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Ropeless Traps Could Save Whales
One hallmark of Canada's East Coast is the bright, fluorescent buoys that fisherman release across our region’s oceans, freckling the Atlantic shorelines. But the ropes that link the buoys to the lobster and crab traps below are deadly hazards for
Manning Awards’ Short List Revealed
The Ernest C. Manning Awards Foundation has announced the three Atlantic Canadian companies whose founders are in the running for the $145,000 in cash prizes to be distributed later in the year.
The foundation said this week the Atlantic Canadian
Greenlaw Returns with Brunvalley
Having sold his last company Brovada for US$15.2 million in 2015, Karl Greenlaw is back in the startup game with a new fintech company called Brunvalley Cloud Solutions Inc.
The Quispamsis, NB-based company, which plans to use artificial
NBIF Leads Avrij’s $1.2M Round
Avrij Analytics, a Fredericton- and Ottawa-based sports analytics startup, has closed an equity funding round worth $1.2 million, led by the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation.
NBIF said in a statement it invested $500,000 in the round, which also
Alongside Works With CareerBeacon
CareerBeacon, Atlantic Canada’s leading job board, has teamed up with Moncton-based Alongside to launch an updated recruitment tool that focuses on mobile devices.
The job site, which is owned by the Irving family’s media company, Brunswick News
Bringing VR to the Eye Doctor
Virtual reality and augmented experiences have revolutionized entertainment and gaming industries. Now, Halifax entrepreneur Ryan Cameron is working on bringing this technology to a clinical setting.
His company Electric Puppets uses VR and
Job of the Week: Sendwithus
A Software-as-a-Service startup in Victoria, British Columbia is our lone posting in our Jobs of the Week column today.
Sendwithus is a communications platform designed for email management by providing a centralized hub for email creation and
Easy Golf Aligns with Association
When Todd Chant was developing his software for golf tournaments, he was worried about the narrow path to market. But he’s come up with a strategy that broadened his path to the width of the friendliest fairway.
Chant is the Co-Founder and CEO of
Inboundli’s New Home in Halifax
Gene Sobolev, the CEO of Innovacorp’s newest resident company Inboundli, was torn between three Canadian cities when deciding where to relocate from Berlin, Germany. The Start-Up Visa program put Halifax on top, and Sobolev moved his content
BDC Lends $140M on East Coast
Over the last 12 months, Atlantic Canadian businesses, including high-growth ventures like TruLeaf Sustainable Agriculture, have received over $140 million in financing from the Business Development Bank of Canada.
The money is part of the bank’s
5 Teams Split $125K at Volta Cohort
Volta Labs on Wednesday night awarded $125,000 to five startups – including two from outside the Halifax area – in the second Volta Cohort pitching competition.
Backed by the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, BDC Capital and Innovacorp, the
Highline Relaunches Female Funders
Highline BETA of Toronto has announced the relaunch of Female Funders Angel Academy, a national program that will help women become angel investors.
Highline, which supports and invests in new ventures, last year bought Female Funders and is now