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ACOA Supports Freshr Technologies

  • Mar 09, 2025
  • Carol Moreira

Dartmouth-based sustainable packaging company Freshr Technologies has received a loan of $498,750 from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency to expand and improve its operations.

Freshr Technologies develops and manufactures a naturally derived

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NPC backs Chinova Bioworks, ALT-PRO Advantage

  • Mar 06, 2025
  • Carol Moreira

Fredericton-based Chinova Bioworks and Nova Scotia/Ontario-based ALT-PRO Advantage are among seven early-stage companies to receive a total of $1.7 million from Natural Products Canada.

The funding is intended to help the companies address key

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SimplyCast, Pico Public Cloud Sign MOU

  • Mar 06, 2025
  • Carol Moreira

Dartmouth’s SimplyCast, whose platform helps companies to consolidate and automate their marketing efforts and communications, has signed an MOU with Pico Public Cloud, a technology provider in Bangladesh.

The collaboration provides organizations

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Aeon Blue Eyes $10M Seed Round

  • Mar 05, 2025
  • Carol Moreira

Aeon Blue, the Cape Breton green fuel and carbon capture startup, is halfway through its bridge round, and is planning a seed round with the goal of becoming fully operational by 2027.

Based in Sydney River, Aeon Blue specializes in the production

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Raising Capital in a Tough Environment

  • Mar 04, 2025
  • Avery Mullen

Amid a funding landscape that has seen equity funding become increasingly scarce, some founders are continuing to find ways to raise capital.

Three founders spoke with Entrevestor about their experiences raising investment, with all three reporting

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PEI’s New Tech Hub Seeks Founders

  • Mar 02, 2025
  • Carol Moreira

The Foundry, the new innovation space on Charlottetown’s Great George Street, is seeking founder-members, especially those aiming at international markets, its new director told Entrevestor.

The Foundry seeks to foster innovation and community by

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UNB Seeks Pitch Contest Applicants

  • Feb 27, 2025
  • Peter Moreira

The J Herbert Smith Centre at the University of New Brunswick is looking for applications for its next RBC Student Pitch Competition, which will take place at the Wu Conference Centre on March 19.

The competition is open to any full-time university

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PEI Bio Sector Revenues Rise 84% in 5 Years

  • Feb 27, 2025
  • Peter Moreira

Revenues by private companies in the Prince Edward Island bioscience cluster logged in at $612 million in 2023, marking an increase of 84 percent since 2018, said the PEI BioAlliance in a statement.

The umbrella organization for the bioindustries

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PEI Unveils New Tech Hub

  • Feb 26, 2025
  • Carol Moreira

Charlottetown’s latest innovation space, The Foundry, opened this week with an investment of $855,000 from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and $712,500 from the province.

The Foundry, which is run by the PEI IT Alliance, will support the

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NB’s ConnexionWorks, CBDCs Land ACOA Funding

  • Feb 25, 2025
  • Carol Moreira

The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency has invested $545,249 in Saint John-based entrepreneurship hub ConnexionWorks and $3,007,434 in 10 New Brunswick Community Business Development Corporations and its association.

The ConnexionWorks funds

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Cape Breton Capital Backs Aeon Blue

  • Feb 25, 2025
  • Peter Moreira

Aeon Blue Inc., the Cape Breton green fuel and carbon capture startup, has raised $195,000 in equity funding from the Cape Breton Capital Group to help the company establish its first facility in 2027.

Based in Sydney River, Aeon Blue specializes

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Enactus Regionals Coming to Halifax

  • Feb 24, 2025
  • Carol Moreira

Halifax will see 18 post-secondary student teams showcase their projects at the Enactus Canada Atlantic Region Competition Feb 27 and 28.

Enactus Canada is a charity providing programs focused on inspiring post-secondary students to initiate and

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