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Sustainable Fish Food Firm Wins Illuminate
A PhD student who aims to protect wild fish stocks by producing food made from insects won big at the recent Illuminate program at Memorial University in St. John’s.
Jessika Lamarre, founder of Invertable, took home multiple awards at the inaugural
CoteX Partners with Nutrien
Dartmouth-based agtech company CoteX Technologies has formed a partnership with agribusiness giant Nutrien to jointly explore commercializing an environmentally friendly coating for fertilizer.
The two companies issued a joint press release last
Technow Plans Biologics as BIOVECTRA Pillar
As Charlottetown-based drug manufacturer BIOVECTRA launches its new, $90 million biomanufacturing facility, CEO Oliver Technow says expansion of its production capacity is an important part of its plans to stay internationally competitive.
Energia Demo Day Features Four Startups
Energia Ventures, the Fredericton-based accelerator affiliated with University of New Brunswick, will hold its demo day for the four companies in its latest cohort on Dec. 7.
Energia is hosted by the university’s J. Herbert Smith Centre for
Startups Must Pursue Global Markets: Radian6 Alumni
The entrepreneurs behind Radian6, one of the startups that helped put Atlantic Canada on the innovation map, have a message for founders: think bigger.
Marcel LeBrun was Radian6’s CEO, and David Alston was its chief marketing officer. When their
Atlantic Startups Raised $117M in Q3
Atlantic Canadian startups raised $117 million in the third quarter of 2023, according to data from the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association. Much of that investment capital was tied to the largest funding round in Nova Scotia
Bright Breaks Closes $2.5M Round
Bright Breaks, the Halifax startup that produces online wellness videos for employees, has closed a $2.525 million funding round led by new investor Build Ventures.
Returning backers Concrete Ventures and Invest Nova Scotia also joined the funding
12 Pitch at Volta Investment Day
Twelve companies pitched at Halifax startup hub Volta’s first Investment Day event Wednesday, which it hosted in collaboration with accelerator Creative Destruction Lab Atlantic.
The event was held at Volta’s new offices in downtown Halifax’s
InkWell in US Market, Pursuing Health Canada Approval
InkWell Health, which has developed technology to help orthopaedic surgeons remotely monitor patients’ recoveries, has entered commercialization in the United States as it looks to raise capital and build out a network of doctors using its system.
Thank You to All who Supported Entrevestor Live
We'd like to thank everyone who made Entrevestor Live on Tuesday such a smashing success.
We gathered at the Tribe Network in Halifax for an exhilirating showcase of some of the best entrepreneurs in the region. As well as the six live sessions in
In Cleantech, Plenty of Room at the Top: Risley
John Risley’s massive, 328-turbine wind energy and hydrogen production facility that he plans to build near St. George’s Bay in Newfoundland is part of what the serial entrepreneur and super-angel describes as the most significant business trend of
How Proposify Reshaped its Financials
When veteran startup executive Kathy Doucette joined Proposify in 2021, what she saw in the company’s finances made her feel like “the canary in the coal mine.”
Doucette is a veteran startup executive who has held financial leadership roles across