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SomaDetect Courts Vermont Farmers
As it begins its pilot project in New Brunswick, SomaDetect has been validating the international demand for its product. The Fredericton AgTech company recently signed letters of intent with three-quarters of the 80 farmers it met with during a
Nova Box Globalizes Local Products
Each of the ship captains currently in Halifax for the Tall Ships Regatta will take home a box full of Nova Scotia-themed treasures along with their memories. The Nova Boxes are being provided by Nova Box creator Allyson England, who established her
Dane Creek Adds to Pet Food Venture
Dane Creek Capital Corp. this week agreed to buy pet-related assets of Dartmouth-based Nature’s Way Canada in its latest step in building up a Nova Scotia-based portfolio of sustainable pet food products.
Dane Creek is a Mississauga, Ont.-based
Big Data Congress Eyes Oceans, Ag
The fifth annual Big Data Congress, to be held in Halifax in November, will feature something that none of the previous four have – a focus on specific sectors.
Alternating between Saint John and Halifax, the Congress is an annual celebration of
NL Replaces RDC with InnovateNL
The government of Newfoundland and Labrador is replacing its Research & Development Corporation with a new body called InnovateNL, whose first chair is Killick Capital President Mark Dobbin.
In a statement last week, the government said the
Trip Ninja Eyes Big Deal in August
Last Friday, Halifax’s Trip Ninja integrated its travel-planning platform with Galileo, a computer reservations system owned by the international travel service company TravelPort.
It was one more step in a three-year process in an entrepreneurial
RtTech Receives Key Certification
Moncton-based RtTech Software announced last week that its Cipher platform has received a major certification for interoperability in the industrial automation space.
The Industrial Internet of Things company, whose products help industrial
Job of the Week: Dash Hudson SDR
Dash Hudson continues to grow its staff, and its opening for a Sales Development Representative in Halifax is the focus of this edition of Job of the Week.
Halifax-based Dash Hudson has created a “visual intelligence platform” that helps its
Views on Mental Health Must Change
Attitudes and expectations within Atlantic Canada’s innovation community need to change to improve entrepreneurs’ well-being, writes researcher Michael DeVenney in the sixth and final part of his report into entrepreneurship and mental health.
Dal LaunchPad Graduates 11 Teams
LaunchDal graduated its summer cohort of entrepreneurs on Wednesday night with pitches from 11 teams that were heavily weighted in hardware and oceans technology.
Almost all the teams Dalhousie University's LaunchPad program are working with or
MetricsFlow Eyes $10K MRR in 2017
With a couple of clients in the bag and some leads in the sales funnel, Isaac Adejuwon has a singular goal for his company Metricsflow to reach by year-end – $10,000 in monthly recurring revenue.
The company began last year and has made rapid
Volta To Triple Maritime Centre Space
In a deal that will triple its capacity, Volta Labs has signed a lease to take out 60,000 square feet of space in the Maritime Centre in Halifax.
The startup house this winter will take over the ground, mezzanine and second floors of the 19-storey
