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SDTC Backs MTI with $5.4M
Metamaterial Technologies Inc. has received a $5.4 million grant from Sustainable Development Technology Canada, or SDTC, almost doubling the money going toward the Halifax company’s metaSOLAR division.
In June, MTI said it had signed a $5.6
Bereda Eyes Elite Endurance Athletes
If the guys behind Bereda Training are as good at startups as they are at sports, the Halifax company will definitely be one to watch.
A recent addition to the hive of startups at Volta Labs, Bereda Training has developed an online training
Region Has 17 Startup Award Finalists
The Province of New Brunswick, and the university that bears its name, will be well represented in the finals of the 2017 Startup Canada Awards next week.
Startup Canada, which promotes entrepreneurship across the country, will hand out its
Volta Launches Early Stage Fund
Volta Labs is launching a new funding program that will give as much as $250,000 a year to “very, very early-stage companies” across Atlantic Canada, CEO Jesse Rodgers announced Tuesday night.
Speaking at the conclusion of DemoCamp, Rodgers said
Hachey Traded Wall Street for AgTech
David Hachey’s entrepreneurial journey took him from Harvard University to Wall Street to a farm in rural Nova Scotia. The result of this unique career path is the recent launch of his startup BidSquid, an online marketplace for agricultural
Oceans Supercluster Makes Shortlist
The proposed oceans supercluster in Atlantic Canada is one of nine proposals shortlisted for the federal government’s $950 million Supercluster Initiative.
Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, was in Halifax on
Cohort 2 of Fredericton’s Export Igniter
Ignite Fredericton, the community economic development agency, is inviting Fredericton-based companies aiming to enter new markets to apply to the Export Igniter acceleration program.
Since the successful pilot program concluded in March 2017,
INovia, Afore in Swept’s US$2M Round
Fresh from the 500 Startups accelerator in California’s Silicon Valley, janitorial software-maker Swept has closed a US$2-million funding round, led by venture capital firms iNovia and Afore Capital.
Halifax-based Swept (formerly called
Jobs: Swept, HeyOrca, Remsoft
A pair of job postings from janitorial software producer Swept head up our Jobs of the Week column today.
Fresh with about C$2.5 million in new financing, Halifax-based Swept is growing and is looking for Directors of Customer Success and Project
Deshpande To Open GCEC Event
Famed entrepreneur and philanthropist Desh Deshpande will officially open the 2017 Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centres Conference on Friday at Dalhousie University in Halifax.
The consortium is a meeting place for university
Blue Solutions Contest Offers $200K
Entrants from around the world are being sought for a Nova Scotia competition designed to find solutions to ocean industry problems and offer about $200,000 in prize money.
The Blue Solutions Start-Up Challenge has been established by Innovacorp
Randell Wins EY’s Atlantic Award
Joe Randell, CEO of Chorus Aviation Inc., an organization that offers a full suite of aviation services, is this year’s EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2017 Atlantic winner.
“Joe has played a vital role shaping the landscape of the Canadian airline