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VidCruiter Added 100 Employees in 2022
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.
ACOA Funded AI, Bioprocessing, Foodtech
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
PEI Life Sciences Post Banner Year
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
Six Companies Win at Tribe Pitch Competition
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
Volta Seeks Democamp Applicants
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
BC Group Makes Recycled Ocean Plastic Commercially Available
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
Halifax Business Awards Feature Several Innovators
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.
Tranquility Helps Anchor Green Shield’s Atlantic Push
A year and a half after its sale to Green Shield Canada, Halifax-based virtual therapy specialist Tranquility Online is helping to anchor an expansion push into Atlantic Canada by the health insurance giant.
Joel Muise, who co-founded Tranquility
Profitual Raises $1.2M
A pair of former New Brunswick Innovation Foundation investors, Raymond Fitzpatrick and Daniel Hoyles, have left the organization to found financial intelligence startup Profitual and close a nearly $1.2 million funding round.
Fitzpatrick was the
Genesis Announces Pitch & Pick Companies
St. John’s startup hub Genesis has announced the six teams that will vie for a $2,000 prize at this week’s Pitch & Pick competition.
There will also be a $1,000 second prize and a $500 Community Choice Award.
The Pitch & Pick events are held
Bluetech: Invest NS Announces OceanTech Pilot Program
Invest Nova Scotia has announced the first six startups participating in its OceanTech Pilot Program, which gives early-stage bluetech companies the chance to test their pre-commercialization products.
The participating companies will split $50,000
Energia Demo Day Dec. 13
The University of New Brunswick’s Energia Ventures startup accelerator will hold its second demo day of 2022 on Dec. 13, showcasing a roster of five companies from three countries.
Energia is hosted by the University of New Brunswick’s Technology,