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Agyle Fills Ag Department Contract
Agyle Intelligence, a P.E.I.-based data analysis company, said it has filled a contract with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada worth almost half a million dollars.
Based in Mount Stewart, just east of Charlottetown, Agyle Intelligence said its
Solid State’s Staff To Rise to 40
After receiving and rejecting four buyout offers in five years, Solid State Pharma is moving to bigger facilities on the Halifax waterfront and planning a hiring binge.
The company has outgrown its offices at the Innovacorp Enterprise Centre, and
Moltex Eyes Power from Nuke Waste
A British company is developing a 300-megawatt power plant in New Brunswick to source electricity from spent nuclear fuel, and says it could make Saint John a hub for similar zero-carbon plants around the world.
Moltex Energy signed an agreement
Energia Seeking Cohort Members
Fredericton-based accelerator Energia Ventures is inviting applications from companies in the smart-grid, energy, cleantech, and cybersecurity sectors.
A Global Accelerator Network (GAN) member, Energia’s program is headquartered in Fredericton and
CDL Angels Invest $7M in 2 Years
In less than two years, the Creative Destruction Lab-Atlantic has established itself as the main angel funding group in Atlantic Canada, with its members investing about $7 million into 23 companies – so far.
The CDL is primarily a mentorship group
ACOA Lends Eadie Tech $300K
Halifax-based medtech company Eadie Technologies has received a $153,000 loan from the federal government to help finance the design and development of its device for testing glaucoma patients.
The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency issued a
Kyriakidis Joins Feds’ AI Council
Jordan Kyriakidis, CEO of Halifax-based QRA Corp, has been appointed to the Federal Government’s new Advisory Council on Artificial Intelligence. He will be advising on how to build on Canada’s strength in AI in a way that reflects democratic
Smartpods Gains with The Pulse
After a modest change to its business model of making automatically adjusting desks, Smartpods is reporting higher sales with particular success in selling to the federal government and the new market of call centres.
The Dieppe, NB-based company
NB Hosts Virtual Job Fair

Like a lot of tech companies in New Brunswick, Introhive has been facing the challenges of finding New Brunswick-based talent to join their team.
“The reality is we have some really great talent here in New Brunswick from an IT perspective,” says
NB’s Precision Medicine Centre
The New Brunswick Center for Precision Medicine in Moncton will open this year. It was built as a collaboration between the Atlantic Cancer Research Institute and the Université de Moncton.
It’s the first purpose-built precision medicine centre in
PEI’s Kay MacPhee Mourned
The loss of Kathleen "Kay" MacPhee is being widely felt in the startup community, following the recent passing of the educator and force behind two literacy-focused ventures.
A former teacher who used her expertise and passion to help found
CDL-Atlantic Graduates 11 Teams
Creative Destruction Lab-Atlantic has revealed the 11 companies that have graduated from its 2018-19 cohort.
Operating out of Dalhousie University, the CDL-Atlantic just finished its second cohort, which began last autumn with just over two dozen
