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COVE, Ignite Form Partnership
The Dartmouth-based Centre for Ocean Ventures & Entrepreneurship, or COVE, and rural technology incubator Ignite have signed a memorandum of understanding to assist entrepreneurs and businesses in the “fish tech” sector.
The partnership will deepen
Two More Days to Complete Survey
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We’re entering the home stretch of our survey that gauges how Atlantic Canadian startups are faring in the current downturn.
Entrevestor and Pivotal Coaching are partnering to conduct the survey, which will show how the Covid-19
#Startupeast 1 Month into the Crisis
About a month into the lockdown, I’ve been trying to assess the mood and experiences of Atlantic Canadian startups, and it’s difficult to sum up in a few sentences.
Some companies have seen revenues vanish and are wondering if they’ll survive.
Innovators and Health System Fight COVID-19
Innovation companies and health partners based in Nova Scotia are collaborating on designing new products to address the needs being thrown up by COVID-19.
Spring Loaded Technology, Ring Rescue and engineering firm Enginuity are working with
Welcoming The Era of eCommerce
When 98 percent of Queen of Cups Lingerie’s revenue vanished in the Covid-19 crisis, owner Abbey Pond knew she had to move to online sales.
For the past few years, Pond had grown business from her studio in St. Stephen, NB, where clients could
Here’s Why You Should Fill In Our Anonymous Survey
We’ve been asked how our survey will help startups in Atlantic Canada. The answer is it will help policy-makers understand how the pandemic is impacting high-growth businesses in the region, which should result in better programs.
We launched our
UNB Fund Invests in 3D Planeta
The University of New Brunswick’s student venture capital fund has made its first investment.
The Fraser Student Venture Fund is worth about $400,000, according to Faculty of Management Dean Devashis Mitra, with the money having been donated by
Support Groups: Please Help with our Survey
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We have a favour to ask of all startup support organizations in Atlantic Canada: Can you please ask companies that you work with to complete our survey.
Entrevestor and Pivotal Coaching are partnering to conduct the survey, which
TotaliQ Allows Sharing of Health Info
TotaliQ, a St. John’s IT company that allows businesses to share the expertise of their workforces, has launched a knowledge-sharing product to help organizations keep their employees safe during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Named safetyiQ, the
Innovacorp, NBIF Back 5 Propel Grads
Five graduates of the Propel Incite accelerator have received $50,000 each in pre-seed funding from Innovacorp and the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation.
The three organizations issued a statement last week saying Innovacorp and NBIF have sunk a
Outcast Foods and Farms Lessen Waste
Dartmouth-based Outcast Foods is partnering with Nova Scotia farms to mitigate the massive food waste due to COVID-19’s decimation of the food service industry. Outcast will turn fresh produce into dried fruit and vegetables so it does not go to
Please Fill In our Covid-19 Survey
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We are launching a one-week survey to quickly gain an understanding of how the Covid-19 pandemic is impacting Atlantic Canadian startups and scaleups.
We're asking founders and CEOs to take two minutes to complete eight