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TrojAI Raises $3M Seed Round

  • Jan 04, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

In the wake of commercializing its product last summer, Saint John cybersecurity firm TrojAI has raised a $3 million seed round led by Halifax’s Build Ventures and Seattle’s Flying Fish Ventures, which was co-founded by former Microsoft, Amazon and

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Dal Offers Entrepreneurship Workshop

  • Jan 04, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

Dalhousie University’s Dal Innovates entrepreneurship hub will offer a three-day workshop about how to apply entrepreneurial thinking to scientific research and career planning in academia.

Slated to run from Jan. 26 to 28, the

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What To Watch for in 2022

  • Jan 03, 2022
  • Peter Moreira

Every year at this time, we pull out the crystal ball and try to see what the next twelve months may bring, and I’ve got to say the glass orb is a little cloudy for 2022.

I try not to write predictions in the first article of the year, because it’s

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Last Call for Bluetech Surveys

  • Jan 03, 2022
  • Peter Moreira

We’re making one last call for Canadian oceantech founders to complete our 2021 survey, which will help us produce our first report on the Canadian oceantech sector.

We’re really pleased with the responses we have received so far, but we could use

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Our Story of the Year

  • Dec 22, 2021
  • Peter Moreira

I believe that one day we’ll look back on 2021 as the year in which the Atlantic Canadian startup cluster began giving back to the governments that have supported it.

From our standpoint, the story of the year in 2021 was the governments of Canada,

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Happy Holidays to all our Readers!

  • Dec 22, 2021
  • Carol and 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. 4. 

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

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MCE Enriches Woodward Cup

  • Dec 21, 2021
  • Peter Moreira

The Memorial Centre for Entrepreneurship is adding two awards to its annual Woodward Cup competition, including one that aims to increase participation by women and non-binary students.

The entrepreneurship hub at Memorial University of

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Halifax’s Rockwood Claims NZ Prize

  • Dec 21, 2021
  • Carol Moreira

Halifax-based geriatrician, academic, and founder Kenneth Rockwood has been awarded the 2021 Ryman Prize, which is worth NZ$250,000, or C$218,000, for his work on behalf of older adults.

The grant recognizes the Dalhousie professor’s more than 30

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Ring Rescue Inks US Distribution Deal

  • Dec 20, 2021
  • Avery Mullen

Dartmouth’s Ring Rescue, which now sells its system for removing stuck jewelry in eight countries, has inked a distribution deal with fire and emergency supplies distributor Team Equipment to make its product available to more than 200 sellers in

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Fraser Calls 2021 Transformational

  • Dec 19, 2021
  • Peter Moreira

Malcolm Fraser is categorizing 2021 as an “unbelievable” year for Innovacorp, highlighted by the $104 million exit from Meta Materials Inc., the largest exit in the venture capital agency’s history.

In a year-end interview, the CEO of the Nova

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Four Eyes Prepares for Series A

  • Dec 16, 2021
  • Avery Mullen

In the wake of doubling both its team and its client count over the last 18 months, Saint John regulatory software startup Four Eyes Financial is hiring another five people and preparing for a Series A funding round in early 2022.

The 31-person

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Supercluster Announces Two Projects for $3.6M

  • Dec 15, 2021
  • Avery Mullen

Canada’s Ocean Supercluster has announced a pair of new projects worth a combined $3.6 million -- one to remotely monitor work being conducted at offshore sites and one to develop risk assessment and crisis management strategies.

The remote

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