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Gulf Blue Navigator Open
Oceantech startups are invited to apply to the Gulf Blue Navigator, a new accelerator recently launched by SeaAhead and the University of Southern Mississippi Research Foundation.
The Gulf Blue Navigator is for global post-pilot companies seeking
COVE Seeks Survey Responses from Bluetech Companies
Dartmouth’s Centre for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship is looking for bluetech startups to fill out a survey for its 2022 Ocean Enterprise stud. The deadline is 5:00 p.m. AST on July 7.
The report, which is published every two years, aims to
RPS Signs Chilean Distribution Deal
Charlottetown’s RPS Biologiques has signed an exclusive distribution deal with pharmaceutical and life sciences specialist Agrovet Chile to distribute RPS’s treatment for sea lice on farmed salmon.
In a press release, RPS said it expects the
Who Attended the CDL Super Session?
Nineteen companies from the two Creative Destruction Labs programs in Atlantic Canada this week joined the annual CDL Super Session, the program’s annual international summit.
The Toronto event, which featured companies that graduated from the 10
GIT Partners with Eastern Pacific
Dartmouth-based Graphite Innovation and Technologies has formed a strategic partnership with Eastern Pacific Shipping under which the Singapore-based shipping line will apply GIT’s protective coating to its ships.
The two companies issued a press
Ocean Startup Challenge Opens
Applications have opened for the third Ocean Startup Challenge, which will offer idea- and early-stage bluetech startups up to $40,000 each, as well as specialized training, mentorship, networking, and events.
Organized by the Ocean Startup
Archibald Reveals Swell Exit
Swell Advantage, the Halifax company that made software for marinas, quietly exited in the last year and a half with the sale to the American company Oasis Marinas Management.
Iaian Archibald said in an interview last week that he and Co-Founder
OnDeck, PhyCo Win Idea Challenge
British Columbian startups OnDeck Fisheries AI and PhyCo have been awarded $10,000 each as part of the Ocean Startup Project’s first-ever Ocean Idea Challenge competition.
The Ocean Startup Project, which encourages the launch and development of
Self-Driving Ship Makes Unplanned Stop at COVE
As we celebrate World Ocean Day, Dartmouth celebrates the arrival of an autonomous ship.
Dartmouth’s Centre for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship has an unusual and unplanned visitor: the Mayflower Autonomous Ship, which is recreating the 1620
H2O Conference Set for June 13-16
The Ocean Technology Council of Nova Scotia’s annual H2O Conference will be held this year from June 13 to 16 at the Halifax Convention Centre, with several attractions relevant to the startup community.
The event will include a panel on skilled
Ocean Supercluster Funds Indigenous Careers Program
Canada’s Ocean Supercluster said Tuesday it will spend $750,000 on a program to help Indigenous people transition to careers in the ocean economy, topped off with another $250,000 from the Vancouver-based Clear Seas Centre for Responsible Marine
Ulnooweg, COVE Fund 3 R&D Projects
The Samqwane’jk Ocean Partnership Initiative, a joint project between Ulnooweg Development Group and Dartmouth’s Centre for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship, or COVE, has announced an undisclosed amount of funding for a trio of Indigenous-run