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NBIF Invested $4.8M in VC in 2019-20
The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation invested a total of $4.81 million in 21 startups in New Brunswick in its last fiscal year, according to the organization’s 2020 annual report.
The report, which was recently posted on the NBIF website, shows
Launching Our Latest Survey
Today we are launching our survey to capture data on the Atlantic Canadian startup community in 2020, and we’re asking all founders in the region to take a few minutes to complete the 15-question survey.
We know how busy people are, so we have kept
NS Invests $5M in Sandpiper
The Nova Scotian government is contributing $5 million to Sandpiper Ventures, the first venture capital fund of the Atlantic Women’s Venture Fund.
The investment from the provincial government, announced on Friday, is a key step in the Women’s
Job of the Week: Dash Hudson
Our Job of the Week column today showcases an opening for a Renewals Account Executive 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. Its
McCain Takes Stake in Fiddlehead
McCain Foods has made a “significant investment” in Moncton-based Fiddlehead Technology, buying out existing investors in the predictive modeling company and positioning it for further growth.
The parties on Thursday would reveal no details of the
2 Under-the-Radar Exits from 2020
The second half of 2020 was the best period ever for exits in the Atlantic Canadian innovation community, creating wealth for founders and investors. In fact, we’ve recently learned of two under-the-radar deals that add to the growing number of
LaPlante Named to Global AI List
Halifax’s Jennifer LaPlante, Executive Director of the oceantech artificial intelligence organization DeepSense, has been named in the DataIQ 100, a list of the world’s most influential data and analytics practitioners.
London-based DataIQ, a
Educode Names National Franchisee for India
Moncton edtech company EduCode Academy has named Foreign Scope Consultants as its first national franchisee for India.
EduCode creates online courses that help children learn to code, and its international sales soared last year as the result of a
The Rounds Plots US Expansion
The Rounds, the Halifax company that operates social networks for healthcare professionals, is gearing up for a major push into the U.S.
The company thrived in 2020 as the pandemic encouraged Canadian physicians to use a site on which they could
ROCarbon, NSCC Aid IKEA Dartmouth
A Halifax startup and a team of Nova Scotia Community College students are working together to help IKEA Canada assess what to do with the excess solar power produced at its Dartmouth location.
The retail outlet near Dartmouth Crossing is the
ACOA Lends $1.3M to 3 Companies
The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency is lending $1.3 million to three Dartmouth companies to help them launch or expand their operations.
The federal government’s regional development agency issued a press release last week announcing the
Four Eyes Doubled Staff, Sales in 2020
Saint John-based Four Eyes Financial doubled its business in 2020, and its founders see no sign of its growth trajectory flattening this year.
Co-founded in 2018 by Lori Weir and Kendall McMenamon, Four Eyes Financial set out to develop a digital
