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Attend the Release of our Startup Data
Entrevestor, in partnership with Charcoal Marketing, would like to invite the startup community to a luncheon on Nov. 8 to release and discuss our latest data on startups in Atlantic Canada.
The luncheon will be held at noon at the Halifax World
3 East Coasters Win Startup Awards
Three Atlantic Canadian success stories – all noted for their tenacity – captured national Startup Canada Awards in Ottawa on Thursday, including a businesswoman who was crowned the top entrepreneur for 2017.
Anne Whelan, President and CEO of
Deprolabs Opens Kickstarter Campaign
A team of Halifax entrepreneurs has launched a crowdfunding campaign to finance a new product that uses machine learning to water your plants while you’re out of town.
Deprolabs Technology Inc. launched its Kickstarter campaign this week to promote
Mount A Joins Shad Network
Mount Allison University in Sackville, NB, has become the 16th university in Canada to host the national science and entrepreneurship program Shad at its campus.
The national organization announced Thursday that it would host a Shad cohort in July,
Pfera Wins BioInnovation Challenge
Pfera, the Fredericton company that helps horse breeders predict when their mares will give birth, won the $45,000 BioInnovation Challenge on Wednesday, its second big competition win this year.
Now in its seventh year, the BIC is the main
Dash Hudson Releases Vision Product
Dash Hudson has added a new product — which it says is a doozy — to its suite of products to help brands and publishers link with their audience.
The Halifax company -- which is profitable and growing revenues strongly -- so far has been best known
Embracing Changes in Healthcare
Delegates to BioPort 2017 on Wednesday were told of the impact of recent life sciences innovation in Atlantic Canada and encouraged to embrace further change.
The impact so far is found in the fact that $1 billion has flowed into Atlantic Canada in
QRA To Attend 48 Hours in the Valley
Halifax-based QRA Corp. has been accepted into the next cohort of 48 Hours in the Valley, the program offered by C100 to introduce leading Canadian companies to the network of investors and mentors in Silicon Valley.
C100 was formed by Canadian
Harbr Commits to Gender Parity
Though it is rooted in the male-dominated industries of technology and construction, Harbr has set a target to have an equal balance of men and women on its staff.
The Halifax company released a statement on Tuesday saying that it has almost
TD Donates $500K to Futurpreneur
TD Bank Group has donated $500,000 to the Atlantic chapter of Futurpreneur Canada to support its efforts to support and educate young entrepreneurs in the region over the next three years.
The contribution will allow more Atlantic Canadian
NSBI Launches US Export Program
Nova Scotia Business Inc. is seeking applications for its new Scale-up Hub Cambridge program, which aims to help companies from the province increase sales in the U.S. and other countries.
The province's business development agency has posted a
Deshpande’s Lesson in Creating Impact
A giant in the field of entrepreneurship came to Halifax last Friday to give educators some schooling on how to build entrepreneurial ecosystems.
Entrepreneur, philanthropist and University of New Brunswick grad Gururaj Deshpande was the keynote