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ReelData Launches Latest Product

  • Mar 04, 2024
  • Avery Mullen

ReelData, the Halifax maker of AI for land-based aquaculture, has launched its latest product, ReelWeight, which is a smart camera system for estimating the weight of fish.

The new offering will complement four other products from ReelData that

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Invest Nova Scotia Reallocates $60M

  • Mar 01, 2024
  • Avery Mullen

Invest Nova Scotia has earmarked $60 million to join private sector investment funds as a limited partner, reallocating money that was previously set aside for loans.

In an interview, CEO Peter MacAskill said a maturing startup ecosystem with

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Emera Backs Tribe with $500K

  • Mar 01, 2024
  • Peter Moreira

Tribe Network, the organization dedicated to supporting Atlantic Canadian founders who identify as Black, Indigenous or People of Colour, is receiving a $500,000 donation from the Halifax-based energy company Emera.

Emera had previously contributed

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Dependbuild Launches Beta

  • Feb 29, 2024
  • Avery Mullen

Dependbuild, the St. John's maker of cloud software to help municipalities and infrastructure developers assess risks to construction projects, is launching its beta test.

Founded in spring of 2021,  dependbuild has already been piloting its

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Investment Challenge Demo Days March 6 and 20

  • Feb 29, 2024
  • Avery Mullen

The Atlantic Canada Cleantech Scale-up and Investment Challenge will hold a pair of demo days for its 21-company cohort in Halifax March 6 and March 20.

The challenge is notable because it aims to develop not just innovative new businesses, but

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Inspurious Launches Beta Test

  • Feb 28, 2024
  • Avery Mullen

A Halifax news outlet with a twist has entered beta testing.

Inspurious.com is the creation of political scientist Bobbie Macdonald, who started work on it while he was finishing a PhD at Stanford, going on to formally launch the company last fall.

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Atlantic Startups Raised $208M in 2023: CVCA

  • Feb 27, 2024
  • Avery Mullen

Atlantic Canadian startups raised just $18 million in the fourth quarter, mirroring a loss of momentum nationally in the closing months of 2023, though that figure rises to about $45 million with the inclusion of an eight-figure round finalized by

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Pain Coach Victorious at Volta

  • Feb 25, 2024
  • Avery Mullen

Pain Coach, an app that aims to guide surgery patients with post-operative pain management, took first place at Halifax startup hub Volta’s annual Virtual Pitch Competition last week.

The company is the brainchild of Emily Johnston, a clinical

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MUN to Train Immigrant Entrepreneurs

  • Feb 25, 2024
  • Avery Mullen

Memorial University has partnered with the Association for New Canadians, or ANC, to offer entrepreneurship training for immigrants.

Under the agreement, participants in the ANC Newfoundland chapter's Newcomer Entrepreneurship Training Program will

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SUMS Event Features Ultrasonic Scalpel, AI Tutoring

  • Feb 23, 2024
  • Avery Mullen

A quartet of startups delivered pitches of about half an hour each to an audience of investors and ecosystem members Thursday night in Halifax at an investment club event hosted by SUMS Capital, a platform for early-stage companies to communicate

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UNB Seeks Energia Applicants

  • Feb 23, 2024
  • Avery Mullen

The University of New Brunswick’s Energia Ventures accelerator for energy, cleantech, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence companies is looking for applicants for its spring cohort.

The accelerator, which is based in Fredericton at UNB’s J.

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SimplyCast Expands Canadian Server Capacity

  • Feb 22, 2024
  • Avery Mullen

Halifax’s SimplyCast, which sells a platform for companies to consolidate and automate their marketing efforts and communications, is expanding its Canadian server group in response to growing demand.

Chief executive Saeed El-Darahali said in an

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