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Extending our Survey Offer
We’re extending by two weeks our offer to make a $10 donation to the Canadian Mental Health Association for every completed survey we receive from Atlantic Canadian startup CEOs.
We’re delighted with the responses we’ve received so far in our
Genesis Seeks Evolution Applicants
Genesis, the Newfoundland and Labrador startup hub, is looking for applicants to the summer cohort of its eight-week Evolution accelerator, which will start in June.
Genesis bills Evolution as a “pre-incubator” course meant to prepare young
EnPoint CEO Brine Wins International Mentorship Award
Chantal Brine, CEO of Halifax-based mentorship software startup EnPoint, has won the Universal Women’s Network’s Women of Inspiration Mentorship Award.
Based in Calgary, the Universal Women’s Network is a global association for female executives
Irvings Donate $5M for SMU Entrepreneurship Centre
The Irving family of New Brunswick has donated $5 million to the Saint Mary’s University Entrepreneurship Centre, with the money going towards hastening an already underway expansion.
The project is also being renamed the Arthur L. Irving
Reazent Pursues Regulatory Approval, Raising Capital
Halifax-based Reazent has joined the P.E.I. BioAlliance’s Emergence startup incubator as it seeks regulatory approval to sell its sustainable fertilizer products in Canada and finishes raising a seed round.
Chief Executive Sumit Verma said in an
COAST Bags $2M Funding
The Victoria-based Centre for Ocean Applied Sustainable Technologies, or COAST, is getting a $2 million funding boost from the British Columbia government via its Innovative Clean Energy Fund.
Created in 2021 and operated by regional business group
Peter MacAskill Named Invest NS CEO
Invest Nova Scotia, the provincial agency formed from the amalgamation of Innovacorp and Nova Scotia Business Inc., has a president and CEO: NSBI veteran Peter MacAskill.
Since the merger last summer, Invest Nova Scotia has been headed by minister
Ocean Startup Project Launches Cleantech Competition
National industry group the Ocean Startup Project is seeking applicants to its new cleantech competition, held under a partnership with the municipalities of Port Alberni, BC, Rimouski, QC and Yarmouth, NS.
The Ocean Communities Climate Challenge
LaPlante Joining Ocean Supercluster
Reflecting on her four years as executive director of Dalhousie University’s DeepSense hub for artificial intelligence in the blue economy as she prepares for a move to Canada’s Ocean Supercluster, Jennifer LaPlante highlights her work giving
Dal Water Testing Research Gets Funding Boost
Research Nova Scotia is spending $1.1 million to continue a Dalhousie University wastewater testing program that used sewage to track the spread of COVID-19 during the depths of the pandemic.
Researchers from the Centre for Water Resources Studies,
Canada’s Growing Network of Bluetech Accelerators
In preparing our latest Canadian oceantech report, one thing that has been striking is the swift evolution of a national network of accelerators for early-stage oceantech startups.
Five years ago, any Canadian bluetech entrepreneur looking for a
Smart Energy Event Seeks Pitchers
Halifax-based conference organizer Jameson Group is looking for cleantech startups to compete in a pitch challenge at its 19th annual Smart Energy Event, attended by a roster of about 400 national delegates from the smart energy industry.
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