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Founder Institute to Launch in KW
The Founder Institute, which aims to mentor idea-stage entrepreneurs, will hold an introductory session for anyone interested in joining the program in the Waterloo Region. The session will take place at 6:30 pm on Thursday, Jan. 14, at the
Athletigen Raises US$1.55M in VC
Halifax-based sports genetics company Athletigen Technologies Inc. has raised more than C$2 million to help to fund the growth of its flagship product, the Athletigen Performance Platform.
The company said in a statement today that the financing
TranQool To Launch Mental Health App
The treatment for mental health issues often involves particular difficulties we rarely hear about, and a Toronto-based startup called TranQool is hoping it’s found a way to alleviate them.
Just finding the right therapist is a challenge, and the
Jobs of the Week: The Latest Postings
Entrevestor and Qimple have launched the Entrevestor Job Board, which helps to match job openings and candidates in the tech and startup communities.
Today we’re featuring the latest posts on the board from companies based in Toronto, Halifax and
Holiday Wishes to All our Readers!
What a year it’s been! The tech and innovation communities in our markets have been on fire and we’ve had the joy of chronicling it for all of you.
From the Breakthru competition in New Brunswick to Innovation Week in St. John’s to several
MTEI Teams Focus on Africa
Three students at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax are toiling away on a social venture that could soon help improve education in Africa.
SeeMePly is a nascent company dedicated to simplifying the process of finding and applying to private
An NS Teen Tackles E. coli
Three media interviews, basketball practice, schoolwork—this is a typical week in Rachel Brouwer’s life.
The 14-year-old also needs to fit in time for her own project: a water pasteurization system she created which kills 100 percent of E. coli in
Farewell to Allison Sparling
Allison Sparling is leaving Halifax and has bid a thoughtful adieu to the city on her website.
Sparling is a 25-year-old blogger, community organizer and communications specialist who has tried to make a go of it in her native Halifax, but the
A Business Founded on Resilience
Workplace stress is a common cause of mental illness and distress. A Halifax venture is working to protect the health of workers by increasing their emotional toughness.
The Atlantic Institute for Resilience was founded last year by psychiatrist
QRA Working With Lockheed Martin
QRA Corp announced Tuesday it has begun to provide Lockheed Martin engineers with an advanced early-stage systems verification solution for the development of increasingly complex cyber-physical designs.
QRA helps machine manufacturers to detect
SageCrowd, Dal to Study E-Learning
SageCrowd, the Halifax startup that enhances corporate training, has partnered with the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at Dalhousie University to research the effects of training methods on online learning.
This study, funded by an
Ending the Atrocity of Sweat Stains
Chanakya Ramdev got the idea for SweatFree Apparel when he had to trudge to work each day in the sweltering heat of Hong Kong.
During his coop work term with the University of Waterloo’s alumni office in Hong Kong last year, he would arrive at
