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Entrevestor Offering Media Relations for Startups
Entrevestor principal Peter Moreira, in partnership with startup hub Volta, is offering a virtual presentation of his popular Media Relations for Startups talk.
Dealing with the media can be daunting, confusing but ultimately rewarding for
CEO Hall Buys MindSea
MindSea Development has been acquired by Reuben Hall, who has served as the CEO of the Halifax-based mobile apps developer for the last two years.
Hall is buying the company for an undisclosed price from Bill Wilson, who founded MindSea in 2007 and
Region Raised $90M in VC in 2020
Atlantic Canada in 2020 recorded its weakest venture capital performance in at least five years and its best year ever in private equity, says the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association.
The national organization released its 2020
NS Aims to Boost Computer Science
The Province of Nova Scotia is spending $16.8 million to allow four Nova Scotia universities to expand and improve their computer science programs.
In a statement, the province said COVID-19 has accelerated digital adaptation and that producing
2K Agrees To Buy HB Studios
HB Studios, a Lunenburg, NS, gaming studio with a staff of about 80, has agreed to be acquired by New York-based Take-Two Interactive Software for an undisclosed price.
Take-Two, which is listed on the Nasdaq with a valuation of almost US$20
Female Founders Sought for Pitch Event
Halifax-based Innovation hub Volta is inviting applications for its Women Taking over the World with Tech pitch competition.
The contest is for founders identifying as female working within the Atlantic Canadian tech ecosystem and offers feedback
Natural Products Canada Launches $50M Fund
A new $50 million investment fund has been launched by Natural Products Canada Ventures to invest in early-stage Canadian companies developing naturally derived alternatives to synthetic products.
NPC Ventures has secured a non-binding term sheet
SkillsHawk Celebrates Strong Start
St. John’s-based SkillsHawk – the new name for Creatros Technologies – is reporting strong sales of its talent-mining technology more than three months after its official launch.
The company came together more than four years ago at Memorial
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Stephanie Arnold’s path to entrepreneurship has included not just a business degree, but also a PhD program, a rotating house and Prince Edward Island’s most famous export.
The environmental sciences PhD candidate and researcher
Modest Tree Releases Xplorer 2.0
Halifax-based immersive technology specialist Modest Tree on Tuesday announced the launch of Xplorer 2.0, the latest iteration of its extended reality enterprise software.
Modest Tree’s Xplorer solution allows the use of extended reality (XR) – a
ClearRisk Raises $3.3M in Growth Capital
St. John’s-based ClearRisk, which provides risk-management software, is hoping to accelerate its recent 30 percent annual growth rate on the back of a $2.5 million round of growth capital and a few landmark sales.
The company said Monday its bank
23 New Teams Join Lab2Market
Twenty-three teams from 11 universities have been accepted into the Winter 2021 cohort of Lab2Market at Dalhousie University – the biggest representation of institutions in the program’s history.
Modeled on I-Corps in the U.S. and ICURe in the