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Densitas Secures 510(k) Clearance

  • Mar 02, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Days after it announced it had received regulatory approval in Australia, Halifax-based Densitas Inc. has announced it gained access to the world’s largest medical device market.

The company said Thursday its flagship DM-Density product had

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NS Social Enterprises Eye Growth

  • Mar 02, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Nova Scotia’s social enterprises want to grow but need more support in such tasks as getting their products to customers, says a new report by the Social Enterprise Network of Nova Scotia, or SENNS.

The network, which represents Nova Scotian

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World’s Best Deodorant Reboots

  • Mar 01, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

After a reboot that took more than a year, The Best Deodorant in the World is preparing for a relaunch next year with huge plans for exporting, and even more so for its social impact.

The Best Deodorant in the World is the name of a

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CarbonCure Uses New CO2 Source

  • Mar 01, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

CarbonCure Technologies hit a significant milestone in its development last month: the Halifax cleantech company and its partners have launched an integrated solution that reduces carbon emissions in both cement and concrete production.

CarbonCure

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Volta Eyes More Innovation Outposts

  • Feb 28, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

Volta Labs' new Vice President of Innovation, Chris Crowell, is starting his job with plans to develop a larger corporate outpost within Volta as a part of the startup house's expansion this fall.

Crowell, who started with Volta last month, joined

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Densitas Approved In Australia

  • Feb 28, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

A week after academic research in Britain validated the premise of its business model, Halifax-based Densitas Inc. has received regulatory clearance for its automated breast density software DM-Density to be sold in Australia.

The company issued a

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Affinio Enters New Microsoft Program

  • Feb 27, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Halifax-based Affinio is one of the first companies accepted into a new program offered by Microsoft in which the tech giant’s sales team helps to sell startups’ products.

TechCrunch, the respected Silicon Valley tech publication, said earlier this

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Startup Halifax To Showcase Funding

  • Feb 26, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

Startup Halifax is hosting an event March 12 that will show founders and executives what funding options are available for startups.

The event, which starts at 6 pm at the Halifax Central Library, will feature talks from such organizations as

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ABK Raised $9M in Equity in August

  • Feb 26, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

ABK Biomedical has raised more than $9 million in an over-subscribed round of equity funding that closed last August.  The larger equity base has allowed the company to borrow $3 million from the Atlantic Innovation Fund.

The Halifax-based medical

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Jobs: Dash Hudson, HeyOrca

  • Feb 23, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

In our Jobs of the Week column today, Halifax-based Dash Hudson and HeyOrca of St. John’s are both looking to hire account executives to work with their sales teams.

Dash Hudson is a visual marketing strategy company. Its visual intelligence

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DHX’s WildBrain Surging on YouTube

  • Feb 23, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Here’s a little-known fact about children’s animation company DHX Media — its fastest-growing segment is the one that posts free content on YouTube.

The Halifax- and Toronto-based company released results last week for the quarter ending Dec. 31,

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Saint John Mulls Adopter Program

  • Feb 23, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

A city councillor in Saint John has put forth a motion for the city to create an early adopter program that could help budding businesses find and land government contracts.

Councillor Greg Norton presented this motion to council early February. He

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