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L2M-NSERC Fall Applications Open
Researchers are invited to apply for Lab2Market-NSERC, Canada’s first national research commercialization program.
Lab2Market, a program developed by several universities to commercialize research, has partnered with the Natural Sciences and
Innovasea Unveils Tagless Fish Detection
Boston-based Innovasea has begun testing a new tagless technology that can detect, count and classify fish in real time using a combination of imaging sonar, optical cameras and artificial intelligence.
The technology has been shown in early
Drinkable Opening Pre-Orders, Raising $350K
Halifax’s Drinkable Water is opening pre-orders for its on-the-spot water quality testing device with deliveries scheduled to begin next April.
The launch comes as Drinkable looks to raise a $350,000 funding round to extend its runway while Chief
Halibut PEI Sold to Norwegian Investors
Halibut P.E.I., a fish farm that had been leaning heavily on innovative, land-based aquaculture techniques, has been bought by Norway’s Amar Group four months after filing for bankruptcy.
The Norwegian private equity company, which specializes in
JEDI Names Stanley Barnaby CEO
The Joint Economic Development Initiative, an Indigenous organization that backs First Nations industry and entrepreneurs, has made acting CEO Stanley Barnaby’s job permanent.
Barnaby, 33, is already a JEDI veteran. He joined as an intern in 2015
Tribe Network Readies Roadshow
Tribe Network, which is a support organization for Black entrepreneurs and business owners in Atlantic Canada, is commencing its first Black Start-Up Project Roadshow — a series of networking events for Entrepreneurs of Colour.
With tour dates
Innovation District Showcases IdeaHUB
The Halifax Innovation District has just posted an article on its website showcasing the Emera IdeaHUB – Dalhousie University’s incubator for hardware startups – and one of its resident companies, OceanSync Data Solutions.
The article – written by
For Life Sciences Labour, Look to Upskilling: Observers
Atlantic Canada’s life sciences startups face a labour crunch possibly even more complex than the one gripping the information technology sector, but short-term training and upskilling programs could offer a partial solution, observers say.
Vivian
Maritime Launch Goes Public on Specialist Exchange
Commercial spaceflight startup Maritime Launch Services has completed its reverse takeover of now-defunct merchant bank Jaguar Financial Corp., and in a departure from common practice, listed its shares on Toronto’s specialist NEO Exchange for
Zen Bikes Bags $100K from SDTC
Halifax’s Zen Electric Bikes, which works with prominent Dalhousie University battery scientist Jeff Dahn, has won $100,000 of non-dilutive funding from Sustainable Development Technology Canada, or SDTC.
Founded last year by battery scientists and
Barcelona to Host Ocean Council HQ
In a deal that aims to make Barcelona a leading hub for the Blue Economy, the World Ocean Council has agreed that the 2022 Sustainable Ocean Summit and inaugural Global Blue Finance Summit will be held in Barcelona.
The agreement with Barcelona
PEI’s PayTic Raises $2.95M
Charlottetown-based PayTic, whose product streamlines the back-office operations of payment companies, has raised $2.95 million in its initial funding round.
The company, which had previously been in stealth mode, issued its first press release on