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Audyse Readies for Funding Round
St. John's-based Audyse Technology is working on finalizing a noise-cancelling algorithm to protect motorcyclists’ hearing as it prepares to raise a funding round early next year.
Audyse is developing a noice-cancelling headset that will protect
NBIF Invested $5M in VC in 2021-22
The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation invested $4.98 million in equity funding for the province's startups in its 2021-2022 fiscal year, in what it said was a record fundraising year for its portfolio companies.
NBIF’s venture capital investments
ABK Raises US$30M
Halifax medical device maker ABK Biomedical has closed a US$30 million, or about C$40.9 million Series C funding round, marking one of the largest capital raises in Atlantic Canada so far this year.
The round was co-led by two new investors:
CareerBeacon Readies Live Event
Moncton-based online recruitment and talent management website CareerBeacon has announced that it will present a live event in Halifax in May called MoveFwd, which will focus on leadership and management strategy.
Slated to be held at Pier 21 on
Hollo, PragmaClin Headed to Entrepreneurship World Cup
Halifax-based Hollo Medical and PragmaClin Research of St. John’s will represent Canada at the global finals of the Entrepreneurship World Cup in the early stage and ideation stage categories, respectively.
Three of the seven Canadian finalists
Clean Leadership Seeks Summer Employers
Halifax-based Clean Leadership Summer Internship Program is seeking employers to offer summer employment to youth interested in a career in the green economy.
The group’s summer program matches employers with interns (age 15-30) for 9 to 15-week
Densitas, Nuance Precision Imaging Sign Deal
Halifax medical imaging startup Densitas has signed a deal to incorporate its technology into the Nuance Precision Imaging Network — an American cloud storage and artificial intelligence platform for medical imaging — making it accessible to about
Compusult To Lead $6.3M Mapping Project
Mount Pearl, NL-based Compusult, a geospatial software company, is leading a new $6.3 million project announced by Canada’s Ocean Supercluster last week to help chart the country’s coastline.
The supercluster issued a press release unveiling the
Memorial Students to Consult for Startups
Memorial University’s Research Innovation Office is accepting applications from startups for its Insight Business Consulting Program, which will see its master of business administration students consult for early-stage technology companies.
The
Trade Accelerator Coming Jan. 16
Invest Nova Scotia and the Halifax Chamber of Commerce are looking for applicants to its Atlantic Trade Accelerator Program, or TAP, designed to help young businesses tap international markets.
The program includes workshops, peer-to-peer
Invest Nova Scotia Names Accelerate Cohort
Invest Nova Scotia, the new provincial Crown corporation formed from the amalgamation of Innovacorp and Nova Scotia Business Inc., has announced 10 startups joining its Accelerate program.
Previously operated by Innovacorp, the Accelerate program
Black Start-Up Project Pitch Competition Now Dec. 13
Tribe Network has extended the application deadline for its Black Start-Up Project's pitch competition and rescheduled the pitching event itself.
The original application deadline was Nov. 18. Now, applications close today, Dec. 2 at noon, and