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Lockheed, MTI Sign $5.6M Solar Deal
Metamaterial Technologies Inc. of Halifax has signed a $5.6 million agreement with aerospace giant Lockheed Martin to develop materials that enhance solar power and can be used on aircraft.
MTI issued a statement on Thursday saying that the
McCain Institute Names 28 to ELP
After an intense two-day process called "The Choosing," the Wallace McCain Institute, at the University of New Brunswick, has named the 10th cohort of its Entrepreneurial Leaders Program, ELP.
The institute said in a statement this group of 28
Dal Eyes Canada’s First I-Corps Node
Atlantic Canada’s I-Corps program is expected to launch in the autumn, having been given a boost this week by famed startup educator Steve Blank.
Mary Kilfoil, who teaches entrepreneurship at Dalhousie University, said the pieces are now in place
Kinduct Adds Zebra to Sports Platform
Halifax-based Kinduct Technologies has formed a partnership with Zebra Technologies Corporation that will help coaches and their staffs track player movement and performance more easily.
The two parties announced the partnership Wednesday, and said
Lazaridis Program Seeks 2nd Cohort
The Lazaridis Scale-Up Program, a pan-Canadian program that helps growth-stage companies expand globally, will hold an information session on Tuesday in Halifax about its second cohort.
The program gives 10 companies the opportunity to fast-track
Best Showing Yet in Branham300
In the region’s best showing ever, eight Atlantic Canadian companies have been named to the prestigious Branham300 – four in the Top 250, and four in the Up and Coming classification.
Ottawa-based Branham Group today released its Branham300 for
HeyOrca Unveils $2M Funding Round
HeyOrca has landed $2 million in equity funding, allowing it to ramp up its fast-growing content-planning business.
The St. John’s company that makes collaborative software for marketing agencies announced this morning that it received $2 million
Indigo Foundation Backs Squiggle Park
Squiggle Park has struck a partnership with the Indigo Love of Reading Foundation, which will place the company’s edtech product in some of the most disadvantaged schools in Canada.
The Halifax company’s online games, which help children to learn
TruLeaf Plans Farms Across Canada
A Nova Scotian agritech company that first began at the Perennia Innovation Centre is now looking forward building farms across the country with their advanced crop growing systems.
TruLeaf Sustainable Agriculture’s systems are now in use at their
Job of the Week: Dash Hudson
Dash Hudson is continuing to expand its staff, and today we’re highlighting an opening at the social media analytics company for an account executive.
Halifax-based Dash Hudson has created a “visual intelligence platform” that helps its corporate
Teaching Tech to First Nations Children
All children need to learn computer science, but minority groups often have fewer opportunities to do so. A new five-week program in New Brunswick is helping boost knowledge among First Nations’ elementary and middle-school children.
The program,
UNB Opens Marine 3D Printing Centre
The University of New Brunswick on Thursday launched Canada’s first research centre for 3D metal printing for the marine and defence industries.
The Fredericton university said in a statement the new Marine Additive Manufacturing Centre of