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CoLab Joins Lazaridis Institute

  • Oct 26, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

CoLab Software, the St. John’s-based maker of collaboration software for 3D modelling, has been accepted into the Lazaridis Institute’s prestigious ScaleUp program for growth-stage companies in the wake of its best quarter ever.

Chief Executive

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Oceantech: Oneka Wins Desalination Prize

  • Oct 25, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

Sherbrooke, Quebec-based Oneka Water Technologies, which received a $1 million investment from Nova Scotia venture capital Crown corporation Innovacorp in 2021, has won the Innovation Award at the International Desalination Association Conference.

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Pressto Partners With Honolulu City

  • Oct 24, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

Honolulu, Hawaii has become the fourth city to sign on to New York- and Halifax-based edtech startup Pressto’s Junior Journalist Program, aimed at helping youths develop media literacy, as the company readies a new product offering for school

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Thanks for Aiding Entrevestor Live

  • Oct 24, 2022
  • Peter Moreira

We have posted articles recognizing and thanking many people who supported Entrevestor Live, which was held Thursday at Volta. But there were a few people working behind the scenes that deserve our sincere thanks.

Entrevestor Live was a showcase

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A Look at Atlantic Canada’s Money20/20 Delegation

  • Oct 23, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

Moncton startup hub Venn Innovation’s Atlantic Fintech initiative has announced the Atlantic Canadian companies attending the Money20/20 conference in Las Vegas this week.

The delegation is being backed by the governments of the four Atlantic

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LeBlanc Joins $1B Toyota VC Fund

  • Oct 23, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

Nicole LeBlanc, the former chair of Nova Scotia venture capital Crown corporation Innovacorp, has moved to Japan to become a partner at the Toyota Motor Company’s US$800 million or C$1.09 billion Woven Capital investment fund.

Located in Tokyo,

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Entrevestor Live Reveals Evolution of East Coast Startups

  • Oct 21, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

Entrepreneurs and investors gathered at Halifax startup hub Volta Thursday for the second annual Entrevestor Live conference, which was held in-person for the first time.

The three-hour event gave startup founders like Shoelace Learning CEO Julia

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Oceantech: Report Finds Blue Economy Grew During COVID-19

  • Oct 21, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

The number of service and data-focused bluetech companies in Canada increased by almost a third between 2020 and 2022, according to a new study sponsored by Dartmouth’s Centre for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship, or COVE.

The Canadian Ocean

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Novonix Near to Winning US$150M Grant

  • Oct 19, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

Australia’s Novonix Ltd. — the parent company of Novonix Battery Testing Solutions, which emerged from research conducted at Dalhousie University by Jeff Dahn — is on track to win a mammoth US$150 million or C$206 million grant from the United

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Entrevestor Live: Return to Networking Tomorrow

  • Oct 19, 2022
  • Peter Moreira

Entrevestor Live tomorrow will offer not only a great program of content, but also a chance for the startup community to return to networking.

Entrevestor Live is a three-hour conference that allows some of Atlantic Canada’s best founders and their

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Matt Cooper Becomes Volta CEO

  • Oct 19, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

Halifax startup hub Volta has made interim CEO Matt Cooper’s posting permanent, as the former entrepreneur eyes expanded support for more mature startups, increased collaboration with other ecosystem support organizations and a more data-driven

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InnovateCare Announces Keynote Speakers

  • Oct 19, 2022
  • Avery Mullen

InnovateCare, a Dartmouth-based conference that discusses medical care and support for seniors through an innovation-focused lens, has announced this year’s keynote speakers.

Slated to be held Oct. 26 at the DoubleTree hotel on Wyse Road,

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