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ACOA Backs Springboard with $9.6M
Springboard Atlantic will receive $9.6 million in funding from the federal government to continue providing a bridge between industry and Atlantic Canadian academia for the next three years.
The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency announced the
B4C Start Registration Open
Registration is open for the autumn cohort of the B4C Start program at the B4Change Social Enterprise Accelerator in Fredericton.
A social enterprise is a business that does good in addition to making money. The Start program is for people with
Thwarting Jet-Lag with LED Acupuncture
A retired physiotherapist from New Waterford, Cape Breton, is the driving force behind a project to create a device that can prevent such conditions as jet-anxiety, motion sickness, and even hangovers.
Joan Chiasson-MacDonald operates Yin and Yang
Feds Support Women-led Ventures
The federal government has announced almost $10 million for Atlantic Canadian companies led by women, or organizations in the region advancing women’s entrepreneurship.
On Monday, Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business and Export Promotion, was in
QUBER’s $450K Raise Led by NBIF
QUBER, the Moncton company whose smartphone app helps people save money, has raised $450,000, in equity funding led by a $200,000 contribution from the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation.
NBIF issued a statement on Monday announcing the round,
Jobs: 2 Openings at Dash Hudson
Our Job of the Week column today showcases a couple of openings at Dash Hudson in Halifax – for a Sales Development Representative and an Account Executive.
Dash Hudson is a visual marketing Software-as-a-Service company that helps its clients
German Firm Invests in Focus FS
St. John’s-based Focus Field Solutions Inc. has sold a stake to Germany’s Dräger Safety AG, which will help to sell the company’s digital industrial safety solutions in global markets.
Focus FS issued a statement this week saying Lübeck,
Innovacorp Invested $6.3M in FY19
Innovacorp, the Nova Scotia government’s early-stage venture capital agency, invested a total of $6.3 million in 17 companies in its 2019 fiscal year, marking a decline in investment totals from the previous year.
The agency each summer releases
NPC Launches 3 New Programs
Natural Products Canada is launching three new programs to help companies in its space grow to become companies bringing in eight figures in revenue each year.
Based in Charlottetown, NPC is an association that helps grow Canadian ventures that
Curv Health Raises $1.5M
Curv Health has closed a $1.5 million round of equity financing, which will help the company sell its digital healthcare product directly to health and educational institutions.
With offices in Halifax and Toronto, Curv uses machine-learning tools
Introhive Lands $1M ACOA Funding
Relationship intelligence company Introhive, which is one of the larger tech employers in Fredericton, has received almost $1 million in funding from the federal government to increase its foreign sales.
SomaDetect Closes $2.6M Round
SomaDetect, which tests the quality of milk and collects data for the dairy industry, has closed a US$2 million (C$2.6 million) round of funding to help it build out its databank and technology.
The Fredericton-based company issued a statement
