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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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Transport Canada to Fund Clean Propulsion Tech for Shipping

  • Dec 03, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Transport Canada is looking to spend $22.5 million to fund research and development work on low-emission marine propulsion systems over the next five years.

The Clean Vessel Demonstration Stream of the federal agency’s Green Shipping Corridor

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Atlantic Canada Places Eighth in Startup Genome Bluetech Rankings

  • Nov 30, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Startup Genome, the Silicon Valley group that ranks innovation ecosystems, has released its combined report on cleantech and bluetech ecosystems, building on last year’s bluetech list, with Atlantic Canada improving its showing from 10th to eighth

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Four Eyes Financial Targets US

  • Nov 29, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

With several large Canadian clients, Four Eyes Financial is turning its sights to the United States market, with the Saint John maker of regulatory compliance software for wealth management businesses planning a roughly two-year expansion push.

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CASTL Launches National Upskilling Program

  • Nov 29, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

The Canadian Alliance for Skills and Training in Life Sciences, a national industry group led by the P.E.I. BioAlliance and headquartered in its Charlottetown biomanufacturing incubator, is launching a national upskilling program for

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