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InnovateNB Awards Seek Nominees

  • Sep 24, 2024
  • Avery Mullen

The organizers of this year’s InnovateNB Awards are seeking nominations for people and companies.

Nominations are being sought for the InnovateNB awards that recognize individuals and companies that deserve to be celebrated for their contributions

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Three BioPort Takeaways

  • Sep 23, 2024
  • Avery Mullen

When life sciences entrepreneurs and investors gathered at the Halifax Convention Centre for this year’s BioPort Atlantic conference, they received a day and a half of advice from senior players in the industry, including on managing risk, finding

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Myomar Launches Product

  • Sep 20, 2024
  • Avery Mullen

Three months after it won Health Canada approval for its urine test to monitor muscle health, Halifax-based Myomar Molecular is going to market in Nova Scotia, with a national launch and capital raise to follow.

In an interview Thursday, CEO

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Tracktile Wins Gerry Pond Award

  • Sep 19, 2024
  • Avery Mullen

Charlottetown-based Tracktile, which sells software for food and beverage manufacturers, has won this year's Gerry Pond Sales Award.

The Gerry Pond Award is an annual $25,000 cash prize awarded by virtual startup incubator Propel in honour of

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Eight Pitch at BioPort

  • Sep 19, 2024
  • Avery Mullen

When life sciences entrepreneurs and investors gathered in Halifax Wednesday for the first full day of this year’s BioPort conference, the agenda included two pitch sessions, one for pre-seed companies and one for seed-stage companies.

The pitches

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“Ridiculously Ambitious”: Deeptech Shines at Entrevestor Live

  • Sep 18, 2024
  • Avery Mullen

A common theme emerged in many of the startups featured at this year’s Entrevestor Live conference Tuesday: their business models are “ridiculously ambitious,” to quote Planetary Technologies CEO Mike Kelland.

He was describing his own company as

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Nine Startups Enter Propel Program

  • Sep 17, 2024
  • Peter Moreira

Propel, Atlantic Canada’s virtual tech accelerator, has named nine companies from across the region to its Fall 2024 Validation cohort, the first step of its programs for high-growth companies.

Validation focuses on validating the business idea

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Proposify Readies Version 3

  • Sep 16, 2024
  • Avery Mullen

Halifax’s Proposify made a profit last year for the first time since 2018, with CEO Kyle Racki and his team now in “build mode” with a suite of updated product offerings.

In an interview Friday, Racki said a new version of his company’s software,

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Thank You, Entrevestor Live Sponsors

  • Sep 15, 2024
  • Peter Moreira

Entrevestor Live, the celebration of the best of Atlantic Canadian innovation, is only a day away and this is your last chance to buy tickets.

As we remind everyone there are only a few left, we’d like to thank our sponsors. This event would not be

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Mike Cyr to Lead Charcoal

  • Sep 13, 2024
  • Avery Mullen

Newly minted Charcoal Marketing President Mike Cyr is stepping into the role in the wake of a significant transformation for both the company and its wider industry.

Cyr said in an interview this week that the world of marketing has, in recent

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Map of NS Coastline Aims To Enhance Public Safety

  • Sep 12, 2024
  • Carol Moreira

Technology companies Stellar Futures of Blue Rocks, N.S. and Zimple Consulting SpA of Concepción, Chile, will work together to enhance coastal protection and public warning in emergencies. 

The first joint project will build a prototype digital

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SeafarerAI to Lead $964K Supercluster Project

  • Sep 12, 2024
  • Peter Moreira

SeafarerAI, a young Saint John-area company that uses artificial intelligence to improve port operations, will lead a project supported by Canada’s Ocean Supercluster to use AI in port dredging.

The Supercluster, a federal agency that partners with

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