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Seven Pitch at Volta, CDL Investor Day
Seven companies pitched at Halifax startup hub Volta’s spring Investment Day event Tuesday, which it hosted in collaboration with accelerator Creative Destruction Lab Atlantic.
The event gave pre-vetted seed-stage and Series A companies the chance
Atlantic BIOCON May 28-30
Atlantic BIOCON, the industry gathering for life sciences, will be held at the Sobey School of Business at Saint Mary’s University this May 28 to 30, with presenters from the startup community including Aruna Revolution and Dispersa, among others.
Ocean Startup Project Seeks Idea Challenge Applicants
The national industry group Ocean Startup Project is looking for applicants to Ocean Idea Challenge, which offers young companies up to $7,000 of funding, as well as training and support services.
The Idea Challenge is a milestone-based accelerator
Join Us in Fredericton June 20
It's with great pleasure that we announce that Entrevestor's 2023 Atlantic Canada Startup Data Report will be launched June 20 in a presentation at the Wu Conference Centre at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton.
We're delighted to team
CareerBeacon Announces Bursaries
Moncton-based online recruitment and talent management website CareerBeacon has announced a set of 10 bursaries worth a combined $25,000 for first-year post-secondary students, including $10,000 earmarked specifically for students in the trades.
Planetary Cracks XPRIZE Top 20
Halifax-based Planetary Technologies has cracked the top 20 finalists for the US$100 million Carbon Removal XPRIZE startup competition, building on a prior, $1 million interim award the company won in 2022.
Founded in Ottawa in 2019, Planetary has
Frenter Signs Integration Deal With Ontario’s Texada
California- and Halifax-based Frenter has signed a deal to incorporate its maintenance and analytics software for heavy equipment into Ontario-based Texada’s equipment business management platform.
Founded in 1984, Texada sells SaaS software for
Propel Announces 12 Traction and Growth Startups
Virtual startup accelerator Propel has announced 12 businesses joining the spring cohort of its Traction and Growth accelerator for scaling companies.
Traction and Growth is meant for startups with more developed operations than those in Propel’s
Wilkinson Launches Venture Camp
A young St. John’s founder is launching an entrepreneurship camp to teach kids the basics of running a startup, with the help of counsellors hired from Memorial University’s business school.
Vivienne Wilkinson, aged 13, is the creator of Venture
Aging Proactively Completes Tourism Pilot
At the Tourism Industry Association of Nova Scotia, a newly completed pilot project has been innovating in the field of human resources, with the help of a group of longstanding startup community members.
Aging Proactively is the Canadian affiliate
Lab2Market Validate Seeks Applicants
Dalhousie University and the University of New Brunswick are looking for applicants to their 16-week Lab2Market Validate startup program this fall.
Aimed at scientific researchers looking to evaluate the market potential of their work, the program
Springboard Receives $9.8M from ACOA
Springboard Atlantic, an industry network that aims to foster the commercialization of research, including by helping young businesses develop intellectual property strategies, is receiving $9.8 million of operating funding over the next three years