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Iron Fox Fast Off the Line

  • Jan 04, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

In the space of just eight months, Charlottetown video game developer Iron Fox Games has grown to have a staff of 21 people and is already running in the black.

Founded by industry veterans Ryan Filsinger and Chris Gallant, who previously developed

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Invest NS Seeks Early Stage Commercialization Applicants

  • Jan 04, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Invest Nova Scotia is looking for applicants to its Early Stage Commercialization Fund for university research, rolling over a program from the days of Innovacorp.

The fund offers startups up to $50,000 for assessing their products’ market

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UNB to Build Health Innovation Centre

  • Jan 04, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

The University of New Brunswick will build a new, $38 million Health and Social Innovation Centre at its Saint John campus as part of the provincial government’s larger bid to revamp its flagging healthcare system with the help of innovative

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Digital Nova Scotia Launches Regional Upskilling

  • Jan 04, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

In a bid to address the structural factors that observers have said contributed to 2022’s innovation economy labour shortage, industry group Digital Nova Scotia is spearheading a new information technology jobs training program across the four

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Springboard Launches Atlantic IP

  • Jan 02, 2023
  • Peter Moreira

Springboard Atlantic has announced that it will lead Atlantic IP, the regional component of a new federal program that will help entrepreneurs develop, leverage and protect their intellectual property.

The federal government unveiled its Elevate IP

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Happy Holidays to All our Readers!

  • Dec 23, 2022
  • Peter Moreira

As we do each year, we're taking off the week between Christmas and New Year's. So this is our last day of publishing until Jan. 3. 

It's been a fantastic year, and we would like to thank all our readers and clients for making it so great. In 2022,

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Our Top Atlantic Innovation Stories of 2022

  • Dec 22, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

The past year has been one of significant change for the East Coast startup ecosystem, as a tumultous global economy made its presence felt in Atlantic Canada. Here’s a look back at some of the biggest innovation stories of 2022:

Many

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TechNL Unveils Hub for Remote Operations

  • Dec 21, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

Industry group TechNL has announced the creation of a new innovation hub in Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador, for companies with remote operations.

The project is funded jointly by the federal government via the Atlantic Canada Opportunities

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Highlights of Entrevestor Live

  • Dec 21, 2022
  • Peter Moreira

We launched Entrevestor Live last year to showcase the best and the brightest of Atlantic Canadian startups, and now we've produced a video to highlight some of these companies. 

If you didn't have an opportunity to join us on October 20, this is

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Fostering Indigenous Participation in Oceans

  • Dec 20, 2022
  • Carol Moreira

Canada’s Ocean Supercluster, or OSC,  has announced its Two-Eyed Seeing initiative, which aims to promote Indigenous participation in Canada’s ocean economy.

The national group, which is based in Atlantic Canada, said in a statement the initiative

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Bluetech: Ashored Raises US$1M from Builders Vision

  • Dec 19, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

Bedford, N.S.-based Ashored Innovations has raised US$1 million (C$1.36 million) from the Californian  Builders Vision impact fund as part of a larger seed round.

The funding comes as Ashored, which sells fishing gear designed to reduce accidental

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Vector Institute Highlights TrojAI

  • Dec 19, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

TrojAI, the Saint John maker of cybersecurity software for artificial intelligence systems, has become the only Atlantic Canadian startup to make the Toronto-based Vector Institute’s inaugural AI20 for 2023 -- a list of startups to watch next year.

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