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Sumarah Retires from Digital NS

  • Apr 24, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Wayne Sumarah, CEO of industry group Digital Nova Scotia, will retire at the end of May after three years on the job.

Sumarah, a marking executive who previously worked in the telecommunications sector, presided over a 50 percent increase in the

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Earth Day: Mysa Donates to Habitat for Humanity

  • Apr 23, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

St. John’s-based Mysa Smart Thermostats is donating about $40,000 worth of inventory to non-profit Habitat pour l'humanité Québec, Habitat for Humanity’s Francophone arm, in celebration of Earth Day.

Mysa said in a statement the 300 smart

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Ignite, UNB and Thales Launch Cybersecurity Hub

  • Apr 23, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

French digital technology and defence giant Thales Group is spearing the creation of a new cybersecurity hub at Fredericton’s Knowledge Park under a partnership with economic development agency Ignite and the University of New Brunswick’s digital

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Supercluster Unveils $52M of Refreshed Projects

  • Apr 21, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Canada’s Ocean Supercluster, the federal organization that organizes joint funding partnerships with the private sector, has announced a raft of 16 ongoing projects that are worth a total of $52 million.

The combined funding package represents one

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Volta Pitch Competition for Women April 26

  • Apr 21, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Halifax startup hub Volta will host a Women Taking over the World with Tech, or WTWT, pitch competition next Wednesday, April 26 at 4:00 pm AST.

The competition, which is a virtual event, will see women founders deliver three-minute pitches and

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Invest NS Announces Greenshoots Cohort

  • Apr 20, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Provincial economic development agency Invest Nova Scotia has announced the five companies in its winter 2023 GreenShoots cohort, which are receiving a combined $170,000 in grants.

The funding and mentorship program offers agtech, biotech

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SeasonedPros Sees Rising Demand

  • Apr 20, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

As high-growth companies grapple with a highly competitive and expensive talent market for senior leadership, Kevin MacIntyre, CEO of Halifax-based SeasonedPros, is seeing demand for his business swell.

SeasonedPros, which was founded in 2011 and

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The Changing Market for Talent

  • Apr 19, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

When Halifax-based QuickFacts posted a job ad promising software developers a four-day work week, the insurance software startup received more than twice as many applicants as it typically had from previous ads — more than 350 people.

The company’s

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Ocean Supercluster to Host Conference

  • Apr 18, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Canada’s Ocean Supercluster will host a one-day conference in Ottawa May 15, dubbed Ambition 2035, with the aim of workshopping strategies to grow the national blue economy to $220 billion over the next 12 years.

The conference will include a

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QuickFacts Wins $25K Pond Award

  • Apr 18, 2023
  • Peter Moreira

Halifax-based QuickFacts Inc., which has developed a customizable software platform for insurance brokers, has captured the 2023 Gerry Pond Award for sales and traction.

Propel, Atlantic Canada’s virtual accelerator, presented the award and its

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Oneka Bags $4.9M from SDTC

  • Apr 18, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Sherbrooke, Que,-based Oneka Technologies, which has substantial business interests in Nova Scotia, has received a $4.9 million grant from Sustainable Development Technology Canada, or SDTC, as it marks the official creation of its Chilean

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Meta Materials Raising US$25M

  • Apr 16, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Dartmouth-based advanced manufacturing company Meta Materials said Friday it will sell another 83 million of its shares at US$0.30 apiece on the Nasdaq stock exchange to raise US$25 million, or C$33.4 million, sending its stock price tumbling.

Its

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