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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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Sona Nanotech Raises $750K

  • Nov 28, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Dartmouth pharmaceuticals company Sona Nanotech has raised money via a private placement share sale for the second time this year, capitalizing on recent increases in its stock price.

In a statement Monday, Sona, which trades on the Canadian

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Nine Startups Join Scale-up Hub: Cambridge

  • Nov 28, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Invest Nova Scotia has announced the nine medtech companies participating in the 2023-2024 cohort of Scale-up Hub: Cambridge, its cross-border business development accelerator.

The nine-month program is funded mainly by the Atlantic Trade and

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Invest NS Announces GreenShoots Cohort

  • Nov 27, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Provincial economic development agency Invest Nova Scotia has revealed the companies in its seventh GreenShoots cohort, each of which is receiving at least $10,000 of funding, with two receiving the maximum outlay of $40,000.

GreenShoots offers

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Ignite Fredericton Wins International Award

  • Nov 27, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Fredericton economic development agency and entrepreneurship hub Ignite has been honoured by International Economic Development Council for its programming for women and immigrant startup founders, receiving an award for excellence in economic

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Dispension Diversifies

  • Nov 26, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Halifax-based Dispension Industries, which launched as a seller of smart kiosks for dispensing controlled substances as part of harm reduction programs, is diversifying into alcohol sales, starting with sports arenas.

Chief executive Corey Yantha,

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Veristart Fights Construction Vehicle Theft

  • Nov 26, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

One reason somewhere between $400 million and $1.36 billion worth of construction equipment is stolen worldwide every year, depending on the estimate, is simply its value, but another reason is that all vehicles of the same model usually share the

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Nwogu Studying Processes at Region’s Startups

  • Nov 26, 2023
  • Peter Moreira

A Dalhousie University PhD student is investigating best practice among the region’s information technology startups and looking for a few dozen Nova Scotian founders to help him with the study.

Uchechukwu Nwogu, who is working on his doctorate in

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Fundraising, Staffing and Regulators: Notes for Founders

  • Nov 23, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Good management practices, in both human resources and finances, offer founders the best chance of successfully navigating an innovation landscape that continues to be marked by conflicting economic signals, a panel of startup experts said last

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TechNL to Host Digital Offshore Conference

  • Nov 23, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Industry groups TechNL and Energy NL, along with non-profit Energy Research and Innovation Newfoundland and Labrador, will host a two-day conference Tuesday and Wednesday at the St. John’s Convention Centre.

The conference will be focused on the

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Investment Challenge Seeks Would-Be Funders

  • Nov 22, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

The Atlantic Canada Cleantech Scale-up and Investment Challenge is looking for would-be investors to participate in a 10-week training program and eventually back the winners of its 21-company healthtech and cleantech startup competitions.

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