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Meta Files for Bankruptcy

  • Aug 13, 2024
  • Avery Mullen

Less than three months after Dartmouth-based Meta Materials said it was laying off 80 per cent of its workforce, the one-time unicorn has filed for bankruptcy.

Though the announcement did not appear on the company website, Meta on Friday filed for

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Veer Picks Fosen to Build Hydrogen Container Ship

  • Aug 12, 2024
  • Avery Mullen

Lunenburg, N.S.-based Veer Group has chosen a shipbuilder to construct the first two of its 100-metre hydrogen- and sail-powered container vessels: Fosen Shipyard of Stralsund, Germany.

The companies announced they had signed a letter of intent

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Ocean Startup Challenge Seeks Applicants

  • Aug 09, 2024
  • Avery Mullen

The Ocean Startup Project is seeking applicants to its Ocean Startup Challenge, a competition that offers young bluetech companies up to $25,000, as well as mentorship and business development support.

Hosted by national industry group the Ocean

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Invest NS Made $3.2M of VC Deals in FY24

  • Aug 08, 2024
  • Avery Mullen

Invest Nova Scotia made $3.2 million of venture capital deals during the fiscal year that ended March 31, funding disclosures from the provincial economic development agency show.

The money was spread across seven deals, all but two of which

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Dalhousie Receives Additional $10M for National Battery Hub

  • Aug 07, 2024
  • Avery Mullen

Dalhousie University will receive $10.15 million to establish a national research hub for battery technologies.

Dubbed the Canadian Battery Innovation Centre, or CBIC, the project is receiving about $8 million from Natural Resources Canada’s Energy

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Propel Announces Traction and Growth Grads

  • Aug 05, 2024
  • Avery Mullen

Virtual startup accelerator Propel has announced the seven companies graduating from the latest cohort of its Traction and Growth program for scaling companies.

Traction and Growth is meant for startups with more developed operations than those in

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Farrell to Host Entrevestor Live

  • Aug 05, 2024
  • Peter Moreira

We’re delighted to announce that Dr. Ellen Farrell, professor of venture capital and entrepreneurship at Saint Mary’s University, has agreed to be the Chair and Host of Entrevestor Live at Volta on the afternoon of Sept. 17.

Entrevestor Live is our

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Sustane Ships First Naphtha to Europe

  • Aug 01, 2024
  • Avery Mullen

Circular economy startup Sustane Technologies’ first shipment of naphtha fuel derived from waste plastics is on its way to a client in Europe.

In an interview, CEO Peter Vinall said the company tested a variety of possible plastic sources for its

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InvestorQ&A Deploys Persuasion Research

  • Jul 31, 2024
  • Avery Mullen

Ellen Farrell, the Saint Mary’s University professor who has been one of the key architects behind the Sobey School of Business’s entrepreneurship programming, is commercializing a new software product aimed at helping women founders perform better

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Sustane Receives $950K from ACOA

  • Jul 31, 2024
  • Avery Mullen

Sustane Technologies has received a $950,000 funding package from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and used it to develop a system for converting plastic waste into naphtha — one of the constituents of gasoline and jet fuel, though the

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Hack Will Not impact Startups: Invest NS

  • Jul 29, 2024
  • Avery Mullen

A phishing scam that led to Invest Nova Scotia sending $573,000 to an imposter posing as a venture capital executive will not impact startups, the provincial economic development corporation said Monday.

First reported by The Halifax Examiner and

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Innovation Den Seeks Competitors

  • Jul 29, 2024
  • Avery Mullen

The Nova Scotia Health Innovation Hub and QEII Health Sciences Centre Foundation are looking for applicants to their Innovation Den pitch competition, which offers companies up to $100,000 to bring new medical technologies to market.

The event,

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