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Food for Thought Eyes Expansion in US, Canada
Growing out of the crisis of the pandemic, Halifax-based Food for Thought Software Solutions, a company that provides stigma-free school meals to kids in need, is using its participation in a U.S. EdTech program to expand.
The
Microsoft Alum Owen Sagness Named Digital NS CEO
Industry group Digital Nova Scotia has a new CEO: software-as-a-service veteran Owen Sagness.
With a background at Microsoft, where he eventually became the U.K. managing director for advertising and online, Sagness most recently founded consulting
Arolytics Raises $3.5M
Arolytics, the Halifax- and Calgary-based maker of emissions tracking software for oil and gas companies, has raised a seed round worth over $3.5 million, led by BDC Capital’s new, $150 million Sustainability Venture Fund.
Other backers of the
Five Bluetech Startups in BlueSwell
Boston-based bluetech innovation hub SeaAhead and the New England Aquarium have selected a fourth cohort of startups for BlueSwell, a program focused on early-stage bluetech innovation.
The five startups target decarbonization, ocean data
Impactful Health R&D Rebrands to Freshr
The Halifax maker of anti-microbial film for fish packaging that was formerly called Impactful Health R&D has rebranded to Freshr Sustainable Technologies.
Freshr, which was founded by biomaterials researcher Mina Mekhail in 2017 and makes its
Entrepreneurship Summit Coming to P.E.I.
A group of innovation ecosystem support groups on Prince Edward Island are collaborating to host a one-day entrepreneurship conference in Charlottetown Nov. 2.
The Summit for Island Entrepreneurs and Innovators is being organized by Startup Zone,
NB First Nations Group Backs Next-Gen Nuclear
On the eve of Canada’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, the Saint John-headquartered North Shore Mi’kmaq District Council has inked $3 million worth of investment deals with two makers of next-generation nuclear reactors.
The two nuclear
Supercluster Funds Six Projects
Canada’s Ocean Supercluster has announced a raft of new artificial intelligence-related research and development deals with the private sector, including a $10.5 million, six-company group working on environmental assessments for tidal energy
PEI BioAlliance Wins International Praise
The Prince Edward Island BioAlliance has become the first North American group to receive the Gold Label of Cluster Management Excellence by the European Secretariat for Cluster Analysis.
The Charlottetown-based group, which brings together
Energia Launches 10th Cohort
Energia Ventures, the Fredericton-based accelerator affiliated with University of New Brunswick, launched its 10th cohort this week, with five participants from as far away as Israel.
Energia is hosted by the university’s J. Herbert Smith Centre
Sustane Wins Food Inspection Agency Approval
Chester, N.S.-based circular economy company Sustane has won Canadian Food Inspection Agency approval for its organic GroBoost Fertilizer product as it eyes commercialization.
Sustane has developed technology for repurposing curbside garbage into
Early Stage Commercialization Applications Open at Invest NS
Invest Nova Scotia is looking for applicants to its Early Stage Commercialization Fund for university research, which offers startups up to $50,000 of funding.
The money can go towards assessing a product’s market potential, developing go-to-market