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After Pivot, Bloxo Wins MIT Event

  • Jun 01, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

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

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Sandbox Ignition Seeks NS Students

  • Jun 01, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

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

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Decade Impact Coming East

  • Jun 01, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

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

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eDNAtec Wins NL Cleantech Award

  • May 30, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

St. John’s-based DNA sequencing startup eDNAtec has won an award from the Newfoundland and Labrador Environmental Industry Association recognizing its contribution to protecting the marine environment.

The Cleantech Innovation Award, announced

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Graham To Lead Sandpiper Ventures

  • May 28, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

The Atlantic Women’s Venture Fund is launching its first fund, Sandpiper Ventures. Danielle Graham, a well-known proponent of diversity in entrepreneurship, has been named the fund's Investment Principal.

Graham will oversee the distribution of a

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Deloitte Fast 50 Seeks Entries

  • May 28, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

Deloitte has opened applications for its 2020 Technology Fast 50 program, which recognizes the fastest-growing IT companies in the country based on four years of revenue data.

Now in its 23rd year, the Fast 50 is a benchmark for success in

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Bioscience Now No. 2 Export Sector on PEI

  • May 27, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

A study sponsored by the PEI BioAlliance has found that the bioscience sector was the province’s second-largest export industry in 2018, but CEO Rory Francis said in an interview that infrastructure and labour constraints represent obstacles to

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Outcast, Greenhouse to Make New Food Products

  • May 27, 2020
  • Carol Moreira

Halifax-based Outcast Foods has teamed up with Toronto's Greenhouse to reduce food waste by creating new products. Outcast will upcycle pulp byproduct from Greenhouse’s juice processing operation to produce dried fruit and vegetable powders.

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The Farmers’ Truck Relieves Food Deserts

  • May 26, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

A 2019 pivot has allowed Moncton-based social enterprise The Farmers’ Truck to become cash-flow positive and expand outside of Canada.

CEO Fredéric Laforge and co-founder Mathieu Reyjal originally conceived of the company as a mobile produce store,

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Somru Adapts Platform for COVID-19

  • May 26, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

Charlottetown-based Somru BioScience Inc. is adapting its antibody platform to assist in developing therapeutic and diagnostic solutions for COVID-19 and other infectious diseases.

The company has been developing a range of products centred around

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Reazent Accepted Into IndieBio

  • May 26, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

Reazent, an agtech company that has moved to Nova Scotia under the Startup Visa program, has been accepted into the IndieBio accelerator in Silicon Valley.

Startups in the prestigious accelerator receive a US$250,000 (C$350,000) equity investment,

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T4G Acquired by National Firm MNP

  • May 25, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

T4G has been purchased for an undisclosed price by national accounting and consulting firm MNP, which wants access to the target company’s expertise in data analytics and machine learning.

Though headquartered in Toronto, T4G is one of the pillars

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