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Ready2Launch Names 8 Teams
Having placed in the top five in the recent Techstars Startup Weekend international event, Sydney-based Rest Assured has also been accepted into Dalhousie University’s Ready2Launch program this summer.
Rest Assured, which is headed by Cape Breton
Jobs: Quality Manager at Adaptiiv
Halifax-based biotech company Adaptiiv Medical Technologies continues to grow and is hiring a Quality Manager, a posting that headlines our Jobs of the Week column.
Adaptiiv, which raised $3.4 million in equity financing earlier this year, has
Region’s VC Funding Weak in Q1
Venture capital investment in Atlantic Canada was already weakening before the COVID-19 crisis sent shockwaves through the economy, new data from the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association shows.
In fact, if you consider the
FitzGerald To Advise BreatheSuite
Noted asthma and COPD expert Dr. J. Mark FitzGerald has joined the advisory board of St. John’s medtech startup BreatheSuite.
FitzGerald earned his medical degree from University College in Dublin, and is now listed as the director of the Centre
Cyno, Bluedrop Sign Deal
St. John’s telehealth startup Cyno has inked a deal with e-learning and professional development company Bluedrop Performance Learning, also of St. John's.
Cyno will allow Bluedrop employees to access medical services remotely, including via live
App Supports Elderly Patients
A new app that monitors the health of elderly people has been launched by Miramichi, New Brunswick-based Unicare Home Health Care and sister company Uniclean Solutions.
The app, WellCheck, was developed by CEO and owner Lisa Williams to track
CloudKettle Announces New Hire
Halifax tech consultancy CloudKettle has announced the addition of a new executive, Eliot Harper.
Harper is a noted expert on Salesforce’s Marketing Cloud platform, having written several books on the topic and worked directly with Salesforce.
Abriel, Gosine Join Meta’s Team
Dartmouth-based Metamaterial Inc. has named Keith Abriel as Interim Chief Financial Officer and Mark Gosine as Corporate Secretary.
With more than 25 years of experience, Abriel has served as CFO for several publicly traded, private equity-backed,
Invisible Agents Aims To Raise $500K
Halifax artificial intelligence startup Invisible Agents is trying to raise a $500,000 funding round to help increase its staff from three to as many as seven people.
Founder Stuart Boyd started the company in Austin, Texas, in 2018, before
After Pivot, Bloxo Wins MIT Event
As Halifax’s Bloxo Inc. pivots in response to COVID-19, the online fitness startup has won the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s 2020 Startup Spotlight pitch competition.
Five companies competed in the event for votes from an audience of 60
Sandbox Ignition Seeks NS Students
The Nova Scotian sandboxes – entrepreneurial groups at the province’s post-secondary institutions – are looking for applicants for the Sandbox Ignition program.
The program, which will offer online curriculum this year, is an accelerator for
Decade Impact Coming East
Vancouver-based responsible business consultancy Decade Impact Strategy & Activation is rolling out its Getting to 80 corporate training program in Atlantic Canada.
The course’s new East Coast iteration is recruiting applicants and will hold its