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Profitual Moves into MaRS

  • Sep 06, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

In an outside-the-box solution to business development beyond its home territory, New Brunswick financial intelligence startup Profitual has begun sending its staff members to work in Toronto on a rotating basis.

Profitual, founded in 2021 by

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$1M for Verschuren Centre, $500K for Dispersa and CoteX

  • Sep 05, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

The Sydney-based Verschuren Centre, which provides startups with access to industrial fermentation and bioprocessing infrastructure, is receiving a $1 million grant from the federal government to expand its operating capacity by a factor of 15. Two

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Volta Ecosystem Award Nominees Announced

  • Sep 05, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Halifax startup hub Volta’s fifth annual Ecosystem Impact Awards are coming on September 20, honouring changemakers from the region's innovation ecosystem.

Slated to be held at Dalhousie University’s Ocean Sciences Building in Halifax, the event is

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Stewart Farms Eyes International Growth

  • Sep 04, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

St. Stephen, NB-based Stewart Farms sells its cannabis bath bombs in government retail outlets like any other THC-based product, but the value proposition it offers customers is quite different.

Chief Executive Tanner Stewart founded the company in

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Sensor Globe Wins Aqua Nor Award

  • Sep 04, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Halifax-based MARIN X, which sells sensor technology for aquaculture operators, has won the Innovation Award at global bluetech conference Aqua Nor, held in Trondheim, Norway.

The brainchild of entrepreneurs Sheamus MacDonald and Aleksandr

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We’re at the beach!

  • Aug 28, 2023
  • Peter Moreira

Just a quick note to say we've begun our annual late-August break. 

We always take off the week before Labour Day, recharging our batteries at a time of slow news flow. We hope all of you enjoy the last few days of August and look forward to being

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Entrevestor Live: Going Global on Nov. 14

  • Aug 24, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Entrevestor Live, our third annual conference on Atlantic Canada's most successful startups, is coming to Halifax startup hub Volta Nov. 14. This year's theme is Going Global.

The half-day, hybrid event is dedicated to learning from the region’s

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Hollo Co-Founder Sara Fedullo Named CEO

  • Aug 24, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Halifax-based Hollo Medical has swapped out its CEO, replacing one co-founder with another.

Former CEO David Hodgson, who in June won the 2023 Global Student Entrepreneur Awards, beating out almost 1,100 competitors internationally, will become

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Lab2Market Launch Health Pitch Day Sept. 12

  • Aug 23, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Dalhousie University’s startup hub, Dal Innovates will hold a virtual pitch day on Sept. 12 for its health cohort of Lab2Market Launch, part of a national research commercialization program for post-secondary institutions.

The students, researchers

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NovaResp Adds CPAP Veteran to Board

  • Aug 23, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Halifax medical technology startup NovaResp, which is developing an algorithm to help manage sleep apnea, has added a new member to its board of directors: Raj Sodhi, who has extensive experience selling technology to treat the condition.

Sodhi

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NBIF Seeks Climate Fund Applicants

  • Aug 23, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation is looking for grant applicants to its new, $2 million Climate Change Mitigation Fund, and the deadline is Oct. 16.

NBIF and economic development agency Opportunities New Brunswick created the fund to

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Future of Innovation Conference to be Held in Fredericton

  • Aug 23, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

The University of New Brunswick’s J. Herbert Smith Centre for Technology Management and Entrepreneurship will host this year’s Future of Innovation conference Oct. 17 and 18, and the first speaker to be announced is prominent business journalist

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