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Propel’s Traction and Growth Names 8 Companies
Virtual Accelerator Propel has announced the eight companies that make up its Fall 2024 Traction and Growth cohort.
Traction and Growth is for later-stage founders who have proven recurring revenue and appear poised to become high-growth companies.
L2M Validate Welcomes 19 Teams
Dalhousie University and the University of New Brunswick have accepted 19 teams into their Fall 2024 Lab2Market Validate cohort, which helps researchers assess the commercial viability of their work.
One of several Lab2Market programs, the 16-week
Free RevGen Sales Event Set for Nov. 12-13
RevGen Atlantic 24 is being offered free to founders wanting to boost their sales strategies.
Organizers say RevGen Atlantic 24' will equip the region's founders with proven strategies for boosting customer adoption and scaling revenue. The event
Climative CEO Morton Wins Clean50 and Clean16
Winston Morton, CEO of Fredericton-based Climative, a maker of AI-powered low-carbon plans for buildings, has been recognized as one of Canada's Clean50 for 2025.
Morton has also been named one of Canada's Clean16, distinguishing him as the top
Summer Institute Celebrates 11th Cohort
Now in its 11th year, University of New Brunswick's Summer Institute program is graduating four new companies. The Institute teaches sales, marketing, and customer validation skills to companies making positive social and environmental impacts.
Ocean Startup Project Names Participants
The Ocean Startup Project has selected 16 early-stage companies for the 2024 Ocean Startup Challenge cohort. Each will receive up to $25,000 in non-dilutive funding, along with support to scale their ocean-focused businesses.
Funded mainly by the
Deal Will Help AIR Expand Nationally
The Halifax-based Atlantic Institute for Resilience has partnered with the CAN Health Network in an agreement that allows AIR to collaborate with health organizations across Canada.
AIR was founded in 2014 by psychiatrist Jackie Kinley, the
Uluer Wins EY Atlantic Entrepreneur of the Year
Hakan Uluer, CEO of The Bertossi Group of restaurants, has won this year’s EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Award for the Atlantic Region.
Uluer, who received the award at a gala in Halifax last week, operates a group of high-end restaurants in the
ACOA Funds 9 Startups with $4M
The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency on Friday announced non-dilutive funding totalling $4 million for nine Halifax startups to help them scale.
The federal regional development agency revealed the funding under ACOA’s Regional Economic Growth
Athlete Aid Focuses on Young Athletes
With the help of AI, two student entrepreneurs plan to help coaches and parents of injured junior athletes assess whether it is safe to let a player back in the game.
Isaac Hierlihy and Morgan MacKinnon, both 19, and second-year university students
Charlotte Murray Joining Farmers’ Truck
After seven years coaching founders at virtual accelerator Propel, Charlotte Murray is joining Moncton social enterprise The Farmers’ Truck where she will work to improve food security across the continent.
The Farmers’ Truck provides fresh,
Eigen Raises $2.6M
Fredericton-based Eigen Innovations, which sells an artificial intelligence system to perform quality control checks on production lines via thermal cameras, has raised a $2.6 million funding round.
The company said in a statement it has seen