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5 Enter Venn’s Scaleup Program

  • Jan 12, 2021
  • Peter Moreira

Venn Innovation has accepted five companies into its Set to Scale Program, which helps established companies increase their sales.

The New Brunswick innovation hub last year called for applications for the program, which uses the Scaling Up

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DeCell Poised for Growth in 2021

  • Jan 11, 2021
  • Peter Moreira

Late in 2020, DeCell Technologies released a flourish of announcements – including a unique patent approval – that position the Halifax-area life sciences company for growth in 2021.

The company, which makes a natural regenerative scaffolding for

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VIS Aids Consolidating Veterinary Industry

  • Jan 10, 2021
  • Peter Moreira

Not many tech entrepreneurs will tell you their total addressable market comprises 47 potential clients, but Ivan Zak states the number unequivocally – and five of them are already his customers.

He adds, of course, that the total addressable

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Jobs: Startup Coach at Propel

  • Jan 10, 2021
  • Peter Moreira

The Atlantic Canadian virtual startup accelerator Propel is looking for startup coaches to work with its stable of entrepreneurs in six cities across the region. The opening is today's featured Job of the Week.

Propel is the e-accelerator for tech

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How Strong Branding Aided a COVID Pivot

  • Jan 07, 2021
  • Peter Moreira

What’s truly fascinating about the story of how Educated Beards coped with the COVID-19 pandemic is it shows the value of a superior branding program.

The maker of organic beard-grooming products is known for its strong branding well beyond its

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Cartmill Sells C-Therm to Harris

  • Jan 06, 2021
  • Peter Moreira

Adam Harris, who has served as Managing Director of Fredericton-based C-Therm Technologies since its inception in 2007, has bought the company from founder Charles Cartmill.

The company released a statement on Wednesday saying Cartmill sold

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VCIC Seeking Startups to Pitch

  • Jan 06, 2021
  • Peter Moreira

The Sobey School of Business at Saint Mary’s University is looking for three startups to pitch at the Venture Capital Investment Competition taking place in Halifax on March 5.

The VCIC is an international competition in which teams of graduate and

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African Nova Scotian Stream for Green Economy

  • Jan 06, 2021
  • Carol Moreira

Green economy companies and organizations are invited to apply for the Employers for the Clean Leadership Summer Internship Program, which this year sees an African Nova Scotian internship stream join regular and Indigenous streams.

The youth

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Sona’s COVID Test Approved in Europe

  • Jan 05, 2021
  • Peter Moreira

Halifax-based Sona Nanotech, which makes rapid diagnostic tests, has been granted regulatory approval to sell its rapid test for COVID-19 in the European Union.

The company said in a statement New Year’s Eve that its rapid, COVID-19 antigen test

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Ecosystem Wish List for 2021

  • Jan 04, 2021
  • Peter Moreira

Ideally, my wish list for the Atlantic Canadian startup ecosystem for 2021 would begin with an East Coast angel network.

But I’m growing more pessimistic about an angel network coming to fruition in the near future, so what’s needed this year is to

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Four NL Startups Receive $800K

  • Jan 03, 2021
  • Peter Moreira

The governments of Newfoundland and Labrador and Canada last week announced almost $800,000 in financial support for four startups based in St. John’s.

The provincial Department of Industry, Energy and Technology said it would provide more than

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Happy Holidays to our Readers

  • Dec 24, 2020
  • Peter and Carol Moreira

We're signing off on 2020 with a wish for happy holidays for all our readers. 

We're really looking forward to 2021, and not just because it has to be better than 2020. We're looking at some interesting projects, and will be fascinated to learn how

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