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Blue Charm Closes $4M Seed Round

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Fundraising AI Targets Non-Profits

  • Apr 29, 2021
  • Peter Moreira

Fundmetric and Acadia University are teaming up to host the Fundraising AI Forum 2021, a virtual event that shows non-profits the advantages of advanced technologies like AI and how to adopt them.

The event, which will be held May 18, will feature

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Walsh-McGuire To Head CASTL

  • Apr 28, 2021
  • Peter Moreira

The PEI BioAlliance on Tuesday named Penny Walsh-McGuire the new Executive Director of the Canadian Alliance for Skills and Training in Life Sciences, or CASTL.

Walsh-McGuire is best known as the CEO of the Greater Charlottetown Area Chamber of

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OzoneBio Creating Nylon from Zombies

  • Apr 28, 2021
  • Carol Moreira

OzoneBio is developing a more environmentally friendly form of nylon 66 from “zombie cells” in Sydney, where the company has become the latest to join the Verschuren Centre, the rapidly evolving hub for an emerging biotechnology sector.

The two

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Volta Names 15 Cohort Finalists

  • Apr 26, 2021
  • Peter Moreira

Fifteen early-stage startups will pitch for as much as $25,000 each in equity funding at the next Volta Cohort Pitch Event on May 19.

Volta, the Halifax innovation hub, initiated the funding program three-and-a-half years ago, and so far 34

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Sona Begins New Trials in Toronto

  • Apr 26, 2021
  • Peter Moreira

Halifax-based Sona Nanotech will begin clinical trials in Toronto this week in which 500 emergency room patients suspected of having COVID-19 will use the company’s saliva-based rapid test.

The trials come as the company, whose shares are listed on

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Unbound Aims to Cut Drug Waste

  • Apr 25, 2021
  • Carol Moreira

St. John’s-based Unbound Chemicals is tackling a big problem – the waste produced by the pharmaceutical industry.

The company is developing a process to unlock the valuable ingredients from pharmaceutical waste. It’s an issue that has been

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An Unprecedented Month of Funding

  • Apr 22, 2021
  • Peter Moreira

More than $50 million has flowed into the Atlantic Canadian innovation sector in April, and we still have a week to go before the month ends.

We’ve been scrambling to keep up with all the investment news this month, which we think is unprecedented

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AVSS Completes Key Standards Test

  • Apr 22, 2021
  • Peter Moreira

Aerial Vehicle Safety Solutions of New Brunswick, which makes safety parachutes for drones, has completed key testing that means the company now adheres to new rules on drone safety.

Based in the Saint John suburb of Rothesay, AVSS issued a

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Outcast Expands with NSBI Rebate

  • Apr 22, 2021
  • Carol Moreira

 Halifax-based Outcast Foods is increasing its production of upcycled food products with the support of a $500,000 rebate from Nova Scotia Business Inc.

Outcast, which calls itself the global leader in scalable food waste reduction, will use the

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Earth Day 2021 Sees Cleantech Taking Root

  • Apr 21, 2021
  • Carol Moreira

With humanity facing enormous environmental challenges such as rising temperatures and pollution from micro-plastics, cleantech is an increasingly important sector globally.

Atlantic Canada is no different, and the region has been nurturing some

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Carnegie Acquires Zorbit’s Math

  • Apr 21, 2021
  • Peter Moreira

Zorbit’s Math, a St. John’s-based provider of educational software, has been acquired by Carnegie Learning of Pittsburgh for an undisclosed price.

Under the deal, which the parties announced Tuesday, Zorbit will become Carnegie’s Canadian office

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“Tech for good” Startups Join Venn Garage

  • Apr 21, 2021
  • Carol Moreira

Seven early-stage New Brunswick startups that use technology for social good have made the province's Venn Garage incubator program. Problems addressed range from reducing the impact of Covid on local businesses to bringing safe and reliable

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