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New App Aids Carers of People with Dementia
Halifax-based DGI Clinical has launched a new app, SymptomGuide Dementia, that allows caregivers to track and manage symptoms of Alzheimer's disease.
The app allows caregivers to learn about dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease, and provides
Appili Considers Stock Market Listing
Buoyed by positive results in recent clinical trials, Appili Therapeutics is considering a listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
The Halifax-based drug discovery company has been conducting clinical trials on its first drug candidate, ATI-1501,
Jobs: WoodsCamp Shows Exit’s Upside
We've written often of the economic gains that take place when companies exit, and Lunenburg-based WoodsCamp Technologies is making the case for us with its job postings.
We had no new job postings on the Entrevestor Job Board in the past week, so
Simpson New CEO of TechImpact

Cathy Simpson, T4G’s current vice-president of people and culture, has been reading Hit Refresh, a new book by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.
The book is about transformation – both Nadella’s own personal transformation and transformation inside
NeoThermal wins Volta WTWT Pitch
NeoThermal Energy from Halifax won a $500 Visa gift card at Volta Labs’ Women Taking Over the World with Tech pitching competition on Tuesday. The event saw five early-stage female-led tech companies present at the Volta offices on Barrington
Networking is Vital to Female Professionals
Female-focused competitions, programs and funding opportunities are fantastic and necessary ways to encourage women to join tech and business fields. But sometimes all it takes is a quick email blast and a few bottles of wine to get the ball
UNB Student Aids African Farmers
Farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa commonly lose 60 per cent of their crop before it gets to market, and that number is way too high for Damilare Odumosu.
The Nigeria native has been a student for the past year in the Masters of Technology, Management
Volta, McInnes Cooper Form Partnership
Halifax-based Volta Labs, one of Canada’s largest innovation hubs, and national law firm McInnes Cooper have announced a corporate partnership.
McInnes Cooper will join Volta in its new 60,000 sq. ft. space with a permanent satellite office, making
ACOA, NBIF Give $5.5M to UNB Centre
The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and New Brunswick Innovation Foundation are providing a total of $5.5 million in funding to the Marine Additive Manufacturing Centre of Excellence at the University of New Brunswick.
The two agencies said in
Densitas Signs with UK Hospital Group
Halifax-based Densitas, a breast imaging analytics innovator, has signed a partnership with Leeds Teaching Hospitals in the U.K. to bring its breast screening technologies into routine clinical workflow.
The Densitas software provides an automated
LaunchPad 2018 Demo Day
Participants in LaunchDal’s LaunchPad Accelerator will showcase their ventures at its fifth annual Demo Day on August 7. Participating ventures include an online convenience store and a company that is creating a software for mental health.
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Contact Lenses for the Colour Blind
You may have seen those tear-jerking YouYube videos in which colourblind people use special glasses to see the world in full colour for the first time. Until now, those heavily tinted glasses are the only market solution that lets colourblind folks
