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Jobs: Two at Ashored Innovations

  • May 10, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

Dartmouth-based oceantech company Ashored Innovations continues to grow and is hiring a Director of Engineering and a Software Engineer – two postings that headline our Jobs of the Week column.

Ashored has developed fishing equipment that reduces

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Tranquility Aids Healthcare Workers

  • May 07, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

Mental health startup Tranquility Online is collaborating with a Halifax charity, Partners For Care, to provide free services to healthcare workers in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Founded in 2017, Tranquility’s website and app offer an

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DOT’s Underwater Sensor Platforms

  • May 06, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

A Halifax-area company is aiming to build a ready-to-use underwater platform with a suite of “lab-on-a-chip” sensors for marine research.

Dartmouth Ocean Technologies, or DOT, is the creation of president Arnold Furlong and Director of Innovation

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ONSIDE Formed To Carry On the Work of MIT REAP

  • May 06, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

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The origins of ONSIDE, one of the newest components of the Nova Scotia startup ecosystem, date back four years to when a group of business, government and academic leaders joined an ecosystem acceleration program at the

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Potential Motors Raises $2.5M

  • May 06, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

Fredericton-based Potential Motors, a software company that uses Artificial Intelligence to boost vehicle safety and performance, has closed a $2.5 million funding round, with which it plans to increase its staff.

The company issued a statement

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HomeEXCEPT Launching New Version

  • May 05, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

Halifax’s HomeEXCEPT, which sells remote-monitoring equipment to help with senior care, is launching a version of its product that can be installed without the help of a technician.

CEO John Robertson said in an interview that the new iteration was

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DigitalNS Opens Diversity Awards

  • May 05, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

Digital Nova Scotia, the province’s technology industry association, is seeking nominees for its 2020 Digital Diversity Awards.

The awards honour people and companies that are “driving innovation through diversity,” with the ceremony tentatively

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Planet Hatch’s Sales Accelerator

  • May 04, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

Fredericton entrepreneurship hub Planet Hatch is moving its second annual Sales Accelerator Program online in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

During the six-week program, participating startups will receive training from sales professionals, up

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Webinar Thursday on Sales Leads

  • May 04, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

LeadSift CEO Tukan Das is hosting a webinar Thursday for salespeople looking for ideas about how to continue generating business during the pandemic.

Das, whose company sells software to help identify and research business-to-business sales leads,

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McGrath Launches 90Second Health

  • May 03, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

As founders continue to grapple with the implications of COVID-19, a nascent Halifax psychology startup is changing its launch plans to help the public cope with the lockdown.

The startup 90Second Health is the brainchild of psychologist Dr.

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Online Market for NS Crafters

  • May 03, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

Peter and Sarah Eastwood, local potters and creative entrepreneurs, have launched a new online marketplace to help Nova Scotian crafters and makers sell their creations amid the COVID-19 crisis.

The new site, novascotiamakersmarket.ca, gives local

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Avery Mullen Joins Us This Summer

  • May 03, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

We’d like to welcome Avery Mullen to the Entrevestor team for the next four months.

Our regular readers will recognize Avery’s byline as he’s been our intern for the past two years, and now he’s joined us as our full-time reporter for the summer.

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