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Milton in Business is Jammin’ Webinar

  • Sep 16, 2020
  • Carol Moreira

Halifax-based social entrepreneur Charles Milton, founder of Bursity.org, is offering a virtual webinar event with Business is Jammin’ for entrepreneurs and small business owners.

Aimed primarily at Black and racially visible entrepreneurs but open

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Hadhad Wins RBC Entrepreneur Award

  • Sep 16, 2020
  • Carol Moreira

Tareq Hadhad, Founder and CEO of Peace by Chocolate, has been named the fifth annual recipient of the RBC Entrepreneur Award and one of RBC’s Top 25 Canadian immigrants, awards that celebrate newcomers who have had a positive impact on their

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NACO Eyes Federal Tax Credit

  • Sep 15, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

The National Angel Capital Organization is leading a campaign for a federal investment tax credit, and its executives hope the Throne Speech next week reveals signs of progress.

NACO, which represents organized angel networks across the country,

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NB-based Sankara Expands into Halifax

  • Sep 15, 2020
  • Carol Moreira

Sankara survived the pandemic by pivoting from catering and in-person events to delivering meal boxes of pre-cooked ethnic food to homes. Now the online multicultural marketplace is expanding into Halifax and seeking new partners.

Saint John-based

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Appili Moves to TSX Main Board

  • Sep 14, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

Appili Therapeutics Inc.’s common shares will begin trading on the main board of the Toronto Stock Exchange on Wednesday, after spending 15 months on the TSX Venture exchange.

The Halifax-based company, which is working on bringing a portfolio of

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Sustainably Stocked Reduces Packaging

  • Sep 13, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

Green e-commerce startup Sustainably Stocked is using its home city of Halifax to dial in its marketing and logistics strategies with the goal of later expanding to other Canadian cities.

Co-founders Dessie Maliaka and Adam Olsen sell kitchen

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MacDonald Wins Mitacs Award

  • Sep 13, 2020
  • Carol Moreira

Sheamus MacDonald’s work in protecting fish product supply chains and enhancing the sustainability of fish stocks has been recognized with a Mitacs Entrepreneur Award.

MacDonald, President and Co-Founder of Dartmouth-based Sedna Technologies, has

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Volta Cohort Seeks Applicants

  • Sep 13, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

Volta has opened applications for its next Volta Cohort program, a pitching competition in which Atlantic Canadian tech startups vie for prizes of $25,000 each.

The Halifax-based innovation hub holds the competition every six months, usually

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PSG Takes Control of Wagepoint

  • Sep 10, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

Wagepoint, a payroll software company that traces its roots to Nova Scotia, is now majority-owned by funds affiliated with Providence Equity Partners following a recapitalization of more than $10 million.

Wagepoint issued a statement late Wednesday

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Genesis Microfund Reaches Halfway Point

  • Sep 10, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

St. John’s-based Genesis said this week that it has invested about half of the $775,000 microfund it established last year for members of its Enterprise program.

The Newfoundland and Labrador innovation hub launched the microfund in January, 2019,

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New Fund for Black Entrepreneurs

  • Sep 10, 2020
  • Carol Moreira

A new national program that will provide loans, mentorship and other services to Black entrepreneurs has been launched by the federal government.

On Wednesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced funding of nearly $221 million. The federal

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ACOA Backs Nexus with $550K

  • Sep 09, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

Halifax-based Nexus Robotics has received $550,000 in funding from the federal government to help it bring its weed-picking robot to the market next year.

The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency announced the funding on Wednesday, saying it has

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