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TechNL Seeks Directors

  • Feb 05, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Newfoundland and Labrador industry group TechNL is looking for nominees for its board of directors with expertise in cybersecurity and risk management, finance and facilities management.

TechNL members can either nominate someone else for the role

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Mariner Turns 20 With Strong Financials

  • Feb 02, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Mariner Partners, the 350-person firm founded by former NBTel CEO and Aliant Telecom President Gerry Pond, along with execs Bob Justason and Curtis Howe, is celebrating its 20th anniversary.

The three men founded Mariner in Saint John without a

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Shoelace Attracts BDC Investment

  • Feb 02, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Halifax-based Shoelace Learning has attracted investment from BDC Capital’s Thrive Venture Fund, closing out an oversubscribed seed round that the edtech company had originally targeted at $4 million. 

Shoelace previously announced a US$3 million

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COVE Plans Ocean Monitoring

  • Feb 01, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

The Dartmouth-based Centre for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship plans to roll out a system to digitally monitor Halifax harbour with an eye to commercial applications, initially under a partnership with local data company CarteNav Solutions.

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Sandpiper Backs Toronto’s Gotcare

  • Feb 01, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Atlantic Canada's Sandpiper Ventures, the female-focused venture capital fund, has made an investment of an undisclosed amount in Toronto’s Gotcare, which is developing an artificial intelligence system for home healthcare services.

Gotcare,

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Nxtgen Expands in US, Eyes US$2.5M in Sales

  • Feb 01, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Dartmouth’s Nxtgen Care, which sells technology for tracking the activities of staff and residents in assisted living facilities, is expanding into Florida and Louisiana as CEO David Burke eyes about US$2.5 million in new sales in 2023.

Nxtgen is

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ShiftKey Labs to Offer Game Design Crash Course

  • Jan 31, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

With the video game industry enjoying increasing prominence in Atlantic Canada, Dalhousie University’s Faculty of Computer Science is getting in on the action with an event from Feb. 3 to 5 that promises to teach novice developers the basics of

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COVE Hosts UK Startups

  • Jan 31, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

The Dartmouth-based Centre for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship hosted eight United Kingdom-based companies at a pitch event Monday as part of a broader partnership with British government agencies Innovate UK and Innovate UK Edge.

The eight

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Halifax Community Fridge Seeks Support

  • Jan 30, 2023
  • Carol Moreira

A community fridge in Halifax that is used and stocked anonymously by local citizens is in need of donations due to growing demand.

Founded a year ago by students and recent grads, the fridge is located outside the Glitter Bean Café off Spring

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MLS on Track for Rocket Launches this Year

  • Jan 29, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Commercial space flight startup Maritime Launch Services is eyeing suborbital rocket launches from its under-construction facility in Canso, Nova Scotia, this year, as the federal government promises to modernize aerospace regulations to accommodate

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Asia’s Liveability Challenge Seeks Oceans Cos

  • Jan 29, 2023
  • Carol Moreira

The Singapore-based Liveability Challenge is seeking entrants -- including bluetech companies -- for its competition for technlogy that can battle climate change and/or improve food production. 

Founded five years ago to address major challenges,

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NovaResp Raises $2M

  • Jan 27, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Halifax medtech startup NovaResp, which is developing an algorithm to help manage sleep apnea, has raised a $2 million funding round led by pre-seed venture capital firm Concrete Ventures as it eyes commercialization in 2024.

Invest Nova Scotia

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