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Nucliq, Prospre Win Woodward Cup

  • Jun 16, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

Gene sequencing firm Nucliq Biologic and nutrition tracking startup Prospre won Memorial University’s Mel Woodward Cup pitch competition on Tuesday, beating out three other finalists.

Created in 2016, the Cup is the Memorial Centre for

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B4 Makes Hotel Payments Contactless

  • Jun 16, 2020
  • Carol Moreira

Halifax-based b4, which offers Software-as-a-Service solutions to the hospitality industry, has launched a contactless payments process to help hotels bounce back from the pandemic.

The new physical distancing and hygiene requirements make the old

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Greenlight Device Assesses Cannabis

  • Jun 16, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

Cannabis testing startup Greenlight Analytical is preparing to launch a device that will measure the quality of cannabis crops without the need for slow and costly lab testing.

CEO James Wylde said in an interview that the product will be a

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Appili Raises $17M For COVID Tests

  • Jun 15, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

Halifax biopharma company Appili Therapeutics has raised about $16.9 million to fund Canadian trials of influenza drug Favipiravir, which is owned by Japanese photography and biotech giant FUJIFILM Toyama Chemical Company.

The private placement

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We Need Data on Inclusivity

  • Jun 15, 2020
  • Ross Simmonds

Editor's note: Given the events of recent weeks, we wanted to host a discussion on whether people from the Black, First Nations and other minority communities are welcomed, supported and funded in the Atlantic Canadian startup ecosystem. We've asked

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Boe Studies Role of Mental Rehearsal in Rehab

  • Jun 15, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

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When Dalhousie University neuroscientist Dr. Shaun Boe set out to study how visualization could help rehabilitate stroke survivors, he didn’t expect to find himself rethinking an entire field of research. But close to a decade

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Romanow To Head Navigate Event

  • Jun 15, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

Navigate Startup House’s Island Entrepreneurs Exposition will feature a keynote speech by Clearbanc co-founder and TV personality Michele Romanow.

The conference was originally planned to be held in Sydney, where Navigate is based. The event is now

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Office Life Has No New Normal

  • Jun 14, 2020
  • Carol Moreira

Workplaces are opening up, but not everyone is returning to their former office or even their former job. Remote working is increasing competition for talent and is leading some Atlantic Canadians to ditch local employers in favour of others based

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FoodByte Sales Up 30% Since March

  • Jun 14, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

Halifax food safety startup FoodByte has seen its revenue increase by about a third since March, with more growth on the horizon.

The company sells regulatory compliance-tracking software for food producers, who CEO Sean Pindar said in an interview

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Jobs: Dash Hudson, Adaptiiv

  • Jun 14, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

Our Jobs of the Week column today showcases Halifax-based Biotech company Adaptiiv Medical Technologies' search for a Medical Physicist and social media analytics company Dash Hudson's opening for a Senior Full Stack Developer.

Adaptiiv, which

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Bursity To Aid African-American Students

  • Jun 11, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

Bursity, which helps post-secondary students find and apply for financial assistance, will launch its online platform for the United States market in 12 weeks, exclusively targeting African-Americans at first.

The Halifax-based social venture has

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DNS Names Sumarah CEO

  • Jun 11, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

Wayne Sumarah has been named the new Chief Executive Officer of Digital Nova Scotia, the association for the $2.5 billion information technology industry in the province.

The association issued a statement on Thursday announcing that its board of

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