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Happy Holidays to our Readers
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
Interactive Novel Wins School Covid Care Contest
Schools have a new tool to help them handle the pandemic now that Eyeread has named interactive novel Ready R Naught the winner of a contest to create School Covid Care Packages.
In a collaboration with NSCAD University, Eyeread, a digital
Collaborating To Build a Smart City
Saint John Energy, the municipal utility that sells electricity to residents of greater Saint John, is partnering with several innovation-driven companies in the region with the goal of improving service and profitability.
In November, the company
SeaChange Eyes Production by June
SeaChange Biochemistry, which extracts specialty chemicals from seaweed, is planning to begin production at its new facility in Clark’s Harbour, NS, by June.
Having won or placed prominently in a range of pitching competitions in the last two
Ocean Project Targets Digital Twins
Canada’s Ocean Supercluster has announced a new $18 million project that aims to create “digital twins” for use in ocean-related industries.
The organization charged with developing new technology and an enhanced workforce for Canadian ocean
Clean Leadership Applicants Sought
Dartmouth-based Clean Foundation is seeking host and student applicants for its Clean Leadership Summer Internship Program, a sustainability-focused youth employment program in Nova Scotia.
The group has partnered with provincial employers to
Job of the Week: Dash Hudson
Our Job of the Week column this week features an opening for a Customer Success Associate at Dash Hudson in Halifax.
Dash Hudson is a visual marketing Software-as-a-Service company that helps its clients increase engagement on their social media.
After Sandpiper, Graham Joins Imaginal
Eight months after being named Investment Principal of Sandpiper Ventures, Danielle Graham has taken two new jobs, becoming a partner of both the Halifax-based business advisory group Imaginal Ventures and the U.S. venture capital group Aligne
Entrevestor’s Top 10 Stories of 2020
Thursday night, Propel held its virtual Christmas party, at which the regional accelerator posted a video by me ranking the top 10 stories we've covered in 2020.
Limiting the number of stories to 10 was difficult. For example, the accelerated
SnapAP Announces Funding Close
Moncton-based SnapAP, which makes payment software, has closed a “significant portion” of a funding round that it hopes will reach US$2 million (C$2.6 million). The money has come largely from angels in Israel.
The company, whose full name is Snap
Scale Up Atlantic Canada Returns
The TME program at the University of New Brunswick is looking for scaling companies to participate in the next cohort of Scale Up Atlantic Canada.
Two years ago, the Fredericton university teamed up with Boston-based Babson College – long
Motryx Partners with Germany’s Aerocom
Halifax-based Motryx, whose technology helps ensure the safe transport of blood samples, has struck a partnership with Germany’s Aerocom, a global leader in installing pneumatic tube systems in hospitals.
They will work together to distribute