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ACOA Backs Dispension Opioid Kiosks

  • Aug 17, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

Dispension Industries, which makes opioid dispensing equipment to help prevent overdoses, has bagged a $500,000 loan from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and will install five of its machines in cities across Canada.

Founded by President

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LeadSift Cracks $1M in Revenue

  • Aug 16, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

Halifax marketing data vendor LeadSift has cracked $1 million in annual revenue four years after a pivot that CEO Tukan Das previously described as key to the survival of the company.

LeadSift uses data analytics to help small and medium-sized

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Outcast, Sobeys Cut Food Waste

  • Aug 16, 2020
  • Carol Moreira

Dartmouth-based Outcast Foods is working with Sobeys to minimize food waste in its Debert, Nova Scotia distribution center and various Nova Scotia stores.

Outcast Foods uses a process that dries unsellable fruits and vegetables, preserving

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GIT Lands $2.4M Transport Deal

  • Aug 13, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

Graphite Innovation and Technologies, or GIT, has inked a $2.4 million deal with Transport Canada to develop technology aimed at reducing underwater noise pollution and cutting ships’ greenhouse gas emissions.

Founded in 2017 by Mo AlGermozi and

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3D Planeta Launches 2Metre App

  • Aug 13, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

A team from Fredericton geomapping startup 3D Planeta has launched a Software-as-a-Service business to help stores and restaurants manage social distancing during COVID-19.

The 2metre app allows shoppers waiting in line to disperse and receive a

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Community Lauds InspectAR Exit

  • Aug 13, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

On the surface, the St. John’s tech community showed more excitement about the exit of InspectAR Augmented Interfaces Inc. than the company’s nine-member team.

The news broke on Thursday that the sophomore company has been acquired by Silicon

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NL-based InspectAR Acquired by Cadence

  • Aug 13, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

InspectAR Augmented Interfaces Inc., a St. John’s tech company less than two years old, has been acquired by Silicon Valley-based Cadence Design Systems for an undisclosed price.

The Newfoundland company, which has strong links to Northern

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Nxtgen Grows in US Care Homes

  • Aug 12, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

Dartmouth’s Nxtgen Care, which tracks the movements of staff and residents in assisted living facilities, is ramping up its U.S. expansion as it reshuffles its installation schedule to focus on unoccupied buildings.

The American rollout is part of

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GreenShoots Funds Ag, Bio, Cleantech

  • Aug 12, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

Dartmouth-based bioscience centre the Nova Scotia Innovation Hub,along with Innovacorp and the Ontario-based Bioenterprise Corporation have announced a partnership to allow agriculture, biotech and cleantech companies to compete for up to $40,000

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TechImpact Unveils IT Upgrade Program

  • Aug 12, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

TechImpact, the regional information technology group based in Fredericton, has launched a new $1.2 million program to help established New Brunswick companies improve their digital capabilities.

The support organization on Wednesday announced its

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Three Startups Join Venn Garage

  • Aug 11, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

Venn Innovation, a New Brunswick innovation hub, has accepted three companies into its Venn Garage incubator program via its first Open Pitch Competition, in which 13 New Brunswick businesses competed for access.

The winners and their CEOs are:

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Summer Summit Goes National

  • Aug 10, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

Charlottetown incubator Startup Zone has used COVID-19 as an opportunity to rebrand its Summer Startup Summit as a national event.

The conference has historically been a gathering place for PEI entrepreneurs and industry luminaries. But with the

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