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SimplyCast Wins Security Certification

  • Jun 25, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Dartmouth-based automated marketing company SimplyCast has been granted a high-level certification for cybersecurity, which is a necessity for landing business from a range of enterprise clients.

The company issued a statement Tuesday saying it has

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ACOA Lends $925K to Beyond Food

  • Jun 25, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

The federal government has lent Dartmouth-based Beyond Food Inc. $925,000 to develop a manufacturing plant and market its nutritional supplement made out of grocery store produce nearing its sell-by date.

The two-year-old company’s mission is to

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Appili Starts Trading on TSXV

  • Jun 25, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Shares of Halifax drug discovery company Appili Therapeutics Inc. begin trading on the TSX Venture exchange today.

The company, whose long-term goal is to produce drugs that can combat antibiotic-resistant viruses, issued a statement Monday evening

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Propel Seeks Incite Applicants

  • Jun 24, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Propel, the Atlantic Canadian tech support organization, has opened applications for the next cohort of Incite Phase 2, the virtual accelerator for scaling companies.

Incite is Propel’s accelerator for early-stage tech startups across the region,

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MTI Eyes $10M+ Raise During IPO

  • Jun 24, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

by Peter Moreira

Metamaterial Technologies Inc. plans to raise more than $10 million in fresh capital when it lists its shares on the Canadian Security Exchange later this year.

The Dartmouth-based company, which makes synthetic materials that can

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Metamaterial Tech To Go Public

  • Jun 23, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Metamaterial Technologies Inc. is going public.

News of the Dartmouth-based company’s plan to go public broke Friday night when publicly listed Continental Precious Minerals Inc. issued a statement saying the two companies would merge and list on

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Resqunit Sets Up In Halifax

  • Jun 23, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Resqunit Canada Inc., the North American subsidiary of Norwegian oceantech company Resqunit A/S, is setting up in Halifax as a base for its growth in Canada and the U.S.

The parent company has developed a floatation device that can be attached to

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Beauceron Partners with CIRA

  • Jun 20, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Fredericton-based Beauceron Security, which helps clients improve their cybersecurity culture, has agreed to offer training services through the organization that oversees the .ca domain registration.

The Canadian Internet Registration Authority,

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GIT Team Plans Supercluster Project

  • Jun 19, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Halifax-based Graphite Innovation and Technologies and three partners plan to apply to Canada’s Ocean Supercluster for support for R&D into GIT’s product, a coating that protects ships and equipment from the sea.

GIT, which uses the innovative

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Rise Gains B-Corp Certification

  • Jun 19, 2019
  • Avery Mullen

As Fredericton-based Rise prepares to monetize its online platform, it will do so with a newly acquired environmental certification.

Rise runs a website that offers home-building and renovation advice for environmentally conscious consumers. It has

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Proof Heads to Pitch@Palace Finals

  • Jun 18, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Proof, whose SaaS platform helps governments make better decisions, can add another trophy to the cabinet, having won the Pitch@Palace event in Toronto last month.

The company, which is a resident of Volta in Halifax, has quietly been building a

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EChart Raises $800K, Led by NBIF

  • Jun 17, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

Fredericton-based eChart Healthcare, whose technology improves communication in long-term care facilities, has raised an $800,000 funding round that includes $200,000 from the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation.

EChart has developed an innovative

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