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TechNL Unveils Hub for Remote Operations

  • Dec 21, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

Industry group TechNL has announced the creation of a new innovation hub in Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador, for companies with remote operations.

The project is funded jointly by the federal government via the Atlantic Canada Opportunities

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Highlights of Entrevestor Live

  • Dec 21, 2022
  • Peter Moreira

We launched Entrevestor Live last year to showcase the best and the brightest of Atlantic Canadian startups, and now we've produced a video to highlight some of these companies. 

If you didn't have an opportunity to join us on October 20, this is

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Fostering Indigenous Participation in Oceans

  • Dec 20, 2022
  • Carol Moreira

Canada’s Ocean Supercluster, or OSC,  has announced its Two-Eyed Seeing initiative, which aims to promote Indigenous participation in Canada’s ocean economy.

The national group, which is based in Atlantic Canada, said in a statement the initiative

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Bluetech: Ashored Raises US$1M from Builders Vision

  • Dec 19, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

Bedford, N.S.-based Ashored Innovations has raised US$1 million (C$1.36 million) from the Californian  Builders Vision impact fund as part of a larger seed round.

The funding comes as Ashored, which sells fishing gear designed to reduce accidental

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Vector Institute Highlights TrojAI

  • Dec 19, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

TrojAI, the Saint John maker of cybersecurity software for artificial intelligence systems, has become the only Atlantic Canadian startup to make the Toronto-based Vector Institute’s inaugural AI20 for 2023 -- a list of startups to watch next year.

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VidCruiter Added 100 Employees in 2022

  • Dec 18, 2022
  • Peter Moreira

Having doubled its staff to 200 in the past year, Moncton-based recruitment software company VidCruiter is now unrolling a two-track strategy in which most customers will use its platform for either automated recruitment or for interviewing.

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ACOA Funded AI, Bioprocessing, Foodtech

  • Dec 18, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

A new artificial intelligence centre at Memorial University, an expansion of Cape Breton’s Verschuren Centre bioprocessing hub and millions of dollars for two New Brunswick universities’ computer science programs are some of the innovation-related

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PEI Life Sciences Post Banner Year

  • Dec 16, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

Prince Edward Island’s bioeconomy has already surpassed its 2025 growth targets, posting a gangbusters $575 million in revenue in 2021, exceeding 2020’s figure by about $200 million.

Survey data from industry group the PEI BioAlliance of more than

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Six Companies Win at Tribe Pitch Competition

  • Dec 15, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

Halifax-based Tribe Network’s Black Startup Project hosted its first pitch competition Tuesday as part of its AYA Day event celebrating Black entrepreneurs, with startups from all four Atlantic Provinces participating.

Fifteen shortlisted companies

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Volta Seeks Democamp Applicants

  • Dec 14, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

Halifax startup hub Volta is looking for applicants to its annual Democamp, which gives startups the chance to showcase their technology for investors and other innovation community members.

Slated to be held at Volta’s Barrington Street offices

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BC Group Makes Recycled Ocean Plastic Commercially Available

  • Dec 14, 2022
  • Carol Moreira

British Columbia-based non-profit Ocean Legacy has begun producing what it calls the first commercially available plastic pellet in North America made from 100 per cent recycled ocean plastics. The foundation has also announced a partnership with

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Halifax Business Awards Feature Several Innovators

  • Dec 13, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

The Halifax Business Awards this year will shine a spotlight on several innovation-driven companies, showing that companies developing their own intellectual property are gaining prominence in the city's business community. 

The Halifax Chamber of

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