For Entrevestor: WeUsThem Inc., the Halifax ad agency, has spun off its software business unit into a new startup, HealthEMe Inc., which is raising a roughly $1 million seed round. #halifax #startup #VentureCapital entrevestor.com/home/entry/weu…

This Wednesday is the last day to apply to pitch at our virtual pitch competition. If you want to hone your pitching skills and communicate what your startup does in three minutes or less, apply now at voltaeffect.com/pitch-competit….

The last thing he remembers before blacking out was a bouncer had him in a chokehold. When he regained consciousness, he was in handcuffs. Police lifted him up, took a look at his face and stopped. "They pulled me out of the handcuffs right away,” he said. cbc.ca/news/canada/no…

ICYMI, for Entrevestor: As African Heritage Month drew to a close, we highlighted a quartet of companies led by Black entrepreneurs from the Atlantic Canadian startup community. #startupatlantic #DEI entrevestor.com/home/entry/rec…

For Entrevestor: Canada’s Ocean Supercluster has inked a collaboration and knowledge-sharing deal with Fórum Oceano, a government-backed Portuguese nonprofit that nurtures the ocean economy. #oceantech #bluetech entrevestor.com/home/entry/oce…

For Entrevestor: Chris Cowper-Smith, the former CEO of Spring Loaded Technology, has a new company aiming to buy majority stakes in private medical clinics across Canada, with a focus on orthotics, bracing and prosthetics. #startupatlantic #halifax entrevestor.com/home/entry/cow…

For Entrevestor: As it launches the second generation of its flagship product, Halifax medical device maker FIVAMed has inked a distribution deal with Ontario-based industry incumbent Canadian Hospital Specialties, or CHS. #halifax #medtech entrevestor.com/home/entry/fiv…

For Entrevestor: #Halifax startup consultancy and professional services firm Barrington Edge has launched a #blockchain-based supply chain tracking platform for seafood under a collaboration with one of its clients, Kelowna, B.C.’s FutureWell. entrevestor.com/home/entry/bar…

Very exciting day where teams are presenting innovative solutions for the City of #Fredericton City of Fredericton at their #BoostFredericton event! cc UNB @MyIgniteNB Black Arcs

Excited to share this news. Volta is moving to a new home. We've right-sized our space for how companies operate today and could not be happier with where we ended up. entrevestor.com/home/entry/vol…

1/5 For companies doing Generative AI, finding enough GPUs is a difficult and expensive. We’ve seen companies spend 80%+ of total capital raised on compute resources. To help them lorenzo casado, Matt Bornstein and I wrote a post how to navigate the cost of AI. a16z.com/2023/04/27/nav…

For Entrevestor: Dartmouth drug discovery company IMV has entered creditor protection in Canada and is pursuing Chapter 15 bankruptcy protection in the U.S., and its shares on the Nasdaq are below the minimum bid price. #halifax #startup #lifesciences entrevestor.com/home/entry/imv…

Christian Browne, a Halifax entrepreneur with a Kinesiology background, has launched Vergo, an AI-enabled app aimed at reducing workplace injuries through better ergonomic practices. shorturl.at/grDW6

Amazing: Google partnered with American Airlines, used AI to tweak flight paths to reduce contrails. The results are in, and if scaled up this could immediately reduce aviation's global warming impact by almost 20% Technology just keeps beating degrowth! blog.google/technology/ai/…

“Water could have been directed to safe locations to keep people and property out of harm’s way to a much greater degree than happened.” Nova Scotia did not prepare for potential flooding despite warnings, report shows, from me ⁦The Globe and Mail⁩ theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

For Entrevestor: #AI and technical sales are key focuses of TechNL’s upskilling program, according to the CEO — Florian Villaumé said internal data shows hiring in the sector continues. #startups #Newfoundland entrevestor.com/home/entry/ai-…

Spellbook, the St. John’s legal software-maker, has raised a US$20M or about C$27M Series A funding round after being approached by returning investor iNovia Capital with an offer late last year. shorturl.at/zKMRZ

Invest Nova Scotia spent $8.8M across 16 venture capital deals for its 2022-23 fiscal year, which ended last March, and dispersed just under another $6.5M to VC funds. shorturl.at/fxJW8

Exciting news! Chantal was featured in an article by Entrevestor, highlighting her recent win for My East Coast Experience’s 2024 Atlantic Canada’s Most Inspiring Immigrant Award. Read the full story here: buff.ly/48i9QUf #MostInspiringImmigrantAward #AtlanticCanada

New Kid on the Education Block: A "Little School, Big Idea" story in fast growing Moncton, New Brunswick. Tiny Eastgate Academy is the first school in the Maritimes accredited to offer the #IB #PYP for K to 5 children. Over to International Baccalaureate IB PYP #NBpoli #NBed #cdned