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Invest NS Seeks Applicants to Digital Marketing Program

  • Dec 11, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Economic development agency Invest Nova Scotia is looking for applicants to its Digital Marketing Asset Development Program, which is a training program for product-based companies looking to attend national or international sales events within the

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Begin.AI Personalizes Gaming

  • Dec 10, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

The type of user personalization usually found on social media websites could soon become common in video games thanks to the efforts of a Halifax-based artificial intelligence founder.

Rima Al Shikh is the entrepreneur behind Begin.AI, which has

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Propel Receives $2.9M From ACOA

  • Dec 10, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Virtual startup incubator Propel has received a $2.9 million grant from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, funding the organization through 2026.

The money builds on $1.05 million Propel received from the Nova Scotia government in May, some

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ELi Fights School Shootings

  • Dec 08, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

ELi Technology, the Halifax maker of internet protocol-enabled location-tracking systems for 911 services, has partnered with Minnesota-based GeoComm and Amazon Web Services on a new school safety platform to help police and emergency crews respond

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GIT Floats its Boat with Halifax Transit

  • Dec 07, 2023
  • Carol Moreira

Graphite Innovation & Technologies, which does business as GIT Coatings, has been hired by Halifax Transit to apply its graphene-based coatings to the hull and propeller of the Rita Joe ferry that plies Halifax Harbour.

Coatings have been applied

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Invest NS Seeks Bluetech Companies for Oceanology International

  • Dec 06, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Invest Nova Scotia, the provincial economic development agency, is looking for bluetech companies to participate in the Canadian delegation to the globally noted Oceanology International conference in London, U.K., in March.

Companies can apply to

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Introhive Appoints Jason Bass COO

  • Dec 06, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Within a year of announcing a new chief executive and chief financial officer, Fredericton- and Miami-based Introhive also has a new chief operating officer: Jason Bass.

An experienced tech executive, Bass has a track record of improving companies'

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Six Pitch at Springboard IP Showcase

  • Dec 05, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Six Atlantic Canadian startups pitched Tuesday at a showcase event hosted by Springboard Atlantic, an industry network that aims to foster the commercialization of research and to highlight companies receiving funding under its Atlantic IP Advantage

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Startup Failures Soaring in 2023

  • Dec 04, 2023
  • Peter Moreira

The increasingly difficult environment is taking its toll on the Atlantic Canadian startup community, as a record number of companies in the Entrevestor Databank have failed in 2023.

As we begin to examine the startups in our databank for this

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Four Bluetech Startups to Watch

  • Dec 04, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Ocean technology has emerged in recent years as a particular strength of the Atlantic Canadian startup community, with ecosystem intelligence provider Startup Genome ranking the region as the eighth strongest worldwide. St. John's-based Kraken

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Kraken Posts Record Revenues

  • Dec 04, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Kraken Robotics posted record revenue in its third quarter, driven by demand from militaries and offshore energy projects, including for subsea batteries and mine-hunting sonar systems.

In its financial results for the three months ended Sept. 30,

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Hollo Nearing Commercialization

  • Dec 03, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Halifax medical device-maker Hollo’s $50,000 win at the QEII Health Sciences Centre Foundation’s Innovation Den awards comes as the company makes strides towards commercialization, according to CEO Sara Fedullo, including signing a letter of intent

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