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BreatheSuite in Lazaridis Program

  • Nov 07, 2021
  • Peter Moreira

St. John’s-based BreatheSuite, whose products help people to use their inhalers properly, has been accepted into the seventh cohort of the prestigious Lazaridis ScaleUp program.

The Lazaridis Institute for the Management of Technology Enterprises,

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Granville Partners on DNA Swab

  • Nov 04, 2021
  • Avery Mullen

Granville Biomedical, the St. John’s-based maker of medical testing swabs, has formed a partnership with Toronto’s Inagene Diagnostics to develop a cheek swab for testing patients’ DNA and determining which medications are most compatible with their

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Mysa Raises $20M, Focuses on Marketing

  • Nov 03, 2021
  • Avery Mullen

St. John’s-based Mysa Smart Thermostat has raised a $20.3 million Series B funding round to scale up its marketing and finance an international expansion.

The deal was led by Cycle Capital Management, a cleantech-focused venture capital fund based

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Innovacorp Calls for GreenShoots Applicants

  • Nov 03, 2021
  • Avery Mullen

Innovacorp has put out a call for applicants to its GreenShoots funding and mentorship program, which will offer six agtech, biotech or cleantech companies up to $40,000 in grants.

The competition is run by Innovacorp, the Nova Scotia Innovation

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Spark Winners Focus on Health, Cleantech

  • Nov 02, 2021
  • Avery Mullen

The annual Spark Nova Scotia startup competition has awarded five-figure cash prizes to 10 startups, with a strong focus this year on medtech and cleantech innovation.

The 10 companies received a combined $375,000, with the top two bagging $50,000

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Densitas Expands Into Guyana

  • Nov 01, 2021
  • Avery Mullen

Halifax’s Densitas has inked a deal with nonprofit RAD-AID International to deploy its intelliMammo AI mammography software at a hospital in Guyana, where the country’s government runs a publicly funded screening program aimed at combatting rising

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Swiftsure Raises $1.05M

  • Nov 01, 2021
  • Avery Mullen

Swiftsure Innovations, the Pasadena, NL-based startup developing a device for cleaning the mouths and throats of people on ventilators, has raised $1.05 million in an oversubscribed seed round.

The round’s backers included Threshold Impact, Killick

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Sonrai Security Raises US$50M

  • Oct 31, 2021
  • Peter Moreira

Sonrai Security has closed a US$50 million (C$61.9 million) Series C funding round, meaning the New York- and Fredericton-based cloud security company has now raised US$88 million in less than three years.

Sonrai issued a press release last week

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Jobs: Future of Hockey Lab

  • Oct 31, 2021
  • Peter Moreira

The Future of Hockey Lab in Halifax is looking for a Chief Program Officer, which headlines our Job of the Week column today.

The Future of Hockey Lab says it is the first social innovation lab in the world working to solve access in the sport of

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Vertically Integrated Cannabis Coming to NSLC

  • Oct 28, 2021
  • Avery Mullen

Mount Uniacke, NS-based cannabis grower Jazz Cabbage will have its product listed in NSLC Cannabis stores starting in November, making it the first vertically integrated marijuana cultivator to sell its product legally in Nova Scotia.

The company

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Harbr Launches Fintech, Raising $5M

  • Oct 27, 2021
  • Avery Mullen

Nearing the close of a $5 million equity raise, Halifax fintech and construction management startup Harbr is running about six pilot projects as co-founders Dave Kim and Jeff and Ashley Kielbratowski prepare to formally launch their new product at

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SnapAP Builds Out Marketing Team

  • Oct 26, 2021
  • Avery Mullen

Moncton-based fintech startup SnapAP has hired four new executives to help it scale up its marketing efforts as it looks to transition from growth via direct sales to a business model more focused on marketing.

Roshni Wijayasinha, who will become

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