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Meagan Kay-Fowlow Named President of TechNL Innovation Centre

  • Jul 31, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Meagan Kay-Fowlow, a veteran manager from the worlds of academia and health, will lead Newfoundland and Labrador industry group TechNL’s new, $9.6 million Innovation Centre for Remote Operations as its president.

Kay-Fowlow, a political scientist

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Meta Materials Inks Japanese Manufacturing Deal

  • Jul 30, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Dartmouth advanced materials company Meta Materials, which has made headlines in recent years for a succession of high-dollar-value capital raises from public markets, has inked a collaboration deal with a large, but unnamed Japanese manufacturer.

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Dal Seeks Lab2Market Discover Applicants

  • Jul 30, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Dalhousie University is looking for applicants to its Lab2Market Discover program — an eight-week precursor to the school’s Lab2Market Validate accelerator.

The program is meant for full-time researchers or advanced students who want to explore

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Vergo Launches Workplace Safety AI

  • Jul 27, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

A Halifax entrepreneur with a background in kinesiology has launched an artificial intelligence-enabled app aimed at reducing workplace injuries through better ergonomic practices.

Christian Browne is the founder of Vergo — a computer vision and

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Net Worth Brings Risley To Life

  • Jul 27, 2023
  • Peter Moreira

Not long ago, I heard John Risley interviewed on CBC about his collection of Maud Lewis paintings, and I was struck by how human he seemed. I was used to Risley being parodied in the media for his insatiable greed, but this report gave him artistic

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Springboard Launches Atlantic IP Advantage

  • Jul 26, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

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Springboard Atlantic, a network of universities and colleges that connects industry with academic institutions in Atlantic Canada to encourage the commercialization of research, is launching a program to help startups safeguard

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Innovation PEI Announces Ignition Fund Recipients

  • Jul 26, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Business development agency Innovation PEI has announced five companies from the province receiving $25,000 each from its Ignition Fund, chosen via a competition-based application process.

Launched in 2014, the fund has so far backed 85 companies.

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FIVAMed Launches 2nd Product Line

  • Jul 25, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Halifax medical device-maker FIVAMed is dipping its toe into the world of veterinary technology with the launch of its second product, FIVAVet.

The company sells a device equipped with sensors to monitor the flow from IV bags, like those used in

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BioPort Coming Sept. 13

  • Jul 25, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Nova Scotia life sciences industry group BioNova will hold its 22nd annual BioPort conference September 13 at the Halifax Marriot Harbourfront, with internationally notable speakers from the worlds of biotech, pharmaceuticals and public health.

The

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East Coast Startup Growth Slowed Last Year

  • Jul 24, 2023
  • Avery Mullen and Peter Moreira

The East Coast startup community experienced slower growth in 2022 than in the previous years, though a core of leading companies continued to thrive — that’s the conclusion of Entrevestor’s 2022 Atlantic Canadian Startup Data Report, released

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Swiftsure Announces Board

  • Jul 24, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Pasadena, NL, medtech company Swiftsure Innovations, which in May raised a $2.3 million funding round led by St. John’s-based Pelorus Venture Capital, has announced its first board of directors.

The five-person board includes CEO Deanne McCarthy,

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Passiv Buys Wealthly

  • Jul 23, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Fredericton-based Passiv, which last year closed a US$2.2 million or roughly C$3 million seed round following its graduation from the prestigious Silicon Valley accelerator Y Combinator, has bought Bellevue, Washington startup Wealthly for an

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