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CloudKettle Announces New Hire

  • Jun 02, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

Halifax tech consultancy CloudKettle has announced the addition of a new executive, Eliot Harper.

Harper is a noted expert on Salesforce’s Marketing Cloud platform, having written several books on the topic and worked directly with Salesforce.

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Abriel, Gosine Join Meta’s Team

  • Jun 02, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

Dartmouth-based Metamaterial Inc. has named Keith Abriel as Interim Chief Financial Officer and Mark Gosine as Corporate Secretary.

With more than 25 years of experience, Abriel has served as CFO for several publicly traded, private equity-backed,

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Invisible Agents Aims To Raise $500K

  • Jun 02, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

Halifax artificial intelligence startup Invisible Agents is trying to raise a $500,000 funding round to help increase its staff from three to as many as seven people.

Founder Stuart Boyd started the company in Austin, Texas, in 2018, before

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After Pivot, Bloxo Wins MIT Event

  • Jun 01, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

As Halifax’s Bloxo Inc. pivots in response to COVID-19, the online fitness startup has won the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s 2020 Startup Spotlight pitch competition.

Five companies competed in the event for votes from an audience of 60

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Sandbox Ignition Seeks NS Students

  • Jun 01, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

The Nova Scotian sandboxes – entrepreneurial groups at the province’s post-secondary institutions – are looking for applicants for the Sandbox Ignition program.

The program, which will offer online curriculum this year, is an accelerator for

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Decade Impact Coming East

  • Jun 01, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

Vancouver-based responsible business consultancy Decade Impact Strategy & Activation is rolling out its Getting to 80 corporate training program in Atlantic Canada.

The course’s new East Coast iteration is recruiting applicants and will hold its

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eDNAtec Wins NL Cleantech Award

  • May 30, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

St. John’s-based DNA sequencing startup eDNAtec has won an award from the Newfoundland and Labrador Environmental Industry Association recognizing its contribution to protecting the marine environment.

The Cleantech Innovation Award, announced

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Graham To Lead Sandpiper Ventures

  • May 28, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

The Atlantic Women’s Venture Fund is launching its first fund, Sandpiper Ventures. Danielle Graham, a well-known proponent of diversity in entrepreneurship, has been named the fund's Investment Principal.

Graham will oversee the distribution of a

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Deloitte Fast 50 Seeks Entries

  • May 28, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

Deloitte has opened applications for its 2020 Technology Fast 50 program, which recognizes the fastest-growing IT companies in the country based on four years of revenue data.

Now in its 23rd year, the Fast 50 is a benchmark for success in

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Bioscience Now No. 2 Export Sector on PEI

  • May 27, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

A study sponsored by the PEI BioAlliance has found that the bioscience sector was the province’s second-largest export industry in 2018, but CEO Rory Francis said in an interview that infrastructure and labour constraints represent obstacles to

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Outcast, Greenhouse to Make New Food Products

  • May 27, 2020
  • Carol Moreira

Halifax-based Outcast Foods has teamed up with Toronto's Greenhouse to reduce food waste by creating new products. Outcast will upcycle pulp byproduct from Greenhouse’s juice processing operation to produce dried fruit and vegetable powders.

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The Farmers’ Truck Relieves Food Deserts

  • May 26, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

A 2019 pivot has allowed Moncton-based social enterprise The Farmers’ Truck to become cash-flow positive and expand outside of Canada.

CEO Fredéric Laforge and co-founder Mathieu Reyjal originally conceived of the company as a mobile produce store,

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