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Making Lobster Fishery More Efficient
When Premier Stephen McNeil toured the Volta Labs startup house in Halifax last month, one company that seemed to catch his eye was SeaSmart Technologies, a new oceantech company based in Mahone Bay.
SeaSmart is the sort of company that oceantech
CarbonCure Lands 16 Installations
Halifax-based CarbonCure Technologies, whose technology reduces CO2 emissions in the making of concrete, plans installations in 16 facilities owned by Atlanta-based Thomas Concrete this year.
The Halifax cleantech company said in a statement
LaunchDal Seeks Collide Applicants
LaunchDal, Dalhousie University’s business accelerator program, is taking applications for its Collide Winter 2018 program, which is set to start on Jan. 25.
The program is open to anyone with a business idea and is free.
Participants will attend
Appili To Work on Anti-Bioterror Vaccine
Appili Therapeutics has struck an agreement to work on a vaccine that could protect people against a potential bioterror threat.
The Halifax drug discovery company said Monday it signed a licence agreement with the National Research Council of
4 To Present at Startup Halifax Event
Startup Halifax is hosting an event to showcase the many startup success stories from this province on Wednesday at the Halifax Central Library.
The event, called An Insider’s Look at Startup Success, is free and will include presentations from at
Propel Names Demo Day Pitchers
Propel ICT, the regional accelerator, has revealed the companies that will pitch at its demo day on Jan. 23 in Fredericton.
Eleven companies will definitely pitch at the event, which will feature a pub crawl to Fredericton craft breweries. Two
Jobs of the Week: 2 at Dash Hudson
Dash Hudson is looking to hire a CFO and Account Executive in our Jobs of the Week column today.
Dash Hudson is a software-as-a-service business here in Halifax that helps corporate clients optimize and manage visual marketing strategies. Its
After TopLog, Yeloglu Moves On & Up
Two years as a data scientist at Microsoft in Toronto has taught Ozge Yeloglu the importance of enterprise sales — something she wishes she’d known more about when she was running Halifax-based data analytics startup topLog.
Yeloglu is known
Business Model Contest Seeks Entries
Canada’s Business Model Competition, which aims to steer student-led startups away from failure, has opened applications for its sixth annual competition in March.
Dalhousie University, which initiated the event in 2013, is currently accepting
What’s Ahead in 2018? Funding News
A look-ahead to the New Year for the Atlantic Canadian startup community draws attention to the financing of our most successful companies. The companies I’m watching this year either raised money in the last couple of years, or could be raising
Energia Seeks 2018 Cohort Applicants
Energia Ventures, an accelerator in Frederction, is seeking companies in the energy, cleantech and cybersecurity sectors to apply for its 2018 accelerator program.
The program, which is now accepting applications, will run from April 30 until
NBIF Extends R3 to 3-Day Event
The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation has unveiled the new format of its biennial R3 event, extending the celebration of New Brunswick research to three days for the first time.
The conference, running from April 10 to 12, will also be the first