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Two NS Companies in Cleantech 100
Two fast-growing Nova Scotian companies have been named to the 2019 Global Cleantech 100, an international list of companies deemed most likely to solve clean technology challenges.
Dartmouth-based CarbonCure Technologies, which is working to
Yuill Heads To Peterborough, Ont.
Martin Yuill will step down as the head of Charlottetown-based Emergence life sciences incubator next month to head the new Cleantech Commons in Peterborough, Ont.
Under Yuill’s leadership, Emergence has grown into a business development support
Innovacorp, NBIF Back Propel with $1M
Innovacorp and the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation are putting up a total of $1 million to help companies in Phase 2 of Propel’s Incite accelerator cover the cost of executing their sales strategy.
The Nova Scotia and New Brunswick early-stage
Racki Launches Book at Volta Tonight
Those who know Kyle Racki as a Software-as-a-Service entrepreneur may be surprised to know about a project he did way back in grade school. The guy who would become the CEO of Halifax-based Proposify had to interview someone who held a job he’d like
Bursity To Help Finding Scholarships
A team of students from Nova Scotia Community College is building an online platform to address a problem they know well: the cost of higher education.
Bursity.ca helps to match users to scholarships for which they are eligible, and automate the
Job of the Week: Swept Account Exec
Halifax’s Swept, which makes software for the janitorial sector, is searching for an Account Executive, which is our Job of the Week today.
Swept makes simple software designed specifically for commercial cleaners. Its mobile and web-based
Mariner Addresses Gap in Communications Industry
Saint John-based tech conglomerate Mariner Partners has announced it’s developing software that will assist communication service providers as the industry moves away from physical network infrastructure and into software-defined virtual networks.
Construction AI Eyes Partnerships
Construction AI, one of the winners in the recent Sprint competition in Nova Scotia, is negotiating with two major software companies to adopt its technology.
Based in Mosquodoboit Harbour, NS, and Alberta, Construction AI has developed artificial
Lobster Forum Set for Truro Tuesday
Ocean to Plate, a one-day forum to discuss innovation in the lobster industry, will take place Tuesday in Truro.
The forum will bring together lobster industry players from all parts of the value chain as well as academics from Atlantic Canada’s
What’s next in Nova Scotia’s ETC Reform?
The Nova Scotia government delivered half a reform on its equity tax credit last week, and it will be interesting to see what the other half of the reform will entail in a few months.
Don’t get me wrong. Last week’s announcement was a welcome step
Kognitiv Spark Works With Northern UAVs
Kognitiv Spark of Fredericton has announced a partnership that will help communities in the Canadian North benefit from the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs.
The company issued a press release today saying that it had formed an alliance
CarbonCure To Be Added to 11 Plants
Carboncure Technologies of Dartmouth has announced its client Irving Materials, Inc. of Greenfield, Indiana, is adopting the Carboncure technology at 11 of its plants in the coming months.
Irving now uses the technology at four plants, and the
