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Students Aim To Aid Stroke Rehab

  • May 04, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

A team of three Dalhousie University neuroscience students is planning to conduct clinical trials in Saudi Arabia for the device they’ve built in a robotics course at the university.

Hayam Mahmoud-Ahmed, Manar Alamri and Batlah Alnemer completed

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6 Startups Join COVE’s Startup Yard

  • May 04, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

Six companies will be joining the inaugural cohort of Start-Up Yard at COVE, the Centre for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurshipin Dartmouth.

The early-state ocean companies, whose businesses range from rescuing endangered marine life to

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Innovacorp’s 2018 Spark Competition

  • May 04, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

Applications are now open for the 2018 Spark Innovation Challenge, a Nova Scotia-wide competition for early-stage technologies companies.

Last year, Innovacorp and the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency awarded up to $800,000 to 18 different

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Surround Shower Wins Retail Contest

  • May 03, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

When the New Product Design Competition was held in Halifax in April, the winning prize of $11,000 went to Surround Shower, a team that aims to add comfort and enjoyment to showering.

Founded by St. Mary’s University commerce students Logan Inglis

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Side Door’s Successful First Year

  • May 03, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

Side Door Access, a Halifax company that's building a network of hosts for private house concerts, is celebrating its growth by moving into spanking new offices in the expanded Volta Labs on Barrington Street.

CEO Laura Simpson's home in the North

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5th Cohort for UNB Summer Institute

  • May 02, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

Seven ventures ranging in scope from the fashion, food and automobile industries have been accepted into the University of New Brunswick’s Summer Institute.

The three-month startup accelerator is run out of the J. Herbert Smith Centre for

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NB Adds $5M to NBIF Funding

  • May 01, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

The government of New Brunswick announced today that it is investing a fresh $5 million this year to support research and graduate students with its New Brunswick Innovation Foundation (NBIF) funding

The statement released today announced a $11.4

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Bid Tasker Plans To Launch Soon

  • May 01, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

A Cape Breton entrepreneurial team with an exit under its belt plans to launch a new online product that helps homeowners find people to perform odd jobs.

The company, Bid Tasker Mobile Applications, features entrepreneurs Donald Hanson, his cousin

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Stockport Shareholders OK Sona Deal

  • May 01, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

The shareholders of Halifax-based Stockport Exploration have approved the company’s merger with Sona Nanotech, completing another step in the merged company’s path to a stock market listing.

The companies on Friday released a statement saying the

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Talking startups with Katelyn Bourgoin

  • May 01, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

It’s been just over a year since Katelyn Bourgoin folded her company Vendeve, a skill-swapping platform for female entrepreneurs similar to LinkedIn. She sat down with Entrevestor to discuss her latest venture, founder burnout and why her company

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NB Outlines 5-Year Digital Strategy

  • Apr 30, 2018
  • Inda Intiar, Huddle

MONCTON – The government of New Brunswick announced Friday a five-year digital strategy that would allow residents to access their information and government services from “any device, anywhere, at any time.”

Treasury Board President Roger

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AVSS To Be OEM for Drone Makers

  • Apr 30, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

When the 2018 Fundica Roadshow kicks off in Montreal on Tuesday, one presenter will be a one-year-old New Brunswick company that is quickly making a name for itself for safety standards in the drone industry.

Founded by Josh Ogden of Rothesay, NB,

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