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Life Sciences Dominated Q2 News

  • Jul 03, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Two massive funding deals in the life sciences segment and a pair of companies moving to the public markets were the highlights of the Atlantic Canadian startup community in the second quarter of 2019.

The biggest news was the US$30 million (C$40

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Kula Launches Synchrostack Product

  • Jul 03, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

After 16 years as an agency, Kula Partners of Halifax has launched a product called Synchrostack that helps manufacturers integrate the various components of their ecommerce systems.

Kula is a 15-person operation that in recent years has developed

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NovaResp Targets Sleep Apnea

  • Jul 03, 2019
  • Avery Mullen

A new medical startup from Dalhousie University PhD graduate Hamed Hanafi plans to use artificial intelligence to treat sleep apnea.

The condition causes patients to intermittently stop breathing in their sleep. It is usually treated with

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Mobia Places #111 in Branham 250

  • Jul 02, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

After increasing revenues by 22 percent last year, Mobia Technology Innovations of Dartmouth has been named the 111th biggest tech company in Canada, according to the Ottawa consulting firm Branham Group.

Branham on Friday released its ranking of

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Kraken Wins 1st Supercluster Deal

  • Jul 01, 2019
  • Avery Mullen

Unmanned submarine and sonar maker Kraken Robotics has become the first company to receive approval for an R&D project from Canada’s Ocean Supercluster.

The St. John’s-based company said it will oversee the $20 million development of the

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EnergyX To Open Halifax Office

  • Jul 01, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Toronto-based EnergyX Solutions, which recently graduated from the Creative Destruction Lab-Atlantic, is establishing an office in Halifax with the help of a loan from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency.

ACOA issued a statement on Friday

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Job of the Week: Spring Loaded

  • Jul 01, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Our Job of the Week column today showcases the opening for a Customer Support Manager at Spring Loaded Technology in Dartmouth.

For several years, Spring Loaded Technology has produced the Levitation brace, which not only stabilizes the knee joint

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AVF Names 4 Winners, Eyes 2020

  • Jun 28, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

The  Atlantic Venture Forum on Thursday named four winners of its annual pitching competition and unveiled plans to integrate the annual startup conference into a startup festival next year.

The AVF brought together founders from across the region

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Sona CEO on Why He Chose Halifax

  • Jun 28, 2019
  • Darren Rowles, CEO of Sona Nanotech

Among the many positive headlines, facts and figures about Halifax contained in the latest edition of the Halifax Index is a particular statistic that caught my attention.

New research by the Halifax Partnership has revealed that the majority of

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A Look at the AVF Startups

  • Jun 26, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

The Atlantic Venture Forum is showcasing an interesting group of entrepreneurs this week – a young group that collectively says they are on the cusp of exponential revenue growth.

The annual conference is a meeting place between East Coast

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Stock Markets Lure Region’s Startups

  • Jun 26, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

The stock market is looming larger in the Atlantic Canadian startup community than it ever has before, as several leading companies are choosing public markets as the best option to secure long-term financing.

Just in the past week, Metamaterial

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MicroSintesis Closes $16.4M Round

  • Jun 25, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Charlottetown-based MicroSintesis, which has developed a revolutionary product to ensure gut health in animals, has sold a minority stake to John Risley’s Northern Private Capital for $16.4 million.

 MicroSintesis is working in a new area of

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