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Ocean Supercluster’s Info Sessions
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
ROV3D Explores Oil Rigs
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
Feds, PEI Provide $4.4M+ to Somru
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
BC Exit Highlights PEI Bio-Ecosystem
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
MTI Buys Mediwise, Enters MedTech
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.
Fundmetric Signs Major Customers
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
C-Therm Opens New Facility; Receives ACOA Funding
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
Rogers Fills In at Halifax Partnership
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
Spark Awards $590K to 15 Startups
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
Room Service Offers Mobile Store
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
Yomes Open to NS Tenants
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
BioNova Opens BIC Applications
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
