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Scale-Up Hub Seeks Applicants

  • Sep 27, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

The Scale-Up Hub: Cambridge project has extended the deadline for applications for its next cohort – which will be a virtual program – until Friday.

The program, which helps scaling companies find clients in the New England market, is looking for

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UNB TME Launches I-STEM Cohort

  • Sep 27, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

The UNB TME group on Monday is launching its second cohort of I-STEM, a program that helps post-secondary researchers develop companies by using lean startup methodology.

Developed in partnership with George Washington University and based on the

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Summer Institute Demo Day

  • Sep 24, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

Eight teams presented at the UNB Summer Institute's Demo Day on Wednesday, wrapping up a cohort that was conducted virtually because of the pandemic. 

The University of New Brunswick’s TME group – whose formal name is the J Herbert Smith Centre for

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Hatch’s Startup Management Accelerator

  • Sep 24, 2020
  • Carol Moreira

Fredericton-based entrepreneurship centre Planet Hatch has announced the launch of its new Startup Management Accelerator.

The accelerator will help entrepreneurs as they transition from the startup phase to fully established and growing

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Total Mom Pitch Seeks Entrepreneurs

  • Sep 24, 2020
  • Carol Moreira

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

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Introhive Wins Martech Breakthrough Award

  • Sep 24, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

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

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Data Report Reveals Funding Concerns Despite Strong Growth

  • Sep 23, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

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,

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Clean Catch Wins AquaHacking

  • Sep 23, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

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

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Prospre Wins Summer Showdown

  • Sep 22, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

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

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Kinduct Acquired by mCube

  • Sep 22, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

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

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Meta Gains Nasdaq Listing in Merger

  • Sep 21, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

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

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OSC’s Indigenous Career Project

  • Sep 21, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

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

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