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Mendonça Aims to Enrich Mindset at MUN

  • Feb 18, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

With entrepreneurship gaining momentum in St. John’s, Memorial University of Newfoundland has promoted in-house to fill its new position of Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

Paula Mendonça received her PhD in biology from MUN and she has

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Marecomms Aims for Sales this Year

  • Feb 13, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

Later this year, Ulaş Güntürkün hopes to have a product on the market that can dramatically improve performance and cut costs of communications between autonomous underwater vehicles and other submarine equipment.

Güntürkün is the Founder and CEO

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Our Survey Campaign Raised $1,330 for Australian Wildfire Relief

  • Feb 12, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

Thank you to everyone who has filled out our survey! You’ve helped us generate metrics on the region’s startup ecosystem and you’ve helped Australians recover from devastating wildfires.

When we launched our survey this year, we promised to donate

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DeNova, Sedna, COVE Split $1.4M

  • Feb 12, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

The federal and Nova Scotia governments on Wednesday announced more than $1.4 million in funding for two ocean-related companies and a support organization.

Halifax-based life sciences company DeNova, which is developing a sustainable source of

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Sona Develops Test for Coronavirus

  • Feb 12, 2020
  • Carol Moreira

Dartmouth-based Sona Nanotech is developing a rapid screening test for the Coronavirus, a fatal disease that has spread around the world.

Sona is using its nanotechnology in the development of a rapid screening test for the novel Coronavirus, known

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Ethical Swag Grows via Partnerships

  • Feb 12, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

Away from the glitz of this week’s Academy Award ceremonies, one story that didn’t get covered by the global media was a budding partnership that shows how quickly a young Cape Breton company is growing.

Tara Milburn, the Founder and CEO of

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Harbr Signs Deal with Killam

  • Feb 11, 2020
  • Avery Mullen

Construction AI startup Harbr will see its technology used on projects owned by rental housing giant Killam Apartment REIT, as part of a pilot deal announced in January.

The news comes as Harbr ramps up its business-to-business marketing efforts

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2 Days Left To Complete Survey

  • Feb 11, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

There’s still time to complete our survey, so please do it today if you head a qualifying startup.

I’ve been calling and contacting startups to prod them, and the comment I keep hearing is: ‘I’ve been meaning to get around to it but it slipped my

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UNB Teaches Founders Self-Care

  • Feb 10, 2020
  • Carol Moreira

A new course that helps entrepreneurs cope with the stresses of forming their own businesses has got off to a promising start at the University of New Brunswick.

Organizers hope that Entrepreneurial Resilience, which is a full-credit course, will

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Jobs: Propel Seeks EIR in Halifax

  • Feb 10, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

Propel, the regional tech accelerator, is looking for an Entrepreneur-in-Residence in Halifax, and that opening headlines our Job of the Week column today.

The pan-regional organization offers a virtual accelerator called Incite – Phase 1 helps

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Verafin Named to 2020 Narwhal List

  • Feb 06, 2020
  • Peter Moreira

St. John’s-based Verafin has been named to the 2020 Narwhal List, becoming only the second Atlantic Canadian company to be named to the log of Canadian companies that raise a lot of capital quickly.

Verafin made the list on the strength of its $515

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Densitas Breast Density Tool In PEI

  • Feb 06, 2020
  • Carol Moreira

Halifax-based Densitas, whose software helps assess the density of breasts during mammograms, has announced that Prince Edward Island has become the second province, after Nova Scotia, to integrate its software across its screening program.

The

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