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Rise Books $3M Annual Revenue
Rise, the Fredericton B-Crop specializing in sustainable home renovation materials, reached $3 million of revenue in its second year of sales and hit break-even.
The progress comes as Rise looks to concurrently raise $850,000 from angel investors
3D BioFibR Scaleup Project Receives $1.3M Funding
Halifax life sciences startup 3D BioFibR and collaborator PlantForm Corporation, headquartered in Toronto, are receiving $1.3 million from industry group Next Generation Manufacturing Canada, or NGen.
The money will fund efforts by the two
TheraPBios to Expand Bioteem40 Line Nationally
Probiotics and nutritional supplements are billion-dollar industries in Canada. A Windsor, N.S. company aims to combine them.
TheraPBios PHARMA, doing business as Bioteem40, sells a range of nutritional supplements that include both probiotics and
NBCC Links Groups and Researchers
New Brunswick Community College has launched a program allowing public and private sector organizations to spend $25,000 for six months of work from an NBCC researcher as part of a push by the institution to promote digital readiness in industry.
Infusd Enters Trade Accelerator
Halifax’s Infusd Nutrition is the only Atlantic Canadian startup out of eight companies to be accepted into this year’s cohort of the federal Trade Commissioner’s Canadian Technology Accelerator for foodtech.
The four-month program offers
Ocean Supercluster Seeks AI Projects
Canada’s Ocean Supercluster is seeking proposals for projects focused on integrating artificial intelligence into the blue economy.
The call is part of a broader, Canada-wide initiative by the Supercluster to foster innovations in oceans AI,
OceanSync Tracks Maritime Weather
With the help of sensors mounted on customer ships, Halifax’s OceanSync is commercializing a potential solution to a longstanding challenge for the marine industry: that of obtaining reliable weather data.
Chief executive Sebastiaan Ambtman, who
BMO Apex Startup Challenge Invites Participation
Audiences are invited to attend two days of pitching contests and awards events at University of New Brunswick’s Fredericton campus.
On Thursday, January 25, the Elevator Pitch Competition and Networking Reception will see 30 teams from UNB and
Shift Energy Expands in U.S.
Shift Energy, which uses machine learning to reduce energy use by large buildings’ climate control systems, is focusing its business development efforts on a major expansion push in the United States, senior vice president of strategic alliances
Carbide Launches Trust Centre
Cape Breton’s Carbide has launched a new tool, called Trust Centre, for software-as-a-service companies to share elements of their information security programs with clients.
Carbide, which was co-founded in 2017 by entrepreneurs Laird Wilton and
Invest NS Seeks Accelerate Applicants
Invest Nova Scotia is seeking applicants for this year's first cohort of its Accelerate startup program.
Accelerate offers companies four months of business and technical training and $40,000 of funding, as well as weekly one-on-one coaching
Bonocle Enters Commercialization
St. John’s-based Bonocle is turning its attention to commercialization in the new year as it looks to bring its accessibility tool for interacting with smartphones and tablets via braille to market in North America and the Middle East.
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