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Mature Entrepreneurs, Immigrants Make Strong Showing at Propel
Immigrant founders and veteran entrepreneurs are making a strong showing among remote startup accelerator Propel’s resident companies, as the organization mobilizes to meet spiking demand for its services.
Founders over the age of 40 will make up
A Note to New Founders
If you founded or co-founded a startup in Atlantic Canada in 2022, this note is addressed to you.
We're adding new startups to our databank and we want to make sure we have as many new companies as possible, including those still in stealth mode.
Innovation PEI Funds 5 Companies
Five startups received grants of $25,000 each from Innovation PEI last fall as part of its Ignition Fund, the agency has announced.
Launched in 2014, the fund has so far backed 80 companies. Several of this round of recipients, including Jems
Pressto Opens Early Access for Classroom AI
Pressto, the New York- and Halifax-based maker of edtech software, has opened early access to its artificial intelligence system for teachers.
The system offers teachers personalized prompts for their students, as well as generating lesson plans,
Cascadia Seaweed Eyes $10M Raise
Having refocused its business on products for farmers, Cascadia Seaweed is setting out this year to raise about $10 million to fund a bioprocessing plant and the exponential growth of its seaweed production.
The Sidney, BC-based company, which
Smallfood Receives Food Innovation Network Investment
Halifax-based Smallfood is one of eight Canadian startups to receive a combined $2.5 million of funding from industry group the Canadian Food Innovation Network.
Smallfood is taking home $98,932, just seven months after the company and one of its
Kognitiv Spark, ACOA Fund AR Lab
The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and Kognitiv Spark, the Fredericton maker of augmented reality software, will jointly fund a new augmented reality lab at the University of New Brunswick.
Dubbed the Spatial Computing Education, Training &
Four Atlantic Companies Receive SDTC Grants
Four Atlantic Canadian startups are among a group of 25 companies nationally to receive funding from Sustainable Development Technology Canada to develop cleantech or circular economy products.
The federal agency thia week announced grants of
SMU Seeks Startups to Pitch at VCIC
The Sobey School of Business at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax will host this year’s Canadian edition of the Venture Capital Investment Competition on March 3 and is calling for startups to participate.
The VCIC is an international competition
Milk Moovement Countersues Dairy LLC
Halifax’s Milk Moovement is embroiled in a trade secrets and antitrust legal battle in the United States with one of its competitors, Texas-based Dairy LLC.
Milk Moovement, which last summer raised a US$20 million Series A funding round, was sued
Planet Hatch Offers Accelerator for Immigrant Entrepreneurs
Fredericton startup hub Planet Hatch has opened applications for its Business Immigrant Essentials Accelerator, which promises entrepreneurship training tailored to the specific needs of new Canadians.
The five-week program will offer participants
MIMOSA CEO Cross Receives Toronto Star Nod
Dr. Karen Cross, the CEO of Volta resident company MIMOSA Diagnostics, has made The Toronto Star’s list of fourteen Canadian entrepreneurs to watch this year.
Cross, a native of Newfoundland and Labrador who is now based in Halifax, is a plastic