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Tribe’s Black Entrepreneurship Program

  • Feb 27, 2022
  • Peter Moreira

Tribe Network has opened applications and nominations for its Black Entrepreneurship Program, which provides support for Black entrepreneurs and business owners in Atlantic Canada.

Founded in 2021 by CEO Alfred Burgesson, Tribe Network, has

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Lab2Market Oceans Seeks Applicants

  • Feb 27, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

Applicants are being sought for the third oceans cohort of the Lab2Market technology accelerator, which helps researchers commercialize their work.

Hosted by Dalhousie, Ryerson, Memorial and University of Manitoba, Lab2Market provides training and

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Launching our 2021 Startup Survey

  • Feb 24, 2022
  • Peter Moreira

Today we are launching our survey to capture data on the Atlantic Canadian startup community in 2021, and we’re asking all founders in the region to take a few minutes to complete the 13-question survey.

We know how busy people are, so we have kept

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Volta Seeks Cohort Applicants

  • Feb 24, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

Halifax startup hub Volta is looking for applicants to its Volta Cohort accelerator and pitch competition, which is held twice a year.

Applicants will pitch their early stage technology companies to a panel of judges, and up to five winners will

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PLATO Buys Saskatchewan’s ITC

  • Feb 24, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

Fredericton’s PLATO Testing, an indigenous-led IT services and training company, has bought Saskatchewan-based Information Technology Consultants, or ITC, with the aim of expanding its presence in the prairie provinces.

Founded 25 years ago and

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UNB to Head Cybersecurity Innovation Network

  • Feb 23, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

The University of New Brunswick’s National Cybersecurity Consortium, or NCC, will head up the newly created Cyber Security Innovation Network in a deal worth at least $160 million.

The NCC has already secured commitments of $80 million from the

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NPC Funds Impactful Health, Smallfood

  • Feb 23, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

Industry group Natural Products Canada, or NPC has announced that two Atlantic Canadian companies are among those receiving a total $2.8 million of funding for product commercialization.

The two Nova Scotia companies are Dartmouth’s Impactful

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Van Bommel Retires from BDC

  • Feb 22, 2022
  • Peter Moreira

About two decades ago, a young venture capital investor named Tony Van Bommel was attending an event in Fredericton showcasing technology developed at the University of New Brunswick, when something caught his eye.

Having just joined the VC team at

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Startup Zone Announces New Programs

  • Feb 22, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

Charlottetown innovation hub Startup Zone has announced two entrepreneurial education programs as part of its new Startup School initiative, which will focus on encouraging participants to “learn by doing.”

The two programs are called Startup

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COVE Study Finds Electrification Opportunity

  • Feb 22, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

A study commissioned by the provincial government and carried out by Dartmouth’s Centre for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship has found that Nova Scotia may enjoy comparative advantage in the world of electric boats.

The study, Nova Scotia's

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Marecomms Moves Into Commercialization Phase

  • Feb 21, 2022
  • Peter Moreira

Dartmouth-based bluetech company Marecomms is launching the commercialization phase of its evolution now that it has demonstrated its underwater communications system can work over two kilometres in shallow water.

Last Thursday, the company

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Nine Pitch at Volta Democamp

  • Feb 21, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

Halifax startup hub Volta held its annual Democamp Wednesday, playing host to a roster of mostly software-focused startups.

The event was held virtually and gave nine entrepreneurs the chance to expound on how their innovations work and their value

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