity in the Atlantic Canada startup community – a demand we’re now trying to meet.

An examination of the Entrevestor Databank indicates that Black

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Jobs: Developer at Dash Hudson

  • Jun 28, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

Halifax-based social media analytics company Dash Hudson is hiring a Full Stack Developer, which is our Job of the Week posting this week.

Dash Hudson is a visual marketing Software-as-a-Service company that helps its clients increase engagement on

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Startup Genome Omits Region from Emerging Ecosystem List

  • Jun 25, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

Startup Genome, the Silicon Valley group that assesses startup ecosystems around the world, has ranked the 100 top emerging ecosystems in its 2020 report, and Atlantic Canada failed to make the list.

The organization last year ranked Atlantic

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Broadening our Entrepreneurial Circles

  • Jun 24, 2020
  • Akram Al-Otumi

Minority and newcomer entrepreneurs bring incredible ideas and innovations to our society and economy but face significant barriers to reaching the same level as other members of this ecosystem. Atlantic Canada prides itself on close-knit

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Sobey Centre Offers Post-COVID Retail Course

  • Jun 24, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

Saint Mary’s University is offering a course via its David Sobey Centre for Innovation in Retailing and Services to help local sales businesses navigate the challenges of COVID-19.

The centre’s RISE Again Retail program is a spin-off of its “Retail

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Tenera Accepted into CDL Recovery

  • Jun 23, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

Halifax senior monitoring startup Tenera Care is among the companies accepted into the Creative Destruction Lab’s Recovery accelerator program.

The COVID-19 inspired course is a joint project with Montreal-based artificial intelligence hub Scale

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Catalyst Launched for NB Companies

  • Jun 23, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

The University of New Brunswick and Ignite Fredericton have announced a partnership to provide local businesses with free consulting services for COVID-19-related projects.

The Catalyst program will see companies submit proposals, and UNB students,

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Mesh Witnesses Sea Change in Diversity Movement

  • Jun 22, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

The anti-racism protests of the past month have had special impact on one Atlantic Canadian startup, MESH/diversity, which is witnessing first-hand the movement’s effect on society.

The New Brunswick- and Toronto-based company was founded four

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Startup Ecosystem Needs More Inclusion

  • Jun 22, 2020
  • Alexandra McCann

One doesn’t need to spend a lot of time in the Atlantic Canada startup space before they notice a lack of diversity. Yet, the idea that diversity drives innovation is almost universally accepted.

Founders belonging to diverse groups are used to the

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B-Line Working On COVID-Tracing Feature

  • Jun 22, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

Halifax-based B-Line Analytics, whose software tracks commuters, is developing a contact-tracing service that CEO Aaron Short believes will be quicker and easier to implement than government alternatives.

His company’s flagship product is an app

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