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Ocean Supercluster’s Info Sessions

  • Jul 12, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

The Ocean Supercluster leadership team will be touring Atlantic Canada next week to host information sessions as it continues to build its operational framework.

The sessions will be an opportunity for stakeholders to hear updates from the

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ROV3D Explores Oil Rigs

  • Jul 12, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

The offshore oil fields around Newfoundland and Labrador have birthed a city of underwater drills and pipelines that are hard to monitor. New software from WhiteCap Scientific allows oil companies to see and interact with these underwater structures

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Feds, PEI Provide $4.4M+ to Somru

  • Jul 11, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Charlottetown-based Somru BioScience on Wednesday announced it is receiving loans and grants totaling more than $4.4 million from the federal and P.E.I. governments.

The company, which is developing a range of products centred around antibody

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BC Exit Highlights PEI Bio-Ecosystem

  • Jul 11, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

The exit of a life sciences company in British Columbia is highlighting the growing biotech ecosystem centred on Prince Edward Island.

Delta, BC-based Mazza Innovation Ltd. said Tuesday that it has been bought by Milwaukee-based Sensient

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MTI Buys Mediwise, Enters MedTech

  • Jul 10, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Halifax-based Metamaterial Technologies Inc. has purchased a British medical technologies company that brings it into the realm of healthcare for the first time.

MTI said in a statement today it has bought London-based Medical Wireless Sensing Ltd.

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Fundmetric Signs Major Customers

  • Jul 09, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Fundmetric, the Halifax software company that helps charities increase engagement with donors, has signed a slew of major new clients, pretty well doubling its annual recurring revenues in three months.

The company issued a statement on Monday

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C-Therm Opens New Facility; Receives ACOA Funding

  • Jul 09, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

Last week, C-Therm Technologies from New Brunswick received investments totaling $267,500 from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency to help expand its international marketing capacity and grow export markets.

The funding was announced at the

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Rogers Fills In at Halifax Partnership

  • Jul 09, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

John Rogers, the former CEO of the law firm Stewart McKelvey, has been named the interim President and CEO of the Halifax Partnership.

Rogers will step into the position until the board of directors finds a full-time replacement for Ron Hanlon, who

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Spark Awards $590K to 15 Startups

  • Jul 07, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Fifteen Nova Scotian companies have won a total of $590,000 in grants through Innovacorp’s 2018 Spark Innovation Challenge.

The provincial government’s venture capital and innovation agency announced the winners on Thursday, capping off the second

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Room Service Offers Mobile Store

  • Jul 06, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

How much do you think hungover university students would pay for a Gatorade to be delivered right to them the morning after a wild bender? Five dollars and eighty-nine cents is what Johnathan Cannon in Halifax is currently charging with his business

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Yomes Open to NS Tenants

  • Jul 05, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

The Yomes Initiative, whose digital product helps tenants gain intelligence on properties they’re considering renting, has opened access to all Nova Scotians as it plots its expansion into larger markets.

Until now, Yomes has been open to users on

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BioNova Opens BIC Applications

  • Jul 03, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

Applications for the 2018 BioInnovation Challenge are open to early-stage health and life science companies in Atlantic Canada.

Contestants will vy for $25,000 in seed funding and advisory services for a total prize package valued at $55,000 to

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