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Innovation Challenge To Be Held in Fredericton

  • Sep 02, 2024
  • Avery Mullen

In October, entrepreneurs, researchers and students will gather in Fredericton for the city’s Boost Ideation Camp, an innovation challenge aimed at finding solutions to problems related to population growth.

Backed by the University of New

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We’re off till Sept. 3

  • Aug 26, 2024
  • Peter Moreira

We just want to let everyone know we're taking our annual late-summer holiday this week.

Usually we take off the last week of August, so we'll be back with fresh news on Atlantic Canadian startups on Sept. 3.

Meanwhile, we'll be at the beach with

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Less than 4 Weeks Till Entrevestor Live

  • Aug 23, 2024
  • Peter Moreira

There are only three-and-a-half weeks left to register for Entrevestor Live, our annual event showcasing the best and the brightest in the Atlantic Canadian innovation community.

To be held Sept. 17 at Volta, this half-day conference highlights the

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B-Line Launches AI Assistant

  • Aug 23, 2024
  • Avery Mullen

B-Line Technologies, the Halifax maker of smart building technology, has launched a new AI assistant product to act as a building management hub and help operators find information quickly.

In an interview at the company’s offices in Halifax’s

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Dragon Breath Wins Volta Pitch Competition

  • Aug 23, 2024
  • Avery Mullen

Dragon Breath, a marketplace created by CEO Darsh Sinha for video game players to trade gaming equipment and in-game valuables, took first prize at Halifax startup hub Volta’s latest Virtual Pitch Competition this week.

The event offered budding

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Spellbook Launches Associate

  • Aug 22, 2024
  • Avery Mullen

Spellbook, the St. John’s legal software-maker that earlier this year raised US$20 million, announced Thursday it will expand its AI offerings with a new, agent-based product.

Artificial intelligence agents are tools that can be assigned tasks,

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Life Sciences NS Extends BioPort Pitching Deadline

  • Aug 22, 2024
  • Avery Mullen

Life Sciences Nova Scotia, the provincial industry group, has extended the deadline for startups to apply to pitch at BioPort Atlantic, the region’s main biotech conference — but only until this Friday.

Slated to be held September 18 and 19 at the

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Volta, Dal Launch New Program for AI Startups

  • Aug 20, 2024
  • Avery Mullen

Halifax innovation hub Volta’s new startup program for AI companies, a joint project with Dalhousie University, reflects an increased focus by the organization on using partnerships to maximize resources, CEO Matt Cooper said in an interview

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Pureflow Recognized by Genesis

  • Aug 19, 2024
  • Avery Mullen

Pureflow, which has developed a high-tech tampon capable of detecting toxic shock syndrome and other infections, was victorious at Newfoundland and Labrador startup hub Genesis’s Pitch & Pints competition for startups from its Evolution accelerator.

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QuickFacts Raises $2M

  • Aug 16, 2024
  • Avery Mullen

A year after its first major equity funding raise, Halifax-based QuickFacts has closed a $2 million oversubscribed round led by Sandpiper Ventures on the back of strong user growth.

Also among the round’s investors are Mark Dobbins’ Killick

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East Coast Startups Raised $77M in Q2

  • Aug 15, 2024
  • Avery Mullen

Three of the four Atlantic provinces continued a trend of weak fundraising performance in the second quarter, new data from the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association shows, but Newfoundland and Labrador helped salvage a

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SONA Acquired by Celero

  • Aug 13, 2024
  • Avery Mullen

Bedford, N.S.-based payment processing startup SONA has been acquired by Nashville's Celero Commerce for an undisclosed sum.

Founded in 2016 and previously called SonaPay, SONA makes payment processing systems, including hardware and software, for

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