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Spring Loaded Shows its Impact
Spring Loaded Technology on Tuesday used a press conference to show what its Levitation knee brace means to the people who use it --especially to users who suffer from osteoarthritis.
The manufacturer held the media event at its Dartmouth
Sayle Awarded BCIP Contract
The Halifax company devoted to fostering a culture of safety in the workplace has been awarded a $551,770 contract through the Government of Canada’s Build in Canada Innovation Program.
SayleSafety, a Software-as-a-Service company based in Hammonds
Cribcut Expands to Toronto
When Entrevestor featured Cribcut last spring, founder David Howe was deciding how and where to expand his company, which provides a software-enabled marketplace for mobile hairstylists. Almost a year later, Cribcut is expanding into Toronto.
CyberSmart 2018 Starts Today
CyberNB today will open CyberSmart 2018, a conference that features presentations by cybersecurity experts from around the world.
The conference will develop themes that were brought out at the inaugural event last year, CyberSmart is the only
Skyline Rebrands to RetailDeep
RetailDeep, the Halifax-startup that used to be known as Skyline, is currently in the running for some big prizes and was shortlisted to the Top 20 at the XRC Labs innovation accelerator in New York City.
XRC runs two cohorts annually and
Mastering the Art of the Pivot
How Dash Hudson launched (and killed) four products in two years and lived to tell the tale.
If you’re an early-stage startup founder, a successful pivot story is much like a modern-day fairytale. It’s got all the right elements—heroism, suspense,
Dal Seeks $100K Contest Entries
Applications are open for Dalhousie University’s $100K Competition.
The competition, now in its fifth year, assists teams of early-stage ventures in harnessing their talent, resources, and technological know-how to build high-growth companies.
The
Jobs: NBIF, Aycoutay, DH, Soma
We have quite the list for our Jobs of the Week column today with six positions ranging from COO with Aycoutay in Halifax, to a Director of Research with the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation in Fredericton.
Aycoutay is an early-stage startup
Manifold Makes 2018 Narwhal List
Halifax-based Manifold has been named to the 2018 Narwhal List, a group of Canadian high-growth companies that have raised a lot of capital quickly.
The Halifax startup, founded two years ago by GoInstant Co-Founder Jevon MacDonald, was actually
SucSeed Tackles Food Security
What began as a student-run project at the Memorial University of Newfoundland has scaled into a successful business that is addressing key social issues, like youth employment and food security.
Project SucSeed builds small-scale hydroponic
WEnTech Plans 2 Launches in 2018
WEnTech Solutions, the Fredericton software company that aids waste-to-energy projects, is planning to launch two new products by the end of the year.
In an interview in the company’s Knowledge Park office, Founder and CEO Amir Akbari said WEnTech
NL Innovation Week Starts Monday
The Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Technologies Industries, in partnership with other Newfoundland organizations, is holding a series of workshops, seminars and classes across the province for its Innovation Week, which starts Monday.