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Dal Announces 17 Launch Teams
Dalhousie University and national research commercialization accelerator Lab2Market have announced the 17 teams participating in their latest Launch accelerator for researchers looking to commercialize their work, as well as a new summer
Strong Growth Continues at Kraken
St. John’s-based Kraken Robotics has extended its run of strong sales growth, the company announced Wednesday, reporting its best-ever financial results for the first quarter with revenue up 175 per cent compared to the same period last year.
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Train With Me Wins at Volta Pitch Competition
Sports- and fitness-focused social media startup Train With Us won Halifax startup hub Volta’s quarterly Virtual Pitch Competition on Wednesday.
Founded by athletics entrepreneur David Rafuse, who holds a degree in kinetics from St. Francis Xavier
Invest Nova Scotia, ACOA Seek Oceans Companies
Invest Nova Scotia, the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and their partners are seeking oceantech companies to co-exhibit with a Canadian government contingent at the OCEANS 2024 conference in Halifax this fall.
Slated to be held Sept. 23 to
Entrevestor Live Returns Sept. 17
We're thrilled to announce that Entrevestor Live -- the only conference dedicated exclusively to Atlantic Canada's greatest startup successes -- will return for a fourth year this autumn, packing a superb program of speakers into a single
Supercluster Backs Supply Chains, Propulsion, Climatetech
Canada’s Ocean Supercluster has announced a trio of new projects worth $14.2 million: one developing electric propulsion technology, one to help optimize maritime supply chains and one to study kelp’s role in carbon sequestration and marine
eOceans Nominated for Earthshot Prize
A Nova Scotia research startup is in the running for an international environmental prize worth more than C$1.7 million.
Halifax-based eOceans has been chosen by McGill University to compete in Prince William’s Earthshot Prize, which awards five
STEED’S, Pilot X Victorious at Innovate and Elevate
A combined bed and bottle feeder for puppies and a transportation and courier marketplace were the victors of Thursday’s Innovate and Elevate virtual pitch competition from Halifax-based Tribe Network.
STEED’S Baby Bottle Bed Founder Rosalind Steed
Genesis Extends Evolution Deadline
Genesis, the Newfoundland and Labrador startup hub, has extended the deadline to apply for the Summer 2024 cohort of its 10-week Evolution accelerator to June 7.
Genesis bills Evolution as a “pre-incubator” course meant to prepare young companies
Life Sciences NS Names Grant CEO
Industry group Life Sciences Nova Scotia has named a new CEO: Doris Grant, previously its Vice President of Business Development and Strategy.
Grant has worked in the industry for nearly 30 years and held private sector, public sector and academic
Hope Blooms Plans Green Mobile Music Studio
A Halifax social venture is giving youths the chance to participate in community development initiatives while enjoying a taste of entrepreneurship.
Launched in 2008, Hope Blooms works with teenagers in the city’s historically diverse North End to
Atlantic Startups Raised $35M of VC in Q1
Atlantic startups have posted their weakest first quarter fundraising performance since the depths of the pandemic, according to new data from the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association, though Newfoundland and Labrador is a bright