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Atlantic Canada Represented by 2 Groups at Startupfest

  • Jul 16, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Atlantic Canada made a strong showing this year at Startupfest in Montreal — one of the world’s largest startup conferences.

With Startupfest running from last Wednesday to Friday and now in its 13th year, the East Coast contingent fell into two

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CarbonCure’s New Backers are “Force Multipliers”: Niven

  • Jul 13, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Halifax clean concrete startup CarbonCure will use the largest venture capital raise in Nova Scotia history to more quickly execute on its product roadmap and double down on its business development activities in Latin America, Europe, the Middle

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Quoded, Yana Win at MTME: Next 2023

  • Jul 13, 2023
  • Peter Moreira

Jameel Mohammed took home the $1,500 top prize at the Masters of Technology Management and Entrepreneurshiip demo day on Thursday for his chat-based mobile app called Quoded.

Receiving $1,000, the second prize went to Yana, founded by Gashtiyar

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Atlantic VC Is Defying Market Trends

  • Jul 12, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

In the wake of Halifax clean concrete startup CarbonCure closing the largest venture capital round in Nova Scotia history, Atlantic Canada’s VC numbers have surpassed the first half totals for 2022 and are near striking distance of the sum for all

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CarbonCure Closes US$80M Round

  • Jul 12, 2023
  • Peter Moreira

Dartmouth-based green construction technology company CarbonCure Technologies has closed a US$80 million (C$105.7 million) venture capital round – the largest VC round ever in Nova Scotia.

The global leader in carbon dioxide removal technologies

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Summer Institute Celebrates 10th Cohort

  • Jul 11, 2023
  • Carol Moreira

Five companies on Tuesday graduated from The Summer Institute program at University of New Brunswick during the program's annual Demo Day.

The Summer Institute teaches sales, marketing, and customer validation skills to companies with positive

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Five Teams Graduate from Energia

  • Jul 11, 2023
  • Peter Moreira

Energia Ventures, the accelerator affiliated with the University of New Brunswick, held its most recent demo day on Tuesday, with five founders presenting their businesses.

It was the ninth demo day for Energia, which is an accelerator for energy,

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MUN’s School of Ocean Technology Seeks New Head

  • Jul 10, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Memorial University’s Fisheries and Marine Institute is searching for a new head of its School of Ocean Technology. 

The incoming boss will replace Interim Head Joe Singleton and oversee the development of undergraduate and graduate degree

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Ocean Allies Launches Diversity Award

  • Jul 10, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Ocean Allies, a Halifax-based bluetech organization that partners with industry players to advance Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the sector, has announced the creation of a new Ocean Impact Award under a partnership with Invest Nova Scotia.

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MLS Launches First Satellite

  • Jul 09, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Nova Scotia is now home to Canada’s first operational commercial spaceport.

Maritime Launch Services, or MLS, completed its first suborbital rocket launch from its new Canso facility on Friday under a collaboration with York University students.

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Volta Seeks Ecosystem Award Nominees

  • Jul 09, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Halifax startup hub Volta is looking for nominees for its fifth annual Ecosystem Impact Awards, honouring changemakers from the innovation ecosystem across Atlantic Canada.

The nominations will be open until Aug. 9, with the judging committee's top

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Entrevestor Data Coming to Fredericton July 12

  • Jul 06, 2023
  • Avery Mullen

Entrevestor will present highlights of its 2022 Atlantic Canadian Startup Data Report next Wednesday, July 12, in Fredericton.

The event will be held at startup hub Planet Hatch from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., and will include a presentation from

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