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Centre for Women in Business Offers Virtual Incubator

  • Aug 15, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

The Halifax-based Centre for Women in Business is looking for applicants to its Grow Now virtual incubator for female-led startups.

The program includes a total of 45 hours of training over six months on topics including sales, pricing and

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Invest Nova Scotia Seeks Accelerate Applicants

  • Aug 15, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Invest Nova Scotia is seeking applicants for the second of two cohorts it will host this year for its Accelerate startup program.

Accelerate offers companies four months of business and technical training and $40,000 of funding, as well as weekly

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Profitual, Volta to Collaborate

  • Aug 13, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Fredericton-based financial intelligence startup Profitual has announced a partnership agreement with Halifax startup hub Volta.

Profitual, founded by former New Brunswick Innovation Foundation investors Raymond Fitzpatrick and Daniel Hoyles,

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Ignite To Offer Startup Ideation Program

  • Aug 13, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Fredericton entrepreneurship hub Ignite is looking for applicants to its Business Builder Bootcamp for ideation-stage startups, which will run from Friday, Sept. 22 to Sunday, Sept. 24.

The program promises to help founders determine whether their

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3D BioFibR and B.C.’s OkaSciences Bundle Bioprinting Materials

  • Aug 11, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Halifax-based 3D BioFibR has signed a collaboration deal with Kelowna, British Columbia-based OkaSciences.

Founded in 2019, OkaSciences sells materials for bioprinting — the process of 3D printing tissue, which has applications in healthcare and

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Digital NS Seeks Applicants to Gender-Diverse ICT Skills Program

  • Aug 11, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Industry group Digital Nova Scotia is seeking applicants to a 12-week online training program for women and gender-diverse people who want to enter the tech industry, but who need an introduction to industry practices, culture and the broader IT

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IdeaHUB Demo Day Sept. 12

  • Aug 10, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Dalhousie University’s Emera ideaHUB startup support shop will hold its annual demo day for graduates of its ideaBUILD accelerator, a 10-month program meant to help deeptech startups develop and manufacture their products, on September 12.

The

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ACOA Lends 3 Bluetech Firms $1M

  • Aug 08, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

The federal Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency is lending just shy of a combined $1 million to a trio of ocean technology companies.

ABCO Industries of Lunenburg is borrowing $536,802, Halifax-based ReelData is borrowing $250,000 and Dartmouth

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Electric Vehicle Tech: Four Startups We’re Watching

  • Aug 07, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

When Halifax’s Zen Electric said in March it had raised about $2.62 million from backers that included Nigerian utility giant North South Power, it was the latest in a series of high-profile announcements from an emerging East Coast innovation

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Propel Announces Four Traction and Growth Grads

  • Aug 03, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Online startup accelerator Propel, which is now in its 20th year, has announced four graduate companies from its continuous intake Traction and Growth program.

Traction and Growth is meant for startups that have already completed Propel’s more

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Talkatoo Launches Transcription Verification

  • Aug 02, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Talkatoo, the Halifax-based maker of specialty transcription software for veterinarians, has launched a new verification service that adds a layer of human scrutiny for better accuracy.

The company’s main product allows veterinarians to dictate

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NBIF, Opportunities NB to Create $2M Climate Fund

  • Aug 02, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation and economic development agency Opportunities New Brunswick will create a new Climate Change Mitigation Fund backed by $2 million.

The money will build on $1.5 million of grants handed out by a similar

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