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Pond Named to InnovateNB Hall of Fame

  • Nov 23, 2022
  • Peter Moreira

Gerry Pond, often hailed as the dean of the Atlantic Canadian startup community, has been recognized as the first inductee into the InnovateNB Hall of Fame.

The New Brunswick innovation community hosted its first InnovateNB event on Tuesday,

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NBIF Unveils $20M VC Strategy

  • Nov 22, 2022
  • Peter Moreira

The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation has unveiled a $20 million venture capital initiative to increase the amount of money available to scaling companies.

CEO Jeff White made the announcement during the InnovateNB Awards ceremony on Tuesday

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Startup Hiring Slows: Hankinson

  • Nov 21, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

As global venture capital markets continue their rapid contraction, the labour market for Atlantic Canadian startups could be facing a sea change.

Data from Halifax early-stage VC fund Concrete Ventures shows that for the first time since General

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NATO-Backed Tech Accelerator Proposed for Halifax

  • Nov 20, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

The federal government is proposing to make Halifax home to the North American headquarters of NATO's new Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic, or DIANA.

Created by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization , DIANA is meant to promote

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Eight Honoured with Digital NS Awards

  • Nov 20, 2022
  • Peter Moreira and Avery Mullen

Digital Nova Scotia on Thursday presented its Tech Forward Awards to individuals and organizations in eight categories, to recognize innovation, entrepreneurship and diversity in the tech industry.

The IT industry association for Nova Scotia for

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Picketa Launches LENS

  • Nov 17, 2022
  • Peter Moreira

Fredericton agtech company Picketa Systems has released its flagship product LENS, which allows agronomists and other agricultural professionals to analyze plant tissue in real-time in the field.

The company, which grew out of the University of New

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Shortlist for InnovateNB Awards Released

  • Nov 17, 2022
  • Peter Moreira

The organizers of the first InnovateNB Awards, which will be handed out at a gala in Saint John on Tuesday, have announced the shortlist.

The shortlist features three finalists in each of eight categories, which include such fields as diversity and

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PhotoDynamic Begins “Controlled Launch”

  • Nov 17, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

Halifax dental technology startup PhotoDynamic has hired a new CEO to steer the company through the commercialization process.

Ying Tam, whose last job was as managing director of health at Toronto startup hub MaRS Discovery District, succeeds

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Deloitte Recognizes Symbodi, Milk Moovement

  • Nov 16, 2022
  • Peter Moreira

Fredericton’s Symbodi and Halifax’s Milk Moovement were named to Deloitte Canada’s 2022 Companies To Watch list, after reporting revenue growth of 3,084 percent and 246 percent respectively over the past three years.

The global services company

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Jevon MacDonald’s New Startup

  • Nov 15, 2022
  • The serial entrepreneur and 2 Bay Area co-founders have launched Tier.

Jevon MacDonald, one of the pre-eminent tech entrepreneurs in the region, has launched a new venture after teaming up with two co-founders in the San Francisco area.

MacDonald, the former CEO of Manifold and GoInstant, earlier this year co-founded

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BIPOC entrepreneurs Asked to Pitch

  • Nov 15, 2022
  • Carol Moreira

The Black Startup Project is inviting BIPOC entrepreneurs in Atlantic Canada to submit a two-minute video pitch on which they will receive personalized feedback from Black mentors, entrepreneurs, facilitators, and industry allies.

The top five

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PragmaClin Readies Trials

  • Nov 15, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

St. John’s-based PragmaClin Research is preparing to test its system for monitoring Parkinson’s Disease patients in both Newfoundland and Labrador and Britain on the back of raising more than $1 million of non-dilutive funding since its founding.

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