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Swarmio Plans TSX Venture Listing
Sydney-based Swarmio Media, which helps reduce lag times in video gaming, has begun the process of listing on the TSX Venture exchange and raising about $6 million in development capital.
Formerly called Ubique, Swarmio earlier this month filed
Bill Gates Backs CarbonCure in Blog
Bill Gates has thrown his support behind CarbonCure Technologies, the Nova Scotia company that is reducing carbon emissions in the production of concrete.
The Co-Founder of Microsoft on Monday posted a blog that highlighted Dartmouth-based
Women’s Fund Seeks Manager
The Atlantic Women’s Venture Fund is seeking an investment partner, someone who can identify target companies and negotiate investments for the fund expected to launch next year.
The Women’s Venture Fund is one of the most highly anticipated
Ashored in Top 3 at MassChallenge
Dartmouth-based Ashored Innovations has graduated from MassChallenge with one of the top three prizes at the international accelerator.
Ashored, which is developing fishing equipment that reduces risks to marine life, was one of two companies to
Passive Design Eyes New Markets
A Nova Scotia engineer is aiming to take energy-efficient housing mainstream.
Natalie Leonard is the founder of Passive Design Solutions, which sells ready-made building plans for energy-efficient houses.
The company originally specialized in
BioNB Leads Cannabis Campaign
A year after the legalization of cannabis in Canada, New Brunswick is making a push into developing innovation into the sector.
The province is in the midst of a two-week campaign to draw attention to the potential of the field – especially the
Alpha Dog Acquired by Bethesda
Bedford-based Alpha Dog Games, one of the leading mobile-game developers in Atlantic Canada, has been acquired by Bethesda Softworks of Maryland for an undisclosed price.
Founded by Jeff Cameron and Shawn Woods in 2012, Alpha Dog has developed such
MCE Finalist in Global Awards
The Memorial Centre for Entrepreneurship was named one of five finalists in the emerging entrepreneurship centre category of the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Center’s annual awards.
Though the St John’s-based organization didn’t win, the
BreatheSuite Closes $550K Round
St. John’s-based BreatheSuite Inc., which helps people to use inhalers properly, has raised a $550,000 round of equity financing led by Venture NL, the Newfoundland and Labrador fund overseen by Pelorus Venture Capital.
The company issued a press
3 Win Retail Innovation Awards
Halifax-based Dash Hudson is one of three Canadian innovation companies to be honoured at the upcoming National Retail Innovation Awards in Halifax.
The David Sobey Centre for Innovation in Retailing and Services, located at Saint Mary’s University
SnapAp Captures National Award
When the Channel Innovation Awards were held last month, one of the big winners was Moncton-based SnapAp, a small-but-growing company that makes payment software.
In the national competition organized by Channel Daily News, SnapAp captured the Gold
Densitas Joins Nuance Marketplace
Halifax-based Densitas Inc. whose software helps assess the density of breasts during mammograms, announced this week its densitas densityai software will soon be available on the Nuance AI Marketplace.
In a statement, Densitas said the Nuance