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BreatheSuite Closes $550K Round
St. John’s-based BreatheSuite Inc., which helps people to use inhalers properly, has raised a $550,000 round of equity financing led by Venture NL, the Newfoundland and Labrador fund overseen by Pelorus Venture Capital.
The company issued a press
3 Win Retail Innovation Awards
Halifax-based Dash Hudson is one of three Canadian innovation companies to be honoured at the upcoming National Retail Innovation Awards in Halifax.
The David Sobey Centre for Innovation in Retailing and Services, located at Saint Mary’s University
SnapAp Captures National Award
When the Channel Innovation Awards were held last month, one of the big winners was Moncton-based SnapAp, a small-but-growing company that makes payment software.
In the national competition organized by Channel Daily News, SnapAp captured the Gold
Densitas Joins Nuance Marketplace
Halifax-based Densitas Inc. whose software helps assess the density of breasts during mammograms, announced this week its densitas densityai software will soon be available on the Nuance AI Marketplace.
In a statement, Densitas said the Nuance
Rising Number of Startup Launches
One of the changes that have taken place in the East Coast startup ecosystem in the past four or five years is the region has ratcheted up its capacity for launching new companies.
As part of our mission to chart and analyze data on the startup
Jennifer Wagner Named to Clean50
CarbonCure Technologies' Jennifer Wagner has been named to the Clean50, which each year recognizes 50 Canadians who have made outstanding contributions to clean capitalism.
As Executive Vice-President of Corporate Development at Dartmouth-based
Startup Weekends Set for CB, PEI
Startup weekends are being planned for Sydney and Charlottetown in the coming month, giving aspiring entrepreneurs a chance to learn how to develop a business idea in a single weekend.
Techstars Startup Weekend, the international organization that
Isenberg Details Scalerator Success
When the University of New Brunswick hosts its Future of Innovation conference on Saturday in Fredericton, one of the highlights will be Daniel Isenberg speaking on his Scalerator program.
In particular, he’ll be able to give a recap of Scale Up
Puddister Wins EY’s EoY Award
Larry Puddister, Executive Chairman of St. John’s-based integrated solutions provider Pennecon, is this year’s EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2019 Atlantic winner.
Puddister’s entrepreneurial journey started at the age of 12 in his hometown of Bay
ShiftKey, Dal CS Grow Together
With computer science enrollment soaring at one of its key constituencies, ShiftKey Labs is developing programming to encourage tech entrepreneurship among students.
ShiftKey Labs is housed in the Goldberg Computer Science Building at Dalhousie
Arolytics Preps for Oil Patch Change
The founders of a startup that aims to help oil and gas companies track their greenhouse gas emissions believe their business is poised for rapid growth.
Arolytics was developed at St. Francis Xavier University, where co-founders Liz O’Connell,
Venn Leads Mission to Money 20/20
Venn Innovation will lead a group of 10 technology companies to the Money 20/20 conference in Las Vegas from Oct. 27 to 30 with the goal of increasing sales within the financial services space.
The Atlantic Fintech Mission will travel to