IGNITE NEWS
IGNITE launches a free platform to help businesses get online
IGNITE, in partnership with St. John’s Board of Trade, Startup Zone PEI, and Nova Scotia Business Inc., are launching a new platform to help Atlantic Canadian businesses get online. Open to any business, in any industry, anywhere in Atlantic Canada, e-port is a...
Province Invests in New Businesses, Innovation
The province is investing $750,000 to help startup businesses seize opportunities emerging from COVID-19. Business incubators Volta, Ignite and the Organization for Nova Scotia Innovation-Driven Enterprise (ONSIDE) will receive funding to help new businesses get off...
IGNITE Awarded National Award
IGNITE has been awarded the CANIE Award for Social Innovation for the Atlantic Region. The award recognizes organizations that have achieved excellence and innovation in social impact. The team at IGNITE is extremely excited about this recognition...
How COVID-19 Affects Rural Business
As times are changing daily, the challenges of doing business in rural areas grow larger. Many businesses have successfully pivoted their products and services online, or contact-free purchasing. However, not all businesses have the opportunity to do so. They face...
Ignite Labs helping N.S. frontline and health-care workers during COVID-19 pandemic
By: Tina Comeau Yarmouth Regional Hospital medical laboratory assistants Lori Penney, Melissa Deveau and Laura Amirault show their appreciation to Ignite Labs for ear savers to wear with their masks and to Coastal Financial...
COVE and IGNITE sign MOU for collaboration of expertise in the ocean tech sector | News Release
April 9, 2019 (Dartmouth, Nova Scotia) – The Centre for Ocean Ventures & Entrepreneurship (COVE) and IGNITE have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to strengthen the regional ocean innovation network, commercialization of new technologies, and to propel...
Call to Action for All Business
COULD YOUR BUSINESS HELP SUPPLY EMERGENCY PRODUCTS OR INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO HELP IN THE FIGHT WITH COVID-19? THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA IS REACHING OUT FOR COMPANIES, LIKE YOURS, THAT MAY BE ABLE TO HELP. LEARN WAYS TO GET INVOLVED: BUSINESS and SCIENCE portal: 1....
IGNITES Response to COVID-19
As many of you know there has been many closures and cancellations throughout the province and the country due to the widespread effects and concern of COVID-19. At IGNITE we take the health and safety of our tenants, the public and our staff seriously and we are...
Igniting Entrepreneurship in Rural Nova Scotia
Tuesday, December 3, 2019 Nova Scotia Business Inc. Let’s say you need help growing your business, or you have an idea for starting one. Where do you start? You know there are support organizations that can help – but which one? With so many options, it can seem...