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Startup Moncton Launches
Startup Moncton is the latest addition to the Startup Canada Community, a grassroots, non-profit that aims to provide infrastructure and connect startup communities across the country.
Said Debbie Collins, the founding entrepreneur of Startup
Eggcitables Wins 100 Seed$ Event
Eggcitables, a company that makes a vegan egg substitute from chickpeas, won the $10,000 cash prize at the third annual 100 Entrepreneurs Planting Seed$ pitching competition, an initiative put on by the Halifax non-profit, 100 Seed$ Atlantic.
Yanky: Wiping Runners’ Runny Noses
It’s an unflattering problem for runners everywhere. You work up a sweat, your face is dripping and your nose starts leaking like a faucet. With no tissues or towels, you turn to the next best thing; the sleeve of your shirt or a good ol’ fashioned
Student VC Event Needs Startups
Ellen Farrell is looking for a few startup founders or CEOs to help with an international venture capital event for students this spring.
The entrepreneurship prof at St. Mary’s University’s Sobey School of Business is hoping to find two or three
Sequence Names Michael Phillips CSO
St. John’s-based Sequence Bio has named Michael S. Phillips as its new Chief Scientific Officer.
Phillips brings more than 25 years of experience in large-scale genomic projects, drug target discovery and leading research teams to the job.
EhEye Raises $500K, Led by NBIF
EhEye, the Saint John company that uses artificial intelligence and data analytics in video surveillance, has raised $500,000 in funding after courting 250 potential investors.
CEO James Stewart said in an interview Tuesday that the round was led
PEI-Based Nautilus Bought by Croda
Charlottetown-based Nautilus Biosciences Canada Inc., a marine biotechnology company, said Monday it has been purchased by the British specialty chemical-maker Croda International Plc for an undisclosed price.
Founded in 2007 by University of
Planting Seeds Win Was Aurea’s Start
Since winning the 100 Seeds Atlantic pitching competition last year, Cat Adalay, the founder and CEO of Aurea Technologies, has taken off with her company, which aims to outfit high-rise buildings with modular wind turbines.
In an interview Adalay
An Immigrant Entrepreneur’s Lessons
The need to develop international sales is a hot topic in the region. Entrepreneurs often need to work hard to win introductions. When Danish-born Pernille Fischer Boulter arrived in Nova Scotia, she wrote letters introducing herself to 100 of the
JEDI launches New Accelerator
The Joint Economic Development Initiative is starting the new cohort of its accelerator for indigenous entrepreneurs today, with a special focus on scaling and exporting.
JEDI, a non-profit that aims to foster Indigenous economic growth, said the
We’re Ramping Up Survey Campaign
We’re about to ramp up our campaign to ask the founders and CEOs of Atlantic Canadian startups to take two minutes to complete our 2017 survey.
We’re working with partners across the region to enhance our annual analysis of the Atlantic Canadian
Proposals for $15M Fund Sought
Innovacorp is calling for proposals from private fund managers to oversee an early-stage venture capital fund – a fund whose value has been boosted by 50 percent.
The Nova Scotia government’s VC agency said last month it would invest $10 million in
