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gShift, a worldwide provider of web presence analytics for brands and agencies, announced today (March 21, 2016) from Booth 309 at the MarTech Conference, it has acquired InNetwork, an influencer marketing platform company based out of Halifax, Nova Scotia, in an all-stock deal. (Not

The following is the second blog post of a three-part series from Greg Phipps, our managing director of investment here at Innovacorp. Stay tuned... On Thursday, he’ll tell you what he thinks about lawyers.

Canadian indoor vertical farming company TruLeaf has started selling produce in Canada under agreements with major retailers and distributors through its subsidiary, GoodLeaf Farms. Its first sales are with major North American distributor Gordon Food Service (GFS) and Halifax-based Local Source Market. The company has also announced it will be scaling its partnership with a large Canadian…

The following is the first blog post of a three-part series from Greg Phipps, our managing director of investment here at Innovacorp. Stay tuned... Next Friday, he’ll tell you about the "known-unknowns" and "unknown-unknowns" that can delay your start-up from securing its VC investment. 

It may seem like an unlikely metaphor, but we can’t help but think about raising a…

Blowing crowdfunding goal out of the water in less than 48 hours, Spring Loaded Technology secures $1.9 million in VC funding and a $1 million Department of National Defence contract to bring world’s first bionic knee brace to market.

Study shows excellent agreement between radiologists and Densitas technology using BI-RADS 5th edition classifications

The Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, and Minister responsible for Western Economic Diversification Canada, today announced in Edmonton that Cellufuel Inc. will be one of 36 clean technology projects that will receive Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) funding to support the development of its Nova Scotia-based renewable fuel…

Extra! Extra! Our I-3 competition awards event on February 3, i.e., when we crowned Sustane Technologies the provincial winner and celebrated the rest of the bright new stars in Nova Scotia’s start-up galaxy, garnered a ton of media attention.

Innovacorp's Life Sciences Pre-Investment (LSPI) program helps Nova Scotia life sciences companies get investment ready.

If you have a high potential life sciences start-up approaching investment readiness, we can help.

Up to $50,000 is available per company. Funds are non-repayable and non-dilutive, and are to be used to address investment-readiness gaps.

A bit of fun. Here are a few shots from our big I-3 awards event on February 3, 2016.  (Photo Credits: Mike Dembeck)