Myomar Molecular, which is developing tests for monitoring muscle health, has won Health Canada approval, clearing the way for it to begin selling its product to customers through healthcare providers, such as physiotherapy clinics.

Chief Executive Rafaela Andrade said in an interview Wednesday the nod from regulators comes in the form of a Medical Devices Establishment License — a certification

Halifax-based BlueGrid and its partners have built what they believe to be the first working vessel-to-grid energy transfer system in the world, making it possible for boat owners to sell power back to local utilities.

BlueGrid, formally Rimot, was founded by CEO Andrew Boswell and CTO James Craig in 2016. The company partnered with Norwegian electric motor company Evoy and Lunenburg, N.S.

Stealth funding deals proliferated in Atlantic Canada in 2023, while angel investment reached its lowest ebb in at least eight years.

Those are among the findings of Entrevestor’s 2023 Atlantic Canada Startup Data Report, with the unannounced stealth rounds emerging as a widespread phenomenon in the region for the first time. Of the 34 funding rounds worth over $1 million last year, 10 were

In the wake of successful testing with Dalhousie University last summer, Dartmouth climatetech startup Planetary Technologies is preparing to repeat the collaboration in the coming months.

Founded in Ottawa in 2019, Planetary is developing a process to reduce ocean acidification by releasing alkaline rock or sand into the water, accelerating a chemical reaction that already occurs naturally and

Halifax-based cleantech star CarbonCure has formally launched its technology in the United Arab Emirates, a market worth tens of billions annually and forecast to grow strongly, on the back of deals with several large companies in the region.

CarbonCure, along with its business partners — Emirates Beton Ready Mix, Tremix and industrial gas supplier Gulf Cryo — marked the occasion with a signing

Oliver Technow, the CEO of Charlottetown drug manufacturer BIOVECTRA, has been named the new chair of industry group BIOTECanada.

Technow, who leads a company that is among the largest and fastest-growing players in the Prince Edward Island bioeconomy, as well as being Chair of the P.E.I. BioAlliance, has spent more than three decades working in the life sciences. That time has included four

A Halifax courier startup is aiming to improve on conventional delivery apps with the help of a marketplace model.

Pilot X Technologies Co-Founders Kendall Darling and Ranajay Sarma originally conceived of the app as a delivery service that would hire independent contractors, similar to ride share apps. Now, they are preparing to launch a revamped website that will also allow existing courier

Dalhousie University and national research commercialization accelerator Lab2Market have announced the 17 teams participating in their latest Launch accelerator for researchers looking to commercialize their work, as well as a new summer entrepreneurial program dubbed Collide Launch.

Dal Innovates, the school's entrepreneurship hub, said in a statement 47 teams have now graduated from the Launch

St. John’s-based Kraken Robotics has extended its run of strong sales growth, the company announced Wednesday, reporting its best-ever financial results for the first quarter with revenue up 175 per cent compared to the same period last year.

About three quarters of its $20.9 million of revenue came from product sales and the balance from its service business, the marine robotics-maker said,

Sports- and fitness-focused social media startup Train With Us won Halifax startup hub Volta’s quarterly Virtual Pitch Competition on Wednesday.

Founded by athletics entrepreneur David Rafuse, who holds a degree in kinetics from St. Francis Xavier University and owns personal coaching business Blended Athletics, Train With Us will eventually be a website and app that lets users create or join