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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...
IGNITE Tenants win $100,000 in Spark Innovation Challenge
Three tenants from Ignite Labs Inc. (IGNITE) have won a collective total of $100,000 in the Spark Innovation Challenge. This challenge is focused on supporting startups in rural communities across Nova Scotia who are doing amazing things but aren’t always noticed....
Lobster Bait Challenge Winner Announced
Tina Comeau (tina.comeau@tricountyvanguard.ca) YARMOUTH, N.S. — Vince Stuart had 30,000 reasons to smile when he was announced the winner of a lobster bait challenge in Yarmouth. But he was coy when it came to one thing – actual details about his bait entry that had...
Ignite Labs Opens Pictou County Location
Ignite Labs Inc. has opened a second rural innovation hub in Pictou County at 39 Acadia Avenue this month to support the rural startup community in the northern region of Nova Scotia. Ignite is Nova Scotia’s rural innovation hub where entrepreneurs, startups, and...
Ignite Labs partners with Perennia and ACOA on Lobster Bait Challenge
Ignite Labs and Perennia are pleased to launch an Innovation Challenge for the seafood industry. The challenge is to develop a lobster bait that will use bi-products from the ground fish processing industry but in a more sustainable way. Currently, the seafood...
Volta Presents 5 Ecosystem Awards
by Peter Moreira entrevestor.com Volta presented Ecosystem Impact Awards to five companies or organizations Thursday to acknowledge their contributions to nurturing startups in Atlantic Canada. The Halifax startup hub initiated the awards this year to recognize groups...
Watch technology that detects man overboard receives additional funding.
Halifax, NS — A wristwatch-like safety device designed to locate fishermen when they fall overboard received $25,000 of funding at a pitching event May 22 at Volta. The Volta Cohort program is a pitching event to help out early-stage companies with equity investment...