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Ready2Launch Demo Day Sept. 22

  • Sep 08, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

Dalhousie University will hold a demo day for the third cohort of its Ready2Launch accelerator September 22.

The three-month program for technology-based ventures was held virtually this year and wrapped up Aug. 26. It was open to undergraduate,

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B4Checkin and Maestro PMS to Integrate Products

  • Sep 07, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

Halifax payment processing specialist B4Checkin's TransForm technology will be incorporated into Ontario-based Maestro PMS’s property management software for hotels.

B4Checkin, which does business as b4, sells browser-based software to process

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Rally Integrates OpenAI

  • Sep 06, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

Rally, the St. John’s maker of process automation software for law firms, is incorporating technology from San Francisco artificial intelligence non-profit OpenAI into its software platform to help lawyers draft contracts.

Spellbook is Rally’s new

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Entrevestor Live Set for Oct. 20

  • Sep 05, 2022
  • Peter Moreira

We’re delighted to announce that our second annual Entrevestor Live event will be held on the afternoon of Oct. 20, and it will be hybrid so you can attend live or online.

Showcasing some of the most successful startups in the region, we launched

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Ocean Tracking Network Receives $38.5M

  • Sep 05, 2022
  • Carol Moreira

A Halifax-based network that tracks ocean health has received almost $39 million in funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation. The money will help with tracking important aquatic species impacted by climate change.

The Ocean Tracking

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The Spark: Igniting Conversations Series Returns

  • Sep 05, 2022
  • Carol Moreira

The second annual session of The Spark: Igniting Conversations series will focus on growing entrepreneurship in the African Nova Scotian community, introducing new entrepreneurs to seasoned ones to share how to build successful businesses.

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BioNova Unveils BIC Short List

  • Aug 25, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

Nova Scotia life sciences industry group BioNova has chosen eight semi-finalists for its annual BioInnovation Challenge, with $55,000 of funding and in-kind services up for grabs.

Now in its twelfth year, the pitching competition will be held

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Venn Garage Adds Startups

  • Aug 25, 2022
  • Carol Moreira

Three early-stage New Brunswick startups have entered the Venn Garage incubator program, after being selected from the open pitch competition in July.

As a resident Garage startup, the new companies will receive a hotdesk at the Junction, Venn’s

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Couryah Launches Apps

  • Aug 25, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

Couryah, the Halifax-based food delivery service, has launched a trio of apps to replace its web platform and accommodate more users on the back of pandemic-era growth.

Couryah differs from other delivery industry players like Uber Eats and

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Planet Hatch Newcomer Pitch Competition This Friday

  • Aug 24, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

Fredericton entrepreneurship hub Planet Hatch will hold its first Newcomer and International Student pitch competition, which has a total prize purse worth $10,000 on Friday.

Scheduled for Aug. 26, the competition will include two streams: an idea

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Maritime Launch Finalizes Land Lease

  • Aug 23, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

Maritime Launch Services has finalized the Crown land lease for its planned spaceport near Canso, Nova Scotia, paving the way for an inaugural rocket launch next year.

The lease is for 334.5 acres near the Chedabucto Bay and will last 20 years,

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Modest Tree Inks Space Force Deal

  • Aug 21, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

Modest Tree, a Halifax-based maker of extended-reality software, has won a contract with the United States Space Force, the extra-planetary branch of the country’s armed forces.

The company earned the deal by participating in the Space Force’s

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