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Innovacorp Invested $6.3M in FY19
Innovacorp, the Nova Scotia government’s early-stage venture capital agency, invested a total of $6.3 million in 17 companies in its 2019 fiscal year, marking a decline in investment totals from the previous year.
The agency each summer releases
NPC Launches 3 New Programs
Natural Products Canada is launching three new programs to help companies in its space grow to become companies bringing in eight figures in revenue each year.
Based in Charlottetown, NPC is an association that helps grow Canadian ventures that
Curv Health Raises $1.5M
Curv Health has closed a $1.5 million round of equity financing, which will help the company sell its digital healthcare product directly to health and educational institutions.
With offices in Halifax and Toronto, Curv uses machine-learning tools
Introhive Lands $1M ACOA Funding
Relationship intelligence company Introhive, which is one of the larger tech employers in Fredericton, has received almost $1 million in funding from the federal government to increase its foreign sales.
SomaDetect Closes $2.6M Round
SomaDetect, which tests the quality of milk and collects data for the dairy industry, has closed a US$2 million (C$2.6 million) round of funding to help it build out its databank and technology.
The Fredericton-based company issued a statement
Sustane Plant To Open Next Month
Sustane Technologies has received a $358,750 loan from the federal government to help build its capacity to convert garbage into synthetic fuels.
The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency issued a statement last week saying it would lend the
Smarter Spaces Lands ACOA Loan
A Halifax startup that specializes in large-scale, 3D scanning projects has received a $321,000 loan from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency.
Smarter Spaces CEO Colin Gillis said the funding will allow him and his co-owner, COO Dan MacIntosh,
NACO Calls Halifax Summit ‘Critical’
The National Angel Capital Organization is focusing its effort to develop angel networks in certain areas like Atlantic Canada and believes its Angel Summit in Halifax next month will be a “critical” step in achieving the goal.
The mission of NACO,
New Innovation Awards for UPEI
Charlottetown-based commercialization group Synapse is playing a role in the 50th anniversary celebrations of the University of Prince Edward island by launching two annual awards that recognize innovators with a connection to the university.
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Purple Cow Aims To Cut Internet Rates
A new Halifax company is aiming to drive down internet prices in Nova Scotia.
Purple Cow founders Bradley Farquhar and Joe Power say they are undercutting the prices of other internet service providers, or ISPs, to encourage them to lower their
UNB To Launch I-STEM Program
The University of New Brunswick is partnering with George Washington University to provide I-STEM programing, which will help scientists and researchers turn their new technologies into businesses.
The Fredericton-based university put out a
Barbara Named Kauffman Fellow
Rob Barbara, a veteran investor and General Partner with Halifax-based venture capital firm Build Ventures, has been selected for Class 24 of the Kauffman Fellows, a two-year program that brings together innovative minds in venture capital.
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