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NSBI Accepts 6 into Scale-Up Hub
Nova Scotia Business Inc. has selected six companies to join the latest cohort of its Scaleup Hub: Cambridge program.
NSBI launched the program last year as a vehicle to help scaling companies establish a base in Cambridge, MA., and generate sales.
ScreenScape Launching Redesign
Charlottetown-based digital signage company ScreenScape Networks has soft-launched its ScreenScape5 initiative, which will offer greater flexibility to users.
A pioneer in digital signage in public spaces, ScreenScape helps businesses and
Concrete Leads SalesRight’s Round
Halifax-based SalesRight has raised $250,000 in a pre-seed round led by Concrete Ventures, the first investment made by the new Atlantic Canadian venture capital fund.
Concrete Ventures, which has more than $17 million to invest, offers investments
CoLab Accepted into Y Combinator
St. John’s-based CoLab Software has become the first Atlantic Canadian company to be accepted into Y Combinator, one of the world’s most prestigious tech accelerators.
CoLab, whose Gradient platform helps engineers and designers collaborate,
AVF Names 14 Keynotes So Far
The Atlantic Venture Forum is coming back to Halifax this June and has announced 14 keynote speakers so far.
The seventh annual forum features networking opportunities, an Atlantic Canadian technology showcase, and information sessions.
The AVF
Nextleaf Raises $4M in Share Sale
Nextleaf Solutions, co-founded by Saint Mary’s University alum Paul Pedersen in 2015, will raise $4 million through the sale of new shares on the Canadian Securities Exchange this week. This brings the total funds raised by the Vancouver-based
Apply Now for Next CDL Cohort
The Creative Destruction Lab has opened applications for its 2019-20 cohort, at its Atlantic Canadian pod and other locations across Canada and in New York and Oxford, England.
The applications can be found here and are open until Aug. 12.
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LeeWay Lands $291K ACOA Loan
Dartmouth-based LeeWay Marine has borrowed $290,600 from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency to speed up the refit of its newest research ship, the LeeWay Striker.
ACOA issued a statement Friday saying the company, which specializes in
Latham and McArthur Join Propel
Propel, the Atlantic Canadian ITC accelerator, has named veteran entrepreneurs Derek Latham and Gordon McArthur to its stable of entrepreneurs-in-residence.
The company released a press release last week saying Latham and McArthur have joined
Seven Join UNB Summer Institute
The University of New Brunswick’s TME group has revealed the seven companies in its Summer Institute, an accelerator that emphasizes the human aspects of entrepreneurship, such as marketing and design.
Officially called the J. Herbert Smith Centre
How Will the Recession Impact You?
One constant factor in the Atlantic Canadian startup story in the past decade has been a strong underlying economy in key export markets – but that could change soon.
Robust economic growth, especially in the U.S., has provided primed markets for
Applications Open for Sprint Contest
Applications for Innovacorp’s Sprint competition for Nova Scotia technology startups opened Wednesday and will remain open until May 15.
Winners will receive up to $25,000 each in non-dilutive, non-repayable funding and business guidance from