CoLab Software becomes first Atlantic Canada startup to join Y Combinator
CoLab Software, based in St John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, has become the first Atlantic Canada startup to be accepted into Y Combinator’s accelerator program….
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Hacking Health St. John’s opens registration for Hackathon 2019
Hacking Health has opened registration for its St. John’s health hackathon, a weekend-long hackathon aimed to address the barriers to healthcare innovation. This year’s…
Canadian government invests $79.8 million in five health research centres
The Canadian government announced that it is investing a total of $79.8 million into five health research hubs through the Centres of Excellence for…
Industrial safety platform Focus FS raises $1.4 million from BDC Capital
St. John’s-based Focus FS, which is developing cloud-based solutions to safeguard industrial worksites, has closed a $1.4 million financing round led by BDC Capital….
Canadian Digital Media Network announces companies accepted into Silicon Valley program
The Canadian Digital Media Network (CDMN) has accepted eight companies into the February 2018 cohort of the Get There: San Francisco program. The program…
radient360 raises $3.3 million to help oil and gas companies adopt data analytics
radient360, which offers data analytics platforms for the energy sector, announced that it has received $3.3 million in seed funding from Build Ventures and…
Propel ICT announces 28 companies in fall cohort
Propel ICT has kicked off its Launch and Build accelerators with 28 startups coming from New Brunswick, PEI, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland & Labrador, and…
GoDaddy awards $5,000 seed money to three Canadian ventures
GoDaddy Canada announced the winners of its Life Fulfilling Ventures contest, which awards $5,000 in seed money to entrepreneurs building on the GoDaddy platform….
HeyOrca raises $2 million to build up US presence and double headcount
St.John’s-based HeyOrca has announced $2 million in follow-on seed funding from Killick Capital and Pelorus Venture Capital. In total, the company has raised $2.65…
Empowered Homes raises $600,000 to take the customers that Nest can’t serve
When Joshua Green was working as an energy auditor in Newfoundland, part of his job was visiting people in their homes to find ways…
Today in startup shutdowns: Shelfie, Edusight, Sentinel Alert
This week, several Canadian companies made the tough decision most startups eventually face: to shut down operations. Due to the overlapping shutdowns, BetaKit has…
Sequence Bio CEO steps down from role as co-founder takes over
St. John’s-based Sequence Bio co-founder Chris Gardner has taken over as acting CEO from the company’s former CEO, Tyler Wish. Entrevestor broke the story,…
Sentinel Alert announces partnership with Newfoundland and Labrador Liquor Corporation
Sentinel Alert has signed a pilot agreement with the Newfoundland and Labrador Liquor Corporation (NLC). Sentinel Alert creates safety software that uses data analytics…
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