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Pitch & Pick Coming Dec. 13
Six teams will vie for a $2,000 first prize at Newfoundland and Labrador startup hub Genesis’s next Pitch & Pick competition, the culmination of its eight-week Evolution accelerator, on Dec. 13.
There will also be a $1,000 second prize and a
Atlantic Canada Defies VC Downturn
Atlantic Canadian venture capital deals have so far mostly defied the industry’s global slide, as the region’s companies raised more money in the third quarter than in either of the two prior, according to data released Thursday by the Canadian
Gazpek Plans Subsea Data Centres
Kyle Burton, a blue economy veteran with experience working for multiple startup support organizations, is launching his own company to build subsea computer data centres.
Gazpek, as Burton dubs his ambitious new business, hopes to place server
Katie Davey Named Pond-Deshpande Executive Director
The University of New Brunswick’s Pond-Deshpande Centre, or PDC, has named Katie Davey, a former executive at Ottawa-based think tank Public Policy Forum, as its new executive director.
Davey holds a political science degree from UNB and a Master
Tidal Backs TheProgram.ai
Tidal Venture Partners, the recently created pre-seed- and seed-stage venture capital fund based in Halifax, has announced one of its first investments: TheProgram.ai.
Founded earlier this year and also headquartered in Halifax, TheProgram.ai is a
VC Evolves in Atlantic Canada
An extraordinary panel discussion took place at the InnovateNB event in Saint John on Tuesday -- extaordinary because it showed how the venture capital community in Atlantic Canada is changing.
The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation hosted a
Pond Named to InnovateNB Hall of Fame
Gerry Pond, often hailed as the dean of the Atlantic Canadian startup community, has been recognized as the first inductee into the InnovateNB Hall of Fame.
The New Brunswick innovation community hosted its first InnovateNB event on Tuesday,
NBIF Unveils $20M VC Strategy
The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation has unveiled a $20 million venture capital initiative to increase the amount of money available to scaling companies.
CEO Jeff White made the announcement during the InnovateNB Awards ceremony on Tuesday
Startup Hiring Slows: Hankinson
As global venture capital markets continue their rapid contraction, the labour market for Atlantic Canadian startups could be facing a sea change.
Data from Halifax early-stage VC fund Concrete Ventures shows that for the first time since General
NATO-Backed Tech Accelerator Proposed for Halifax
The federal government is proposing to make Halifax home to the North American headquarters of NATO's new Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic, or DIANA.
Created by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization , DIANA is meant to promote
Eight Honoured with Digital NS Awards
Digital Nova Scotia on Thursday presented its Tech Forward Awards to individuals and organizations in eight categories, to recognize innovation, entrepreneurship and diversity in the tech industry.
The IT industry association for Nova Scotia for
Picketa Launches LENS
Fredericton agtech company Picketa Systems has released its flagship product LENS, which allows agronomists and other agricultural professionals to analyze plant tissue in real-time in the field.
The company, which grew out of the University of New