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  NEWS | May 21, 2021
  Hamed Hanafi is Taking NovaResp from Box to Business
  
  Lauren Ramey’s day is full of exciting challenges. Like many co-op students she is working hard, taking meetings, and focused on getting the most out of...
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Happening now in the Emera ideaHUB community

NEWS May 24, 2023

CDL Atlantic Announces 20 Graduate Companies

10 startups are from the internationally noted accelerator's Oceans stream and 10 are from the generalized Prime stream.

NEWS May 18, 2023

Eighth annual Mitacs Entrepreneur Awards recognizes top Canadian talent and breakthrough innovations

Waterloo, ON — The eighth annual Mitacs Entrepreneur Awards ceremony took place in Waterloo, Ontario, on May 18, 2023. During the festivities, five up-and-coming researchers...

NEWS April 28, 2023

Dalhousie receives historic $154‑million investment to study the ocean’s pivotal role in climate change

Canada First Research Excellence Fund grant is largest in Dal history.

NEWS April 27, 2023

Griffin Joins Onside Board

The Emera IdeaHUB program manager also co-founded the Black is the New Black community initiative.

NEWS April 13, 2023

GIT raises CAD$10M Series A to decarbonize marine shipping globally

Industry leading, Halifax-based sustainable coatings company is scaling-up to help the shipping industry to transition towards net zero emissions.

NEWS April 11, 2023

Invest Nova Scotia Names Accelerate Cohort

Eleven companies will receive $40K each and five months of mentorship.

NEWS March 16, 2023

Dartmouth company bringing ‘game-changer’ e-batteries to global markets

Zen Electric announces $1.25M investment from Nigerian company.

NEWS March 13, 2023

Startup pivots to meet surge in global demand for better two‑wheeled EV batteries

Startup Zen Electric pivoted their business strategy after Dal Innovates mentors encouraged them to double down on the unmatched Dalhousie battery science that powers their...

NEWS February 22, 2023

Scient Soft Launches Mining Core Analysis

The Halifax maker of imaging and AI tech for geologists is working with a government facility in Stellarton.

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