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NS Funds Nine Oceans Projects

  • Oct 25, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

The Nova Scotia government has provided more than $6.5 million for nine oceans research projects from its $25 million Research Nova Scotia Trust.

Premier Stephen McNeil said that the nine projects are expected to support more than 170 jobs in the

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UNB To Host Creative Connections

  • Oct 25, 2017
  • Carol Moreira

This year’s Creative Connections Conference will be hosted by the University of New Brunswick and the Atlantic Centre for Creativity in Fredericton Nov. 16 to 18.

The goal of the conference is to increase awareness and enhance creative practices

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Appili Raises $3.1M Funding Round

  • Oct 24, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Appili Therapeutics Inc., an anti-infective drug development company, has raised a $3.1 million round of equity financing, which will help pay for clinical trials due to start within 10 weeks.

The Halifax-based company said the money was raised

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Ocean Executive Preps for Launch

  • Oct 24, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Having already signed up 400 users from around the world, Halifax-based Ocean Executive is planning for the full launch of its online wholesale seafood marketplace in December.

Chief executive Mike Budreski, whose family is steeped in the East

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Blue Spurs Hosts IoT Hackathon

  • Oct 24, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Fredericton-based Blue Spurs is hosting a full-day Internet of Things hackathon today, which has drawn the participation of the biggest organizations in the province.

Blue Spurs, which has received international recognition for its Blue Kit

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Attend the Release of our Startup Data

  • Oct 23, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Entrevestor, in partnership with Charcoal Marketing, would like to invite the startup community to a luncheon on Nov. 8 to release and discuss our latest data on startups in Atlantic Canada.

The luncheon will be held at noon at the Halifax World

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3 East Coasters Win Startup Awards

  • Oct 23, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Three Atlantic Canadian success stories – all noted for their tenacity – captured national Startup Canada Awards in Ottawa on Thursday, including a businesswoman who was crowned the top entrepreneur for 2017.

Anne Whelan,​ ​President​ ​and​ ​CEO of

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Deprolabs Opens Kickstarter Campaign

  • Oct 20, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

A team of Halifax entrepreneurs has launched a crowdfunding campaign to finance a new product that uses machine learning to water your plants while you’re out of town.

Deprolabs Technology Inc. launched its Kickstarter campaign this week to promote

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Mount A Joins Shad Network

  • Oct 20, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Mount Allison University in Sackville, NB, has become the 16th university in Canada to host the national science and entrepreneurship program Shad at its campus.

The national organization announced Thursday that it would host a Shad cohort in July,

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Pfera Wins BioInnovation Challenge

  • Oct 18, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Pfera, the Fredericton company that helps horse breeders predict when their mares will give birth, won the $45,000 BioInnovation Challenge on Wednesday, its second big competition win this year.

Now in its seventh year, the BIC is the main

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Dash Hudson Releases Vision Product

  • Oct 18, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Dash Hudson has added a new product — which it says is a doozy — to its suite of products to help brands and publishers link with their audience.

The Halifax company -- which is profitable and growing revenues strongly -- so far has been best known

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Embracing Changes in Healthcare

  • Oct 18, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Delegates to BioPort 2017 on Wednesday were told of the impact of recent life sciences innovation in Atlantic Canada and encouraged to embrace further change.

The impact so far is found in the fact that $1 billion has flowed into Atlantic Canada in

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