Happipad has only signed 31 leases since signing $1.3-million deal with Nova Scotia last August
Province referenced 130,000 empty bedrooms when signing deal with the home sharing platform.
Atlantic Canada
InsurTech platform QuickFacts secures $2 million to continue North American expansion efforts
QuickFacts claimed it tripled its number of active users in the past year.
Merchant-focused FinTech startup Sona acquired by Celero Commerce
Bootstrapped Nova Scotia startup to boost Celero’s annual card volume to $26 billion across North America.
Tracktile raises $575K to bring operations software to manufacturing industry plagued with “expensive and legacy” tech
BDC selected the PEI startup as the first investment from its Seed Venture Fund.
Justice Department involved following Invest Nova Scotia employee email scam
Phisher impersonating Sandpiper Ventures received $573,000.
California-based Agilent Technologies agrees to buy Biovectra for $1.3 billion CAD
Biovectra is being purchased for the second time in five years.
Ocean Startup Project enters third phase with $8 million and economic growth goals
Canada’s Ocean Supercluster wants to grow the nation’s ocean economy by a factor of five by 2035.
Armed with $782,000 CAD in pre-seed funding, MedReddie eyes new markets
Startup aims to speed up the technology procurement process for healthcare providers.
Bell acquires #CDNtech companies Stratejm and CloudKettle to beef up cloud capabilities
Deals aim to boost Bell’s offerings in cybersecurity and Salesforce expertise.
The Firehood, Pond-Deshpande Centre launch program to support Atlantic Canada women, non-binary founders
firestarter will send 10 companies to participate in Elevate Festival this fall.
Picketa expands to help farmers in 13 US states analyze plant tissue
Picketa’s flagship offering can now analyze corn, a key crop for US farmers.
Former Team Canada support staff secure $1.3 million to deliver Olympic-level corporate team building
Innerlogic seeks to speed up the path to better workplace culture with AI.
PragmaClin, Willful, NovaResp among nearly 30 healthtech startups backed by new CABHI funding
Each startup is receiving between $150,000 to $500,000 based on company stage, needs, and evaluation processes.
Propel unveils new Validation cohort of early-stage founders in Atlantic Canada
Meanwhile, Halifax accelerator Tribe is seeking Black early-stage founders for its START program.
Hunting remote sea mines helped Kraken Robotics’ revenue swell in Q1
Firm helping the Canadian Navy identify and dispose of underwater explosives off Canada’s coasts.