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Remembering Dr. Mary Kilfoil (1956-2023)
We were shocked and saddened to learn this week that Dr. Mary Kilfoil, one of the pioneers of the Atlantic Canada startup community, had passed away peacefully at home last week.
A woman of great kindness and generosity, Kilfoil is best known in
Seven Startups Present at BioPort
This year’s BioPort life sciences summit in Halifax came complete not just with a selection of presentations from pre-seed and seed-stage startups, but also an announcement: provincial industry group and conference organizer BioNova is now Life
Featured Guests at Entrevestor Live
Some of the most successful Atlantic Canadian startup founders in the region's history will headline the 2023 edition of Entrevestor Live, our three-hour conference that showcases the biggest and best of the region’s high-growth companies.
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Acuicy AI Trials Under Way, Pre-Seed in the Works
Acuicy, the Halifax-based maker of business intelligence software for emissions reduction, is demoing its technology with double-digit numbers of enterprise clients on the back of completing its minimum viable product last spring.
Chief executive
BlueNode, Port of Halifax are Finalists for Global Sustainability Award
Nova Scotia supply chain analytics specialists BlueNode and the Port of Halifax are finalists for the International Association of Ports and Harbors’ Sustainability Awards, to be presented at the World Ports Conference in Abu Dhabi on Nov. 1.
Reazent Becomes Nutrien Inclusion Competition Finalist
Halifax-based Reazent, the maker of organic alternatives to conventional fertilizer products, has beat out hundreds of other competitors internationally to become one of four finalists in Saskatoon agtech giant Nutrien’s Radicle Inclusion Challenge.
Ocean Supercluster, Innovate U.K. Seek Projects
Canada’s Ocean Supercluster has announced a joint call for proposals with British government organization Innovate U.K. under its newly created Canada-UK: Collaborative Ocean Innovation Solutions Program.
The two groups are looking for private
Genesis, Invest NS Seek Accelerator Applicants
Two East Coast innovation hubs are looking for applicants to their startup support programs.
Invest Nova Scotia has put out a call for entrepreneurs interested in its GreenShoots funding and mentorship program, which offers agtech, biotech
SMU Revamps BComm
Saint Mary's University in Halifax has launched a new version of its Bachelor of Commerce curriculum.
SMU’s Sobey School of Business, led by interim dean Mark Raymond, bills its revamped BComm program as offering a high level of customization and
Frenter Begins Commercial Rollouts
Halifax-based Frenter, which sells an asset-management and geofencing software platform for heavy equipment, is deploying its hardware and software suite in the field for the first time on the back of raising $1.4 million and accumulating six
IGNITE to Host AI Workshops
Rural innovation hub IGNITE Atlantic will host a pair of workshops on artificial intelligence in partnership with Toronto-based consultancy H10 AI on Sept. 26 in Yarmouth, N.S. and Sept. 29 in New Glasgow, N.S.
Attendees will receive training from
Clean Valley Extends European Trial
Halifax’s Clean Valley CIC is extending a trial of its technology for growing algae in wastewater from land-based aquaculture pens with a major Portuguese operator.
Clean Valley Founder Nicholas LaValle said in an interview the test has been in