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McCain Invests $30M in GoodLeaf
Vertical farm operator GoodLeaf Farms has received a $30 million investment from McCain Foods, which will allow it to build two more Canadian farms this year.
The company was launched several years ago in Truro, NS, as TruLeaf by serial
Torchlight Lends Meta US$10M
Metamaterial Inc. is borrowing US$10 million from Plano, Texas-based oil and gas producer Torchlight Energy Resources, the company it hopes to merge with in the coming months.
Meta, as the Dartmouth company is known, announced in the autumn that it
Supercluster Unveils Aquaculture Project
Canada’s Ocean Supercluster has announced a $27 million project that will help improve the aquaculture industry through data analytics and increased connectivity.
The group that supports the country’s ocean economy issued a statement on Thursday
Talkatoo in Google Accelerator
Halifax-based Talkatoo is one of four Canadian startups accepted into the first cohort of the Google for Startups Accelerator: Voice AI.
Google announced this week that 12 North American companies would attend the 10-week accelerator, which aims to
Arolytics Lands $710K in Funding
Halifax- and Calgary-based Arolytics, whose software helps oil and gas companies track their methane emissions, has raised $710,000 in equity financing, which the company says will help it to scale quickly.
The company issued a statement saying it
Clever Fruit Adds Directors
Having raised more than $400,000 in equity funding, Halifax’s Clever Fruit Products has announced new directors to its board who it says will add top-flight expertise and connections.
The company, which is developing new berry-based food
Lab2Market Seeks Oceans Applicants
Applicants are being sought for the oceans cohort of the Lab2Market program, which helps researchers commercialize their research.
Hosted by Dalhousie, Ryerson, and Memorial Universities, Lab2Market provides training and support to teams
Website Aims to Educate Leaders
Enable Leaders, a new website designed to teach users how to be better leaders, has been launched by Moncton-based Jonathan Dunnett.
Dunnett, a program manager specializing in marketing insights at Venn Innovation, is curating content that is
Volta Cohort Looking for Applicants
Volta is looking for Atlantic Canadian startups to compete at the next Volta Cohort pitching competition, which will provide as many as five companies with $25,000 each.
The Halifax-based innovation hub holds the competition every six months,
Somru Partners with Indian Lab
Charlottetown-based Somru BioScience has partnered with Veeda Clinical Research, an Indian contract research organization, to establish Ingenuity BioSciences, a new bioanalytical lab in Ahmedabad, India.
The two companies have taken equal stakes in
Alentic Seeks Cash for COVID fight
Halifax’s Alentic Microscience, whose handheld diagnostic device is being used in the International Space Station, is raising capital to adapt its product to help with the fight against COVID-19.
Alentic Microscience has developed a new imaging
Routinify Offers Direct Service
Routinify, whose digital platform helps seniors and disabled people live at home, is now offering its WellAssist TeleCare service directly to New Brunswick families.
With headquarters in Denver and Rothesay, N.B., Routinify launched two years ago,