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Government is taking the next step towards creating a new, private sector-led venture capital fund to help Nova Scotia businesses create new jobs, grow and compete internationally.

Leader in consumer bionics appoints industry veteran, Dawn Umlah, to its executive team to manage company growth and foster innovation

BioNova has officially launched its BioInnovation Challenge. Early stage life sciences companies or researchers from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick or Prince Edward Island, with a clear intention to commercialize their technologies, are eligible to apply. (There's more than $50,000 in funding and services for the winners!)

Metamaterial Technologies Inc. (MTI), a global leader in smart materials and photonics headquartered in Canada, announced today it has acquired Rolith’s business, including its proprietary manufacturing technology, Rolling Mask Lithography (RML®) and its NanoWeb® products.

Appili Therapeutics Inc., an anti-infective pharmaceutical development company, announced today it has raised $3,271,000 to advance the research and development of its anti-infective drug candidates and open a medicinal chemistry lab in Halifax.

The following blog post is from Greg Phipps, our managing director of investment here at Innovacorp.

After working with more than 20 start-ups as an investor, mentor and board director, I have a good understanding of what works and, perhaps more important, what doesn’t work, in recruitment, care and feeding of a start-up board. 

Halifax-based Health QR, a digital medication management start-up, today announced Innovacorp’s investment of $250,000 in the company.

Island Water Technologies (IWT), a wastewater technology company focused on developing renewably powered solutions for remote populations, has secured $250,000 in venture capital from Innovacorp.

Sydney, NS, Start-Up Also Sponsors Counter Strike Tournament

MKS Instruments, Inc. (NASDAQ:MKSI), a global provider of technologies that enable advanced processes and improve productivity, today announced it has led a round of financing for Reno Sub Systems, investing $9.3 million as part of a $14 million series B round including participation by existing strategic investors Intel Capital and a leading OEM equipment supplier.